Australian Number Plates January 2017

[GTR-N1]

All State plates will need to be handed in and swapped for Australian plates after 1/1/17 according to a Fed Government media release.

Duplicate plates from State to State will be preferenced in favour of the first one issued. This includes names and other personalised plates.

Anomalies? Thoughts? Grumbles?

[GTofuS-T]

Interesting Terry!

Is this going to lead to a consistent fed approachbto road rules, fines, demerit points?

Might upset the politicians with their increase BAC allowance in ACT.

I imagine there'll be a grace period, DMVs are packed already without every single driver physically exchanging plates.

[MrFijiGold]

Will be interesting to see the "value" of certain plates after this happens. Namely those related to Nissan, nismo and GTR, etc

[EM1]

Correct me if I am wrong but if you have a private plate the same as a NSW plate say in WA then who ever has owned this private plate first will be the sole owner of only that 1 private number plate within Australia ,the prices will go through the roof, supply and demand that is if they can be sold state to state,and how do you compensate the people who did not buy theirs first.

[Ben C34]

Won't happen.

[Trex]

Won't happen unless they're willing to pay out the people who had bought their personalised plates

[GTofuS-T]

Anyine have T&C's? Probably a clause in their favour regarding this.

Ie. Everyone gets reissued a completely new plate.. would need more than 6 characters I'd imagine? Too lazy to math.

[RBN1]

lol. You guys talking about this? - http://www.nationalregistration.com.au/media-release.htm

should probably read the fine print

"This document has not been issued by the Commonwealth Government and its contents is entirely fictional. There is no such person as the 'Minster for Vehicles', no such department as the 'Commonwealth Department of Vehicles' and certainly no 'National Vehicle Registration & Number Plate Scheme'. This fake media release has been produced solely for the purposes of an April Fool's joke aimed at personalised and custom number plate owners. If you have been fooled it is your own fault for not reading the fine print!"

[GTofuS-T]

lol. You guys talking about this? - http://www.nationalregistration.com.au/media-release.htm

should probably read the fine print

"This document has not been issued by the Commonwealth Government and its contents is entirely fictional. There is no such person as the 'Minster for Vehicles', no such department as the 'Commonwealth Department of Vehicles' and certainly no 'National Vehicle Registration & Number Plate Scheme'. This fake media release has been produced solely for the purposes of an April Fool's joke aimed at personalised and custom number plate owners. If you have been fooled it is your own fault for not reading the fine print!"

Lol... then by the laws of April fools it is they that are fools for fooling is after 12 on 1 April!!!

[Victory]

You are a bugger Terry - you had me going for a while. Eight of my cars have personalised plates so it could of had some impact on me.

The fact that April fools day was a fortnight ago I was not suspicious of your post when I should have been.

[GTR-N1]

Trust me Charles to catch onto a joke one fortnight after it comes out! Lol