"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
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I know the situation in Yorkshire better than Anglia:
at one time UA, UB, UM were Leeds, YG was
Bradford, CX was Huddersfield and HL was Wakefield.
These were merged so that all these letters signified
"somewhere in West Yorkshire". I think the size of the
region covered was further increased with the new-style
AA05 BBB numberplates. I'm not sure why they even
bothered to use new letters: the A123 BCD format
had a two-letter location code (CD) so why not continue
to use the same code in the new-style numberplates?

With the old system, the hooligans of Dunfermline weren't finding it easy
enough to recognise the English cars.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes