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Boss Of The Road

Sunday, 1 February 2009, 9:32

| Category : Citywatch, Roving I, Spectator
| Tags : Car, License plate, Mumbai, On the streets, Photography, Traffic

Here’s something I spotted in traffic last week.

boss-license-plate

While I’m wholly appreciative of the cool creativity it took to come up with this, I’m just curious – is license plate customization legal?

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22 idea-filings for “Boss Of The Road”

1Mudra

wrote on 1 February 2009 at 14:17

It is…! You have to pay quite a bit extra, though.
2cool4u

wrote on 1 February 2009 at 17:03

Yes its legal. You have to pay a whole lot more though.
3Apoorva

wrote on 1 February 2009 at 17:48

Which country?

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4Tanuj Lakhina

wrote on 1 February 2009 at 19:02

It isn’t legal.Your number plate should be clearly visible and all numbers and letters should be according to the font prescribed by the Transport Authority.
It should also not have any neon lights around it and not in fancy lettering either.

Tanuj Lakhinas last idea: FA Cup on Indian TV
5maxdavinci

wrote on 2 February 2009 at 1:07

Oh it’s cool. You are assigned a random number butt hen you can request for a fancy number. The have prices based on the uniqueness of the number like a 7777 cots more than a 7878.

If more parties are interested in the same number then they are auctioned to the highest bidder.

happens all the time!
6Ms Taggart

wrote on 3 February 2009 at 12:27

Hey no… though this looks like Boss, this is actually 8055 in a different font.. so in effect, this guy only bought this number… and he is not breaking any rules..

Ms Taggarts last idea: Amnesia!
7Jinal Shah

wrote on 3 February 2009 at 15:06

haha. nice catch. I know it is legal here in USA. But I have not seen something so creative yet! Boss -hah.

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8satish

wrote on 4 February 2009 at 12:25

For a second I thought your blog watermark was part of the picture

Suggestion : Putting the watermark vertically on the RHS might look better.

cheers

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9Ajay

wrote on 5 February 2009 at 9:55

You’re not allowed to customize the license plate.

Though, in Mumbai, everything just goes as is!

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10IdeaSmith

wrote on 6 February 2009 at 5:20

@ Mudra, cool4u: I don’t think it is actually legal. Sometime ago, they enforced a strict law over the colour and font of license plates and this one is misleading (even if it is quite funky).

@ Apoorva: Oye NRI, where do you think?

@ Tanunj Lakhina: I thought so too.

@ maxdavinci: That’s for the number itself. But this customization of font is probably twisting and even breaking the law. I still maintain that it is pretty distinctive, though.

@ Ms.Taggart: I got that. But I don’t think the law allows you to do those fancy things with the font that makes it look like letters instead of numbers.

@ Jinal Shah: Yes, I remember reading about it. But there was a law enforced in Mumbai sometime back when everyone had to standardize their license plates.

@ Satish: Noted, thanks! But what’s RHS?

@ Ajay: I don’t think so. Remember when they enforced seat belts? No one breaks that law now.
11Rahul Jadhav

wrote on 6 February 2009 at 7:40

It looks nice…btw the traffic police dont care if its legal or not

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12A Cynic in Wonderland

wrote on 6 February 2009 at 15:22

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13Ankur

wrote on 6 February 2009 at 19:29

Hey,

Nice Catch..

Btw.. I think you use Paint to watermark your photos..

though I personally dont watermark pics on my blog..

try http://picmarkr.com

its quick and easy
14satish

wrote on 7 February 2009 at 5:28

RHS : Right Hand Side

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15Biju Mathews

wrote on 8 February 2009 at 9:37

It isn’t legal but it will invite only a petty fine of 100 RS. The owner of that vehicle must have only paid the petty once or twice to the traffic police thanks to our very efficient police

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16N

wrote on 8 February 2009 at 20:49

long time since I visited your page. redirected from your wordpress page. a lot of complicated now, but well organised

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17N

wrote on 8 February 2009 at 20:52

a lot more*
18Extempore

wrote on 9 February 2009 at 20:37

Don’t know about legal or not but I saw a Scorpio this morning with exactly the same customization – quite common these days, I see!

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19Australopithecus

wrote on 10 February 2009 at 1:39

a “fancy” number plate, invites challans, especially towards the end of the month.

8055 is all very well, i think one has to stick to a particular font.
20IdeaSmith

wrote on 18 February 2009 at 7:34

@ Rahul Jadhav: Unless it is finable?

@ Cynic: Vella ekdum…

@ Ankur: Hey, thanks, I’ll check it out.

@ satish: Reminds me of algebra class (prove that LHS=RHS)

@ N: Thank you! I love this template myself.

@ Extempore: Chances are we spotted it in the same place..or perhaps it was even the same car?

@ Australopithecus: Ah I see. But from the comments I gather no one takes notice.
21'nonnymous

wrote on 18 February 2009 at 10:50

Hey
Been a long time.
I first noticed the http://www.ideasmithy.com watermark and thought someone seems to b promoting ur blog! Lol
Fancy number plates and slogan stickers are fun. I read one that said “Do you believe in love at first sight? Or should I drive by you again!”
Interesting…
22IdeaSmith

wrote on 21 February 2009 at 6:42

@ ‘nonnymous: Yup, where you bin stranger? And heh, if I could afford to have car license plates endorse my blog, I’d be Carrie Bradshaw!!!