when were car number plates first issued?

Answer 1

The UK has had to make various changes to its system of car registration plates over the years. This has been due to a number of considerations: first and foremost the volume of traffic From the beginning of road transport, there was a need to mark each vehicle so that they were clearly distinguished from each other. As far back as 1681, carts licensed for hire in the City of London were required to show not only the City coat of arms, but also a number on a brass plate. Later, The London Hackney Carriage Act of 1831 also referred to ‘Stage coaches…being duly licensed and having proper numbered plates.’

The birth of the automobile, powered by an internal-combustion engine, is thought to have been somewhere between 1826 and 1875. Britain’s first successful cars were not produced until 1896, at the Daimler works. In January of that year, there were just twenty cars in Britain, so perhaps it is not surprising that the first fully regulated number plate system wasn’t introduced until 1904. However the first number plate, "A 1" was issued late in 1903 by London County Council. A1 was issued and subsequently acquired by council member, Earl Russell, for his Napier car.

However, the first real number plate for a car was issued in Belguim in 1889. Germany was next, issuing thier first plate in 1896. The rest of Europe followed the Uk, with Austria 1906
France 1910. The United States did not issue licences until 1950, Canada followed in 1956

However the sheer number of cars and other vehicles on British roads has grown far beyond what was ever imagined or planned for when car registration plates were first introduced. Additionally, the issuing authority has decided that various information should be displayed in the sequence of numbers and letters on the number plates our cars bear.

The first generation of registration plates as used by the original system which began in the early 1900s consisted of a letter code which identified the regional authority which issued the plate and a number which identified the individual vehicle. There was no easily recognisable indicator of the date of issue or the age of the vehicle. With the two subsequent forms of mark, the year of issue was indicated by a letter at the end of the sequence (a 'suffix' registration plate) or, later, a letter at the beginning of the sequence (a 'prefix' registration plate).

Although the registration plates format changed yet again in 2001, the same basic information is there to see. There is still a letter code indication the area in which the number plate was issued, followed by a number code specifying the year of issue and finally a unique indentifier - three random letters which apply to, and identify, the individual vehicle.

1965 saw the creation of the first centralised agency for the registration and licensing of vehicles, known as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre, or DVLC. The DVLC amalgamated all the responsibilities of the County Councils, in addition to the processing and communication of data to other Government agencies, such as supplying vehicle registration details to the police and maintaining the Police National Computer.

Answer 2

It's a common misconception that trivial mistakes (like wrong times/dates) on Fixed Penalty Notices render them invalid. They don't. If you committed the offence then pay the fine. Should you go to court then the Magistrate could (in all likelihood would) find you guilty and give a more severe penalty. You could equally have received a ticket if you were a passenger not wearing a seatbelt, so the "not driving" argument is irrelevant.

Answer 3

1903

Answer 4

1930s

Answer 5

in ohio 1904

Answer 6

when more then one person bought the same black model-t

Answer 7

UK 1903

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_car_number_plates