Talk:Vehicle registration plates of Australia
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This article should mention the recall of number plates in Victoria during the 1990s. A large number of plates were issued with defective paint causing them to fade quickly. -- Longhair | Talk 01:40, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Well, mention it then! I've enhanced the Victorian section, and plan to further enhance it with some piccies tomorrow when its less dark, but I don't know any more than you've just said. Also, seeing as I've talked about bus, taxi, bike rack and trailer number plates, I'm moving this article to Australian vehicle number plates Felix the Cassowary 13:43, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
- An article on the topic to aspire to in terms of quality of information and coverage is German car number plates--A Y Arktos 09:04, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Diplomatic numberplates
Ref the reversion by Pfctdayelise - I don't think we should pursue turning the "I" statement into a factoid. Living in Canberra, I guess I do know a couple of the country codes. However, I do not think that revealing them is appropriate for wikipedia. When the gulf war (1st) broke out I do know that all US numberplates were changed to plain plates that day as some precaution against demonstration against the US. The information is not secret but probably the wikipedia is not an appropriate place to dcoument or publicise.--A Y Arktos 08:15, 16 February 2006 (UTC) The list of codes is mostly public knowledge anyway - wikipedia is about knowledge, why not publish a list? I don't see how it will make life more or less dangerous for diplomats etc. Karl2620 21:48, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Victorian slogans
The slogan NUCLEAR FREE STATE appeard on some plates for a short period, but I can't recall which letter series. Perhaps Bxx-nnn or Cxx-nnn?
Also --- The statement in the table that Q range had "(none from Qe-Qz)" is not correct. I had a QOx-xxx with "Victoria - on the move". Not sure when the slogans disapeared however...
Well, to try to answer both: as for NUCLEAR FREE STATE you are on the right track - that was in the Cs, after the "Victoria - 150 Years"; I only can remember CGx-nnn specifically. There was also a group of plates around this time with only "VICTORIA" in the centre, a bit like the more recent Q plates.
The "Victoria - On The Move" slogan disappeared from standard issue plates at about QDx-nnn. QEx-nnn up until at least QMx-nnn had no slogan as such, just the centred "VICTORIA". Of course as for your QOx-nnn, there are always exceptions (sometimes erroneously re-made plates), and I have actually seen an EMK-xxx (or was it EKM-xxx) in blue letters with "Victoria - The Place To Be".... probably an employee or friend of Vic Roads. Also I once saw an IWG-xxx on a red Alfa which was actually green on white. Walkingmelways 12:42, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Y = Yogis
I have no idea of the origin of this :) but where I'm from, "Yogi" is a nickname for ACTers, somehow connected to the "Y" on the numberplates. pfctdayelise (translate?) 08:11, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
- (The only example of this use I can find is here. Hmm. pfctdayelise (translate?) 08:14, 5 April 2006 (UTC))
- Wait, a source, kind of :) pfctdayelise (translate?) 08:18, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
- I had never heard the term, but I guess it is used about those of us who live here rather than as a self-reference ... --A Y Arktos\talk 21:45, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Images?
Do you think there are any problems with displaying actual number plates like this? Privacy or maybe some regulation of the RTA/VicRoads et al? I don't know... perhaps we should doctor the plates to be generic things like "AAA 777"... or am I being paranoid? pfctdayelise (translate?) 08:43, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- The privacy issue shouldn't be a problem. Well, my images at least. I got permission for the ones I uploaded (one's from my car, one my mums). But I can't really see VicRoads having an issue with it either, since there's no personal information given away. ttam (talk)
[edit] Common features section?
I came here following links for LPG that needed updating, and found that the explainaton of LPG stickers on number plates is in the Victora section, whereas it should be in a generic section covering all states and territories. I propose to create a 'Common features' section after the federal numbering scheme section. The idea would then be that any features that are common to all plates, or exist in multiple states can be covered there. Opinions? --Athol Mullen 00:00, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- No objections from me. The autogas part seems strange where it is. Maybe some of the text in the lead section can be moved to a "General features" section. I don't feel comfortable doing this myself because I only know the sequences on Western Australian number plates - my user page would probably tell you the reason for that. :) Graham87 06:17, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Federal Interstate
I came here looking for some information on the Federal Interstate scheme that you see on semi trailers to no avail, although there's a mention in the Tasmanian section. Anyone with some knowledge care to add? -philbert
- Ive just thrown in some info on the FIRS plates, but there is precious little documentation available to reference. I will see if I can find some legislation to follow up on. Karl2620 13:25, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Commonwealth of Australia plates
The article says "The Commonwealth Government of Australia used the Z prefix for its government owned vehicles up until 2000 when the Commonwealth Vehicle Registry was closed."
Is this true? We have lots of brand new cars (2006, 2007 models) at the Commonwealth Government which still have C of A plates with the red Z. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.85.19 (talk) 01:32, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I don't think that's true. All of the newly issued Red Z plates which I have seen have either been NSW Black on yellow, with the first Z being Red ZZZ-nnn plates (three Zs, 1st Z being red, other two black and a three numbers), or they have looked just like the old CofA plates, and have been ACT issue, and have been ZYA-nnn plates. Whilst I am sure some of the plates have exceeded those ranges, and that there are other ranges in other states, I can categorically say that there are no more CofA plates around, except possibly at the Kingston transport museum, where they still have CofA plates on busses, but then I am not sure if they are actually still registered ;).
Karl2620 12:04, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hire Cars
Under the special vehicles section for NSW should there be a mention of Hire Car plates? The ones I have seen have had plates HC - nnnn —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.44.20.59 (talk) 23:28, 17 April 2008 (UTC) This topic has been addressed and is now included. (Welldone65 (talk) 13:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC))
[edit] Military
It states that the military districts were the basis for the post code system. SA is 4MD, however the postcode is 5XXX. Ozdaren (talk) 17:12, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
