Singapore ― A sighting of two vehicles with identical licence plates got the online community talking about the “cool” occurrence.
“How cool is this?” asked Facebook page ROADS.sg on Wednesday (Oct 13), sharing photos of two cars, a Porsche Cayenne and BMW, with the exact car plates spotted along Eunos.
“You know what to do with auspicious numbers, right?” it added.
Despite the initial assumption that identical licence plates could mean that one is illegal or fake, this occurrence is more common and permitted by law under certain circumstances.
According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), motorists can retain the Vehicle Registration Numbers (VRN) of an existing vehicle and use them to register a new vehicle or replace the VRN of another owned vehicle.
“Just change car. Second-hand car dealer and new car owner driving off from showroom at the same time? That is very common,” explains Facebook user Martyn Tan.
“My dad retains his car plate all the time, so I see this a few times already.”
There is also a grace period of three calendar days for transferring car plates, hence the possible overlap.
Meanwhile, Facebook user Cherlyn Ang responded to the “auspicious numbers” statement and said, “Yes, we know what to do. Buy Saturday 4D.”
Another car plate-related news was highlighted in September this year when a probational licence plate was spotted being manually displayed with the hand of a car passenger.
Netizens gave the sighting a score of 10 for the effort and zero for compliance to the rules regarding displaying P-plates. /TISG
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