What will happen to numberplates..

In 3 1/3 years' time?

Currently we have the XX01/XX51 - XX06/XX56 which replaced the index
letter system and it won't be long before we get to XX09/XX59.

So, what *are* they going to do? Shake up the system /again/?

 

And then they'll use XX10/XX60 and beyond. The system is good for until
2049 by which point we'll all be riding around on donkeys anyway.

 

No - 2010 plates with be XX10 and XX60 , and so on.
The current system will run till 2049 or mayeb 2050 with XX49 and XX99 or
possibly XX50 and XX00

--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

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You dozy bugger.

XX11XXX, XX61XXX
XX12XXX, XX62XXX
XX13XXX, XX63XXX
etc.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, ogden belched forth and ejected the following:

Maybe I'm being thick but where does the XX60 come in and how does the
number system work beyond 2009? OK, XX10 I can get and even XX15 for the
second half of 2010 but what after that?

 

The the digit you're thinking of and add 1.

 

The first half of the year is XXyy where yy is the last two digits of
the year.

The second half of the year is XXzz where zz is 50 + the last two digits
of the year.

The system only fails when yy > 49 for obvious reasons.

It's not exactly rocket science.

 

Year March September
2001 -- 51
2002 02 52
2003 03 53
2004 04 54
2005 05 55
2006 06 56
2007 07 57
2008 08 58
2009 09 59
2010 10 60
2011 11 61
2012 12 62
2013 13 63
2014 14 64
2015 15 65
2016 16 66
2017 17 67
2018 18 68
2019 19 69
2020 20 70
2021 21 71
2022 22 72
2023 23 73
2024 24 74
2025 25 75
2026 26 76
2027 27 77
2028 28 78
2029 29 79
2030 30 80
2031 31 81
2032 32 82
2033 33 83
2034 34 84
2035 35 85
2036 36 86
2037 37 87
2038 38 88
2039 39 89
2040 40 90
2041 41 91
2042 42 92
2043 43 93
2044 44 94
2045 45 95
2046 46 96
2047 47 97
2048 48 98
2049 49 99

 

Nah, all cages will be marked with some sort of RFID tags anyway, with
which you'll either be controlled so that your speeds are within limits
or (more likely) you'll receive fines every time the system sees you go
over the limit.

The latter is more likely because the government will still make some
dosh.

Number plates are so last year.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, BGN belched forth and ejected the following:

Cheers, Nick.

 

Cages? They'll habe gone the way of motorcycles and civil liberties. The
current numbering scheme will outlast the whole personal transport paradigm.

 

Nah, we'll have electric cages that will also run on methane produced
from dog turds as a back up.

 

....and you'll have to wear orange overalls while you're in them.

 

You need to be where I'm working at the moment. All the mechanical
engineers have to wear orange overalls and I got a very strange look
from the project manager when I suggested we looked like a bunch of
terrorists in a merkin sponsored holiday camp.

 

Don't joke. Some Euro countries are already part way there, with that
requirement that one carries hi-viz gear in the car. One leaflet I got
on this year's ski trip even stated that some countries require enough
for every occupant.