DVLA Ban X-Rated Number Plates

The DVLA has censored some X-rated combinations of the 59 and the new 10 sequence registrations.

The number plates, including the letters SP and LO, have really good potential for creating meaningful words to display on vehicle's. However some have a little too much meaning for sensitive officials at the DVLA, who have banned them from sale.

The registrations include potentially unpleasant combinations such as **59 ANK (spank), **59 ERM (sperm) and **59 EED (speed).

The subject of terrorism has also been censored from the registrations, with the reg's *B10 GAS (bio gas) and *B10 WAR (bio war) being culled from the list of number plates for sale.

The DVLA regularly meets to discuss which registrations, if any, may be deemed offensive or inflammatory. In the past, the Government agency has pulled registrations such as BA57 ARD (bastard) and TE57 CLE (testicle); and also drug-related registrations such as EC57 ASY (ecstasy) and MY57 ASH (my stash).

Despite many number plates getting the chop, National Numbers has a collection of rude number plates and funny number plates that have escaped the eagle-eye of the censors at the DVLA. Give them a whirl!

The Significance of 10

We all know that 10 is an important number. Gordon Brown lives at 10 Downing Street, 10 was the number of violin sonatas composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, and when playing many games, 10 is the most desirable number to have attained – think about ten-pin bowling; and Blackjack, where the Ten is worth 10 points.

And the number 10 is important for number plate registrations, with a new sequence of 10 and 60 number plates being released for 2010.

There has been some confusion over what will happen to number plate formats in 2010, but the new sequence is easily explained. From 2010, numbering includes the year identifier 10 (for vehicles registered in March), or 60 (September), with the second digit increasing by 1 for each year.

The pattern for the next five years is as follows:

• 2010: 10 and 60 (NE10 NUM and NE60 NUM)
• 2011: 11 and 61 (NE11 NUM and NE61 NUM)
• 2012: 12 and 62 (NE12 NUM and NE62 NUM)
• 2013: 13 and 63 (NE13 NUM and NE63 NUM)
• 2014: 14 and 64 (NE14 NUM and NE64 NUM)

Your vehicle must have been registered on or after 2010 to use the 10 and 60 plates. However you can buy a registration now to conveniently transfer to a vehicle at a later date.

There are so many possibilities for new combinations with the 10 series – especially for number plate names. Take a look at these terrific 10 number plate combinations:

Surnames:	First names:
MR10 DGE – Mr Lodge	MS10 REN – Lauren
MS10 GAN – Ms Logan	MS10 RNA – Lorna
MR10 MAS – Mr Lomas	MR10 RNE – Lorne
MS10 MAX – Ms Lomax	MS10 TTA – Lotta
MR10 PEZ – Mr Lopez	MS10 VLY – Lovely

This is a small representative sample of what is available. So if we can help in any way please call us on 01642 36 37 38 or search our web site for number plates 24 hours a day.