Car users fond of embellishing their number plates will soon have to run for cover, as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) hints on clamping down on them.
Those who fall in this category are drivers who emboss wrong insignias, use other nations’ flags in place of the Ghana Flag, as well as those who italicise lettering of their number plates.
Others are those who use colours that are different from what is prescribed by law, those who embellish number plates with different colours and those who do not fix number plates on the front and rear of their vehicles.
The DVLA, in a press statement, stated that it arrived at this drastic measure after having observed themanner in which vehicle owners and drivers embellish their vehicle number plates in fragrant disregard to provisions in the Road Traffic Regulation, 2012 (LI 2180).
“The Management of DVLA has noted with grave concern the manner in which vehicle owners and drivers embellish their vehicle number plate in fragrant disregard to provisions in the Road Traffic Regulation, 2012 (LI 2180)…
“Personnel of the DVLA and the MTTD will, in the next few weeks, embark upon enforcement exercises to clamp down on these illegalities. Any driver found culpable, will face the full rigors of the Law.”
Quoting specific portions of the law which has been violated, the DVLA said that Regulation 12 makes it clear that,”the number plate of a motor vehicle or motor cycle shall be embossed with (a) a Ghana flag and (b) the country identification mark ‘GH’, but this provision is being trampled upon by some Ghanaians.
Regulation7,which explicitly states that “a person in charge of a motor vehicle shall fix a number plate (a) in a manner that makes the number plate not to be easily detachable, (b) in an upright position or within fifteen degrees of that position and (c) ina manner that makes each letter and figure legible”, has also been violated, the DVLA noted.
The two aside, Regulation 9,which also stipulates that “a person in charge of a motor vehicle number shall fix the two number plates (a) on the front and rear sides of the motor vehicle and (b) on the front and rear sides of a trailer”, has also been grossly disrespected, the Authority indicated.
The Authority also raised a concern that in addition to providing a critical unique feature on a vehicle to establish ownership and a special identification for compliance with statutory provisions, the material characteristics of the License plate also include retro-reflectivity and enhances plate visibility that provides easy means of distinguishing the registration information of the vehicle and, therefore, makes it unlawful that these plates are tampered with.
The DVLA, therefore, indicated that it will, together with the MTTD,embark upon enforcement exercises in the next few weeks to clamp down on these illegalities and deal with any driver found culpable.
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