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Transantiago 03/09/1907: 01/09/1907

"One can customize your own?

Monday September 3, 2007

Nationwide:
debut new vehicle license plate


now has four consonants and two digits.

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Monday September 3, 2007

only consonants are used to avoid forming words
Without vocal debuts today's new vehicle license plate

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of similar color and size as today's, has 4 points and double digits.

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From today all registrations of motor vehicles are made in the country will receive the new license plates only, PPU, which are of a size and color similar to the present but provide four letters (except vocals) and two digits.

The current license plates (two letters and 4 digits), dating from 1985, will remain in place on vehicles that are up to their total extinction.

Justice Minister Carlos Maldonado, said yesterday that the new format You can make more than 9 million combinations (9,447,840) that cover the vehicle fleet to be incorporated in the next 38 years, if maintained at current rates of 250 000 annually on average. Motorcycles and trailers are excluded.

noted that using only 18 letters of the alphabet and vowels are excluded to avoid puns jokes can be provided to users, and the "n" to avoid confusion with the "N" and "Q" to avoid being seen as "O".

Maldonado also announced that they have introduced new security features to prevent forgery and misuse.

Registry Director Civil, Guillermo Arenas, said a special paint was used so as to reveal from afar any changes made to letters and numbers.

The new plates (set of two) will cost users $ 15,570, and the replacement of lost or destroyed will be worth 6 thousand pesos.

As for colors, private vehicles and buses remain Transantiago white background with black letters and digits, as the border (frame around the license plate.)

The core of taxis, orange background with black letters and digits; collective background with yellow letters and digits, and touring cars, yellow background and white letters.

Corresponding to the diplomatic corps are administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which sets specifications. Maldonado

Minister, together with the Secretary of Justice, Veronica Baraona, Guillermo Arenas delivered yesterday and the first plate to an automotive vehicle, the BB.BB-10, which corresponds to the first series of combinations with the same letters and to number 99. Then he will BB.BC-10 and so on.