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Makers of number plates have had some exceptional upgrades to the equipment and procedures for making up plates. Initially they would need a heavy mechanical press, a die for each character and a supply of metal plates. Nowadays the digits can be printed onto a sheet of reflective material and then a hard clear acrylic plate is laid over it making it complete.

Metal number plates cannot be fitted to any old car in the uk. They are only permissable on cars first registered before January 1st 1974. Any car registered after this date must have acrylic type plates in white for the front and yellow for the rear. The metal ones are silver letters on a black background, very attractive but not good for the cameras which are in use now.

In the recession, when money is tight cherished numbers could save you money.Assuming your car isn’t worn out you could keep it for longer and hide it’s age buy buying an ageless registration number.The car will look instantly more attractive as the year identifier will be missing from the registration number. Changing the car would cost thousands, changing the number plates costs hundreds.

Proof of identity when buying number plates. Among the allowable documents you can use for proof of I.D. when buying number plates are driving licence ( with or without photo and whether issued in the united kingdom or not),electricity,gas,water,landline phone,or council tax bills ( rates bill in Northern Ireland) just as long as they are no more than 6 months old.

Number plate recognition is the way forward for police forces around the world. From the USA to Africa police forces are realising that the cameras which read number plates can do the work of many policemen, they work 24/7 without a break and their presence is a detterent to many offenders, thereby reducing the crime figures further. Theya re becoming a way of life for the world’s motorists.