Pimp your ride!

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.