discount in circulation of personalized license plates
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October 9th, 2008
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Beijing reopened this morning the offices delivering personalized license plates for the automotive vehicles, but the plates too much exaggerated as UFO, "SEX 001" and "FBI 007" vehicles that carried some 6 years ago will be forbidden.
An inhabitant of Beijing became the luckiest car owner while appropriating the number NV8888 Monday morning to 08H30. He had waited in line during three days with his family before the center of automotive registration of the Office of the management of the transportation of Beijing.
A lot of Chinese demonstrated, as always, their passion on the numbers amulets, while choosing some eight, six and new for their license plates.
Eight are pronounced in Chinese language like the word "fortune", whereas six are associated to "flexible" or "auspicious", and that nine articulate like "eternity."
The Chinese traditionally avoid the numbers three and four, respectively that look like the pronunciation "to dissolve" and "to die."
The seven of registration centers opened their doors to 08H30, but only in the office of the south of Beijing, at least 130 new cars waited in line while following the agreement of police established during the weekend. A lot of them between waited for at least 48 hours. "I arrived last Friday and the family’s members took turns" declared the first, of the Fei, who has pekinese got the NA9999 number.
The central office of registration granted about 400 plates in only two hours. The thousands of others will be granted Monday in the whole city of Beijing.
The Chinese capital had introduced the system of the personalized license plates a first time in 2002. He only lasted 10 days. About 23 000 plates have been granted before the abolition of the system because of the excesses of some owners of cars that had opted for plates as "USA 911" and TMD, this last represents the first letters of insults current year in Chinese language.
The office of the management of the transportation of Beijing indicated that such plates would be impossible under the new system, that limits the automotive owners to a choice of four numbers and a letter.
Beijing counts more of 3.4 million vehicles, a thousand of new cars being taken in service every day.
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