On Saturday 8th April, a charity auction in Dubai achieved yet another price record for our friends in Western Asia. The registration number P 7 sold for Dh55 million in Emirati currency, which is over £12 million sterling.
When a journalist writing about the proposed auction of the Scottish private plate HS 0 asked us to estimate what price the plate could achieve, it led us to consider single and double-digit registrations that were created specially for use by local authorities and the issues surrounding their sale.
For many years, the registrations XVN 1 and XVN 1K have been owned by Scarborough Council in Yorkshire.
From 1st September, number plates from 2022's second release, the 72 registrations, may be displayed on vehicles driven on UK roads.
Government road safety policies tend to raise uncertainty among the UK public. This potential change proposed by the Transport Secretary, which could introduce number plates and a mandatory speed limit for cyclists, is no different.