Lezersvraag: which country has the ugliest license plates?

Lezersvraag: which country has the ugliest license plates?

Posted on 16-09-2013 at 20:02 by Ricardo – 89 Comments”


A rectangular piece of metal on the front and back of your car to to have them be identified. Ever so very convenient. But if you think about it, it remains on virtually every car a lelijkheidsstempel of size, and a real nightmare for designers. Our question is: which country leads the way when it comes to the least-attractive license plates?

That came to the fore after an e-mail in the direction of Autoblog of the initiator of this petition: a proposal to the Dutch number plates are now also in white to perform, instead of just in the yellow. We are pretty in line with the rest of the EU, and on many a car it will be better to look good than the terrible Hyves-tone that we know today.

Vergelijkingsfoto: Dutch number plates in white & yellow
Nederlandse kentekens in het wit & geel

Before we get into the comments leading on countries with the ugliest number plates in China? Denmark?), first a bit of background about the colour yellow. In this respect, we kentekenexpert and initiator of the kentekenhistorie tool Jasper Verweij of the word. Jasper, why is it that yellow color?

“A ‘yellow number plate’ has two meanings: the color of the plate and the designation of the type of car. That last is a remnant of the kentekenbewijskleur a few decades ago was issued: yellow for passenger cars, gray for freight/commercial vehicles.

The yellow colour for number plates since 1975. This was from the point of view of safety done. Yellow plates were overnight more readable than the blue. Since January 1, 1978, all cars obliged with the yellow plates issued. Why yellow was chosen, instead of white, may have to do with a foresight of the government that speed cameras the future. See also the last sentence in this article from 1969.“

So, there you have the answer. Now we would like to know which country the most unsightly plates in the world. The comments are open for your contribution!


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