Cars are often seen sporting black metal number plates with raised silver digits but many are not eligible to use them. These metal number plates are from the early days of motoring and can only be fitted to cars first registered before January 1st 1973. Using them on a car younger than this is an offence and will also cause an mot failure.
18th February 2008, England. Northumbria Numbers rolls out it’s new cherished number plates website. Written in PHP and utilising MYSQL it replaces the old site which was written in ASP and used MS SQL. The new website is able to offer visitors faster response and improved results for their searches.
Development is continuing and planned improvements include on-line ordering and the automated addition of customer’s registration numbers to the database.
Its is hoped that new and returning customers will find the new website easier to use with improved response to their needs.
The police forces in England have, for some time had Automatic Number Plates Recognition System cameras at their disposal but until recently had not realised just how widespread the problem of uninsured drivers was ( some estimates put it as high as 2 million ) and just how effective the ANPR system can be in detecting these law breakers. London police have been engaged in operation Reclaim since the end of 2007 and have been surprised at the high number of expensive cars they have seized due to them not being insured. The trigger for the increase in ANPRS policing has come from a recent change in legislation which allows a beat officer to impound a vehicle whereas previously this was the duty of a specialised traffic officer whose time could better be spent on more serious offences.