A sign affixed to a vehicle displaying its registration details; a license plate.
‘As pointed out by a friend of mine, they do not have a number plate at the front, so it would appear that the cameras are there merely to catch the unsuspecting car driver.’
‘His front number plate was ripped off in the collision.’
‘When you go past the next sign your number plate is read again.’
‘The fake number plate has a GB sign on it while the car has a different road tax to Mrs Onifade's own Renault Clio.’
‘Other drivers who have registered can key the number plate into their phone.’
‘An example is the release for the boot lid which is recessed above the rear number plate.’
‘It reads a portion of your number plate, and reads it again, works out your speed, and if there is slow traffic it shows up on their system.’
‘Photos don't quite do it justice: it looks better both in real life and with a number plate visually breaking it up.’
‘The eye of the cop is primarily on the number plate of the vehicle.’
‘The driver of the wrecker summoned to remove the damaged cars was also charged for not displaying his number plate.’
‘You will also need an illuminated number plate at the rear of the unit.’
‘The only sign of Johnson's spending was a people-carrier bearing a personalised number plate in the driveway outside the house.’
‘From next month police will be able to crosscheck automatically a number plate with a list of vehicles without a valid MOT certificate.’
‘Why not get a personalised number plate straight from the DVLA?’
‘Officers checked his number plate with the DVLA and then issued the fine. Now he must fork out almost half of his weekly pension to pay.’
‘It had four doors, windshield wipers, mirrors, exhaust pipe and a number plate.’
‘The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds asked motorists to record the number of dead insects on their number plate on a journey in June.’
‘They would use lasers to record the gap between two vehicles over a given distance, their speeds and the number plate of the offending driver.’
‘There is no sign of the taxi, only its number plate has been found.’
‘Mr Clarke says the tolling system could take the form of registering a disc inside the car or reading the number plate.’
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