17/08/2012
Unlucky number 13
Do you get worried when a black cat crosses your path? Are you horrified if you break a mirror? Are you dreading March the 1st 2013, when all new registrations will contain the unluckiest of numbers?If you are, then you might be pleased to know that the DVLA are going to allow people to keep using the 62-plate which will be available from the beginning of next month.
However, it will be treated like a personalised registration plate, so you’ll have to fork out at least £250 for it.
Nevertheless, although I don’t believe that the number 13 has any properties which will directly cause bad luck – like failing to get a good car insurance quote – I do think that superstitious motorists could experience some misfortune if they have a number 13 registration plate.
It’s all to do with psychology. If someone believes that they have an unlucky car, they’re probably going to be a little on edge when behind the wheel. As a result, this might actually cause them to be involved in a crash – just because they were driving in a nervous manner.
Still, for some, having the number 13 in their registration will be a blessing. Many people actually believe the number to be lucky instead of cursed, so I expect that they’ll be looking forward to building up their no-claims bonus and passing all their MOT’s with full marks.
Photo © kirstyhall via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: 13, bad luck, black cat, break a mirror, car insurance quote, crash, DVLA, March, MOT, motorist, no-claims bonus, plate, registration, superstitious
03/02/2012
Personalised registration plates to go on sale
Going, going, gone! To the proudest fish and chip shop owner in England goes a sought after personalised registration plate, bearing the letters CH11 PPY.
Bids starting at £400 for the YOU 1OST “fun plate”. Any takers? Perhaps the boy racer in the front row?
These are the kinds of questions that may be posed during the DVLA Personalised Registrations sale, at the Stratford Manor Hotel on February 1st.
It is expected that a large number of motorists will be in attendance, some with the hope of securing a pair of HI5 MUM and HI5 DAD plates.
A spokesperson for the DVLA said, “We always manage to come up with an incredible array of personalised registrations to suit all tastes and with reserves starting from as little as £250 this auction is no exception.”
This may seem like a great extravagance, until you hear the Chelsea Chairman Roman Abramovich paid £285, 000 for his VIP plate. He obviously wanted to remind the world of his particularly high status.
Here at duck2water we have been wondering how much would be willing to bid for the IN5 URED plate…
Bids starting at £400 for the YOU 1OST “fun plate”. Any takers? Perhaps the boy racer in the front row?
These are the kinds of questions that may be posed during the DVLA Personalised Registrations sale, at the Stratford Manor Hotel on February 1st.
It is expected that a large number of motorists will be in attendance, some with the hope of securing a pair of HI5 MUM and HI5 DAD plates.
A spokesperson for the DVLA said, “We always manage to come up with an incredible array of personalised registrations to suit all tastes and with reserves starting from as little as £250 this auction is no exception.”
This may seem like a great extravagance, until you hear the Chelsea Chairman Roman Abramovich paid £285, 000 for his VIP plate. He obviously wanted to remind the world of his particularly high status.
Here at duck2water we have been wondering how much would be willing to bid for the IN5 URED plate…
Photo © Ed Callow [torquespeak] via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: boy racer, Chelsea, DVLA, England, personalised registration, plate, Roman Abramovich
06/05/2011
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, from Swindon
You have to wonder about how much the driver from Swindon who has 39 penalty points on his/her license must be paying for car insurance.
Most of us live in fear of even accruing a few penalty points, lest we start edging ever closer to the dreaded twelve. This of course is because twelve is meant to be the point at which we forego the right to drive and instead become eco warriors by default – consigned to a life of bus rides, bicycling and train station platform hopping.
We know that the twelve-point rule can be waived, although only in “exceptional circumstances”. The DVLA states that in a “small percentage of cases where the driver has accumulated 12 or more penalty points”, courts can opt not to disqualify.
Even so, 39 points is pretty incredible – how exceptional must this driver’s circumstances be?
Unfortunately, although we are allowed to know some details of the case, we are not allowed to know anything specific that might reveal the driver’s identity.
I thought that I might hazard a guess at theis person’s exceptional identity and search through a list of Swindon’s famous names – it didn’t take long, I could only find one: Billie Piper.
Not convinced that rushing to film the latest series of Diary of a Call Girl might qualify as exceptional circumstances, I confess that I’m stumped. I am, however, tantalized by something I’ve just learned: Ian Fleming author of the James Bond novels lived in Swindon while he wrote such classics as Quantum of Solace. I know it’s a long shot, but maybe, just maybe, the real 007, many times saviour of our planet, operates from a bachelor pad in Swindon. Now that would count as exceptional circumstances…
Most of us live in fear of even accruing a few penalty points, lest we start edging ever closer to the dreaded twelve. This of course is because twelve is meant to be the point at which we forego the right to drive and instead become eco warriors by default – consigned to a life of bus rides, bicycling and train station platform hopping.
We know that the twelve-point rule can be waived, although only in “exceptional circumstances”. The DVLA states that in a “small percentage of cases where the driver has accumulated 12 or more penalty points”, courts can opt not to disqualify.Even so, 39 points is pretty incredible – how exceptional must this driver’s circumstances be?
Unfortunately, although we are allowed to know some details of the case, we are not allowed to know anything specific that might reveal the driver’s identity.
I thought that I might hazard a guess at theis person’s exceptional identity and search through a list of Swindon’s famous names – it didn’t take long, I could only find one: Billie Piper.
Not convinced that rushing to film the latest series of Diary of a Call Girl might qualify as exceptional circumstances, I confess that I’m stumped. I am, however, tantalized by something I’ve just learned: Ian Fleming author of the James Bond novels lived in Swindon while he wrote such classics as Quantum of Solace. I know it’s a long shot, but maybe, just maybe, the real 007, many times saviour of our planet, operates from a bachelor pad in Swindon. Now that would count as exceptional circumstances…
Image by Stan1ey via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car insurance, driver, DVLA, penalty points
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