Re: Another mess up with the DVLA paperless scheme....
The sensible Continental system of a new annual number plate seems to have been beyond us,
Which continent would that be? Are you suggesting that other countries issue a new number plate each year? I doubt that many do that.
but then we are the only country silly enough to obsess over personalised number plates.
The US has had them for years, but they're banned in most (all?) EU states. The UK does allow people to sell registrations, so that JUL 1 E and SUS 1 E go for silly money, but those aren't personalized per-se. There are some amusing ones, the Hastings Hotels group in N. Ireland is (was?) run by Bill and Joy Hastings, and they could be seen rolling around Belfast in cars with BIL 1066 and JOI 1066 plates.
UK law still prohibits the use of a license plate that could make a car seem younger than it is (i.e. a 1980 plate on a 1960 car), which can limit the fun & games a bit.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
