Pimp your ride!

By: TANJA BAUSE

FROM next month, Namibian motorists can display personalised licence plates on their cars - but it comes at a price.

The plates must conform to certain standards: they may not be

obscene, offensive or blasphemous.

A maximum of seven alphanumerical characters is allowed,

followed by the Namibian flag and the letters 'NA'.

 

The registration number can consist of numbers or letters, or a

combination of both.

 

The plates will be made of acrylic white plastic with blue

characters instead of the standard yellow fluorescent metal

plates.

 

Registering personalised number plates will cost N$1 800 as a

one-off payment and a N$240 annual renewal fee.

 

The N$1 800 registration fee includes a set of personalised

number plates.

 

It is important to note that the plates remain the property of

the Roads Authority - the applicant will only have the right to use

them.

 

The Roads Authority hopes to raise more than N$1 million a year

in this way.

 

The plates will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis

and applications for personalised number plates will be received by

SMS in the first two weeks after June 4.

 

After the initial two weeks, applications will have to be made

at NaTIS offices countrywide.

 

On approval of the personalised registration, the applicant will

have 21 days in which the plates must be allocated to a

vehicle.

 

Failing to do so will result in the number being allocated to

the next applicant who applied.

 

In all instances applicants should give three choices in order

of preference.

 

The number to which the SMSs can be sent will be announced

soon.

 

A maximum of seven alphanumerical characters is allowed, followed

by the Namibian flag and the letters 'NA'.The registration number

can consist of numbers or letters, or a combination of both.The

plates will be made of acrylic white plastic with blue characters

instead of the standard yellow fluorescent metal plates.Registering

personalised number plates will cost N$1 800 as a one-off payment

and a N$240 annual renewal fee.The N$1 800 registration fee

includes a set of personalised number plates.It is important to

note that the plates remain the property of the Roads Authority -

the applicant will only have the right to use them.The Roads

Authority hopes to raise more than N$1 million a year in this

way.The plates will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis

and applications for personalised number plates will be received by

SMS in the first two weeks after June 4.After the initial two

weeks, applications will have to be made at NaTIS offices

countrywide.On approval of the personalised registration, the

applicant will have 21 days in which the plates must be allocated

to a vehicle.Failing to do so will result in the number being

allocated to the next applicant who applied.In all instances

applicants should give three choices in order of preference.The

number to which the SMSs can be sent will be announced soon.

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