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Adrian February 22nd 05 12:01 PM

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Paul Weaver ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

In Mile End tonight I watched with amazement at a what can only be
described as a genuine american-style stretched SUV.


I had the joy of watching a stre-e-e-e-e-e-e-etched Hummer H2 dealing with
Hemel's magic roundabout yesterday morning. Hilarious.

Epicentre February 23rd 05 05:14 AM

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(Aidan Stanger) wrote in
:

Nick Leverton wrote:
Aidan Stanger wrote:
Paul Weaver wrote:

Funny thing was, the numberplates were'nt in any script I
couldrecognise. Not Japanese, Chinese, Latin, Cyrillic or Arabic.
I assume it's exempt from the congestion charge in that case.

I think that just leaves Greek, Korean and Cambodian. And possibly
Nepalese, though I'm not sure about that one.


Which of those does Hebrew script fall under, out of interest ?

I think it falls under the group not used for numberplates (which
includes several Indian scripts), BICBW.


You are right. Hebrew script is not used on numberplates. Our plates here
are NN-NNN-NN (except for some old ones that are NNN-NNN or NN-NNN) where
the final group of 2 digits is now an importer suffix.
The SUV was probably a Federation Diplomatic vehicle from the Klingon
Embassy.

Nick Leverton February 23rd 05 07:22 AM

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In article ,
Aidan Stanger wrote:
Nick Leverton wrote:

Which of those does Hebrew script fall under, out of interest ?

I think it falls under the group not used for numberplates (which
includes several Indian scripts), BICBW.


Aha, a cunning move on the reverse diagonal. Well done.

Nick (just learnt something new)
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Paul Weaver February 26th 05 02:44 PM

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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 02:03:07 +0000, John Rowland wrote:

"Paul Weaver" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:48:57 +0000, Michael Hoffman wrote:

Paul Weaver wrote:

Did you see the stretched SUV with unreadble
number plates pass any police vehicles?


Plenty of speed cameras arround, and they're just as good


How exactly is a speed camera going to arrest someone for unreadable number
plates?


Same way that they arrest people for dangerous driving. You dont need
traffic police in this day and age, just a few cameras and a call centre
in Coventry.
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Adrian February 26th 05 03:09 PM

Stretched SUV
 
Paul Weaver ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

Did you see the stretched SUV with unreadble
number plates pass any police vehicles?


Plenty of speed cameras arround, and they're just as good


How exactly is a speed camera going to arrest someone for unreadable
number plates?


Same way that they arrest people for dangerous driving.


Exactly. They can't.

Joe March 18th 05 06:39 PM

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I saw what I thought was a stretch SUV parked on the King's Road one
evening sometime last year. A closer inspection revealed that it was
actually two, the front end of one connected by a wrap around shell, of
the same colour and painted to look like a stretch vehicle, to the rear
end of the other. I think it was a promotional stunt for either a
restaurant or club opening.


Bendy-SUV? :p
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