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Vehicle registration plates in Iceland are issued by the Icelandic Transport Authority and are made in the state penitentiary. The plates are made of aluminum with reflective base and embossed characters. The current registration system uses three letters and two digits or two letters and three digits in Helvetica Neue. The plates are issued randomly, they are not issued sequentially and they do not have any geographic coding. There are no special letters or number series for special vehicle types (this may vary depending on type of plates, see chart below.) The registration system was introduced on 1 January 1989. All vehicles changed to it (an exception was made for antique cars that keep the district system) and keep the same registration number for life. If a vehicle is, e.g., changed to commercial vehicle it gets commercial plates but they have the same registration number. All plates, in the new system, have validation sticker, in the middle, that indicates the year the vehicle is due for safety inspection. Vanity plates are allowed that do not conflict with the new system. Some use it for their old district plate number but must use the new design, except for antique vehicles. The plates are available in 4 sizes: Cars have 3 sizes: European standard , US standard and European square . Motorcycle plates are . ==History== An older decentralized district plate system was used 1938 until 31 December 1988 (see below). From 1989 to 2007 the system consisted of two letters and three digits. In 2007 the system ran out of combinations and the first digit was changed to a letter on newer vehicles. Early 2004 a country identifier (IS) and the Icelandic flag was added on the left side of all standard plates. The country identifier is mandatory and all plates issued between 1989 and 2004 are required to get a national identifier sticker so they look like the new plates,〔http://www.reglugerd.is/interpro/dkm/WebGuard.nsf/lookByNumer/7512003?OpenDocument〕 although this law is not widely enforced. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vehicle registration plates of Iceland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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