As the DVLA Crack down with the Prosecution of Non Compliant number plates - or illegal number plates to you and I; they have also reviewed the Register of Number Plate Suppliers

What is the RNPS - Register of Number Plate suppliers?
The RNPS is the DVLA's regsiter of offical and regulated number plate suppliers in the UK. Regulating and "controlling" number plate suppliers helps to keep number plate cloning and theft more under control as well as keep number plates withinh legal guidelines of size and font.

Why is it being extended?
The RNPS originally only covered England and Wales but now the DVLA are extending to Scotland and Northern Ireland in a bid to gain greater control of number plate manufacture and tighten regulations which have been somewhat slackly enforced.

Does this affect me?
Not really- it just means next time you buy a set of number plates from a  legal Registered number plate supplier- they may also have an office in NI (!)

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It may surprise most people to realise that currently if you wish to buy a number plate from the DVLA you can only search through differenttypes of numberplate on the DVLA registrations website - you need to call to actually buy the plate!

It seems the DVLA are some years behind their number plate dealer counterparts and DVLA Resellers who have been selling over the internet for years.

Well as of October this year the DVLA is set to launch it's online shopping facility which will finally allow buyers to complete the purchase of a number plate entirely over the net.

Such a large milestone for the DVLA in retrospect is quite insignificant as many number plate dealers and buyers have been longing for an online facility such as this for many years.

what's next? online retention and transfer services? who knows!!

The advent of the current style number plate - particularly the "51" age identifier has meant that many sikh number plate enthusiasts in the UK can indulge their passion and their faith with the purchase of a number plate.

Asian numberplates have become increasingly popular since the launch of DVLA Select and DLVA auctions.

Autonumerology means that number plates such as S1NGH or 51NGH both read the word SINGH which is a significant word for Sikhs and one which forms part of many surnames and middle names.

As the age identifier "51" fits so well into this sequence- there have been a number of high value SINGH number plate purchases including MR51NGH and DR51NGH

So why do Asian people like personalised number plates on their vehicles?

Well there are a number of reasons but the diplomatic staff at an embassy would want a UK number plate to be issued in the even a ca isnt leaving the country prior to it's first registraion.

It's great news that the DVLA have announced the release of the long awaited F prefix number plates - something that those of us with a more than casual interest in numberplates have been waiting for, for some time.

Although the DVLA are only releasing 1-20 combinations there are still plenty of great choices to be had- to be honest I am left wondering why it has taken since 1988 - when F numbeplates were first issued - to now- to sort it all out?

I had a quick search at the DVLA auction website to see which F prefix registrations have already gone under the hammer....

first I tried F1 prefix number plates

I checked buy and sell number plates .com and the number plate dealers there are even some F plates in the private market including F4 LAH and F31 STY

It seems to me that if you want to buy an F prefix number plate of any degree of quality - you may be sorely disappointed.

I took an interesting call from a customer recently who was looking to buy a numberplate but was struggling to find his favourite combination.

Rather than wait or place a wanted advert he began to consider so called illegal number plates which have been distorted to achieve the desired result.

Despite my best advice and efforts the chap in question went through and bought a number plate which needed alteration to read what he wanted it to read.

It seems to me that despite the DVLA and the police's best efforts having an illegal registration number is not seen as a crime when it is.

I know of many numberplate enthusiasts and members of number plate clubs who have sported dodgy plates for years and have never had an issue

If the police and DVLA don't seem too interested it would appear martial law is dawning as illegal number plates are facing a revolt from decent law-abiding citizens

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I saw an amazing Ferrari this afternoon in the centre of london.

Bright red, cream interior and being driven like an F1 driver - bliss!

But when i spotted the number plate i was heartily disappointed.

It would seem that this particular Ferrari owner could not afford or find an ideal number plate
so insteasd he saw fit to use a bolt to make his number plate read what it didn't.

I won't identify the plate but this got me thinking that actually illegal number plates have become somewhat endemic on our roads.

Despite the DVLA regulating the size and shape of number plates - thousands of motorists still do it and as a numberplate enthusiast it annoys me!

surely mis-spacing a numberplate will affect the price you can ask when selling your number plate ?

I'm aware that not everyone can get their ideal personalised numberplate but should you break the law to get around this?

Clearly it's a popular choice in the current climate