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Car license plates (or simply numbers) are means for registering a car, motorcycle, special-purpose equipment, trailer or other vehicle on the territory of the Russian Federation and look like special signs consisting of alphabetic and numeric symbols, applied, as a rule, on a metal plate (although there are exceptions) or on the vehicle itself.

According to the rules, the license plate must be installed on the front and rear of the vehicle. The only exceptions are motorcycles and trailers, which must have a license plate only at the rear.

License plate format

Most of the license plates used now in our country are made according to the 1993 standard (GOST R 50577-93). Slight deviations from this standard have registration numbers belonging to route vehicles, vehicles of the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as numbers of trailers, motorcycles and equipment working in construction.

The number of characters on the numbers made according to the standard is 3 letters and then 3 more numbers. Letters are the series of the license plate, and the numbers are its number. The license plate may not have any letter from the Russian language: only those Cyrillic letters that have analogues in the Latin alphabet - A, B, E, K, M, H, O, P, C, T are allowed to be applied to the vehicle identification plate , Y and X. On the right of the standard number, a separate quadrangle is highlighted, in which there are: below - the flag of the Russian Federation and the abbreviated name of our country in the English version (RUS), and above them - the numerical index (code) of the region of the Russian Federation where this vehicle was placed on accounting. All numbers on the registration plate are larger than letters.

Regional registration plate codes

According to traffic rules, all vehicles must be properly registered. Each subject of the Russian Federation (region, territory, republic, as well as Moscow and St. Petersburg) has its own numerical code, which is common for all vehicles registered within this subject. The number of sets of numbers that a certain region can have is limited and, according to GOST, is just over 1.726 million pieces. Numbers consisting only of the digit "0" do not exist.

In the first years after the introduction of new numbers, only numbers from 01 to 89 were used to designate regions (this was exactly the number of subjects in Russia at the beginning of 1993), but every year the number of registered vehicles increased, and numbers with possible combinations of letters and numbers began to be missed. To "plug this gap", in 1998 they began to use numbers that began with "9", but they soon ended. In 2005, three-digit regional indices were introduced.

After the start of the new GOST, old-style registration plates were not withdrawn from circulation, and you can still find cars with Soviet-era license plates on the roads. These are white license plates containing 3 letters and 4 numbers (1980 samples) and black numbers with 4 numbers and 3 letters (1958).

Types of license plates of the Russian Federation

Vehicle registration marks. As already noted, the new GOST began to operate in 1993 and assumed a license plate format containing a letter, 3 numbers, then 2 more letters and a region code. A year later, a Russian flag and the inscription “RUS” appeared on the number (although, in some regions, the numbers of the 1994 model began to be issued only with the onset of the 2000s).

Until mid-2008, a license plate belonging to a truck or bus transport, without fail, had to be duplicated on the back of the vehicle in large letters and numbers. This requirement is not mandatory at this time.

Trailer license plates. The format of such a number is 2 letters followed by 4 digits. Just like with trucks, until mid-2008 it was mandatory to duplicate the number plate on the rear side of the trailer, but now this rule has been canceled.

Registration plates for motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and motonart. It should be made of a square plate with reflective properties, on which 4 numbers are applied on the top line and 2 letters on the bottom line. In addition, at the bottom right is the region code, and a little higher - the abbreviated name of our country in English (RUS).

Registration plates of tractors and their trailers, as well as other agricultural, road-building and self-propelled equipment. The format of the number practically does not differ from the previous paragraph (motorcycles): a reflective square with 4 numbers (in the upper line), 2 letters (in the lower line) and the region index in the lower right corner.

Transit registration plates- intended for vehicles that have been removed from the register or are not yet registered with the traffic police. The modern format of such a number is 2 letters, then 3 numbers and then 1 more letter. These numbers and letters are applied on thick paper, which has the property of a background glow in the "ultraviolet". This is done so that the protective fibers that confirm the authenticity of the license plate are visible. For the same purpose, a hologram sign is placed in the upper left corner. Since this number is made of paper, it is laminated on both sides for durability.

The modern format has replaced the old transit numbers. These square-shaped paper license plates were placed under the vehicle's windshield and rear windows. The old transit license plates had to be replaced, as they were “invisible” for the cameras with automatic registration of violations introduced into wide circulation. And the tinted glass also made such a number worse readable.

License plate for vehicles that irrevocably leave the borders of the Russian Federation. These registration plates are intended for vehicles that are exported from Russia. The license plate format is 2 letters followed by 3 numbers, and the letter "T" is placed on the left side of the number.

License plates for registration of vehicles belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The standard of such a room appeared in 2002. The number has a blue background, and the following are applied to it in white:

• 1 letter followed by 4 numbers for cars and trucks;
• 3 digits followed by 1 letter for trailers;
• 4 numbers on the top and 1 letter on the bottom for motorcycles.

On the right side of the registration plate, as in conventional vehicles, the index of the registration region is placed. The only exception is transport belonging directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs: their index is 77.

Registration plates belonging to the transport of foreign diplomatic and trade missions. The symbols are applied in white, the background of the sign is in red. The main meaning of such a license plate is three digits, which correspond to the state code according to a special classification, followed by one or two English letters. The letter part is deciphered as follows:

• CD- a car with such letters on the number belongs to (or is registered in the name) of a person who heads a particular diplomatic mission (an ambassador or another diplomat endowed with his powers);
• CC- such a letter designation indicates that this vehicle is registered in the name of the person who heads the consular department or mission;
• D- this letter indicates that the car is run by a diplomatic mission, consular office, organization with international status, or belongs to a person who works in these organizations and has the status of a diplomat;
• T- in this case, the vehicle is registered by a person who is an administrative and technical employee of a diplomatic mission, consulate or international organization, that is, does not have a diplomatic status.

License plates for registration of vehicles belonging to military units or other formations of federal executive bodies of the Russian Federation. The license plates for the vehicles described do not reflect light, have a black background and white letters and numbers. For cars and trucks, the format is as follows: 4 digits and then 2 letters, the format of registration plates for motorcycles, trailers and other special equipment is similar to the corresponding civil vehicles.

As for the index, which is applied on the right side of the license plate, it does not coincide with the table of codes of Russian regions. The number written in place of the region number means that the transport belongs to a specific Russian military district, a branch of the armed forces or a federal government body in which military service is provided.

Due to the constant growth in the number of vehicles, the situation with license plates in the Russian Federation is getting worse every year and definitely requires changes.

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The stock of combinations in many regions has long been exhausted, which is why it is necessary to enter additional codes and even issue registration plates of other regions. In addition, the current model numbers do not fit on some new American and Japanese cars.

What will the new license plates look like in Russia?

Design developer

The studio of Artemy Lebedev became the developer of the new registration plates. However, this has not yet been officially confirmed, but given the fact that this company has previously received large government orders, this option looks quite plausible.

In addition, it is unlikely that a design studio would begin to undertake a fairly large-scale project without having any agreements.

New format

The recently presented new Russian license plates will receive a region code of 3 letters included in its name, which will greatly simplify identification. Further, the subject's coat of arms will be located, and under it the inscription RU.

The next 2 numbers and 4 Latin letters will be unique for each vehicle in the region.

To avoid confusion in pronunciation, not the entire alphabet will be used, but only 17 characters, excluding H, I, P, Q, U, V, W.

This rule does not apply to the region code.

According to some reports, registration plates may be left without a region altogether, since with the advent of the opportunity to register a vehicle in any subject of the federation, this column has lost its meaning. But at the moment, such a decision has not yet been made.

According to Lebedev himself, the new format of registration plates has the following advantages:

• increased information content;
• a large number of unique combinations;
• protection against counterfeiting by painting;
• use of a special font to make information easier to read.

At the moment, anyone can visit the official website and see a sketch of any issue in a special form.

Differences in license plates for different types of vehicles

So far, only license plates for cars are presented. Perhaps numbers for trailers, motorcycles and other vehicles will be presented later.

According to another version, the innovations will not affect them, since there is no shortage of combinations in these categories now.

As for the numbers of special vehicles, they will retain the current colors:

• red - diplomatic cars;
• yellow - taxis and public transport;
• blue - police;
• black - army.

The background color of private vehicles will remain white.

Features of rooms in Moscow

Moscow license plates (MSK) will display the city's coat of arms, while cars from the Moscow region will receive the region's coat of arms and the MOB code.

It should also be noted that the updated car license plates will put an end to the parallel use of several codes for Moscow (at the moment there are 6 of them) and other regions, unifying the design of the numbers.

Can I book a room in advance?

The studio's website offers to book a room by publishing it on one of the popular social networks.

This is a rather strange method, since it is not clear whether this will be evidence in the traffic police and what will prevent you from making a reservation for the purpose of resale.

Nevertheless, it is popular, and many, not even the most beautiful numbers, have already received owners.

Now you can pre-order license plates at a price of 3000 rubles.

When will a replacement be required?

So far, there are no detailed data on the replacement procedure, but it is assumed that the numbers of the new sample will be issued when the vehicle is registered or at the request of the owner, as well as when the current number is lost or damaged.

Will old-style numbers still work?

Of course, it will not be possible to carry out the reform instantly, therefore, even in its most radical version, the signs of the 1993 model and new license plates on cars in Russia will continue to be used in parallel for some time.

Based on the experience of previous reforms, the use of old license plates will not be limited, they will simply cease to be issued.

For example, on the roads, you can still find model numbers from 1958, although they were replaced back in 1980.

The opinion of experts and ordinary drivers

Despite the fact that many car owners note the presence of significant flaws in the current registration plates, not everyone liked the new design and received a lot of criticism.

Thus, drivers are outraged by the use of Latin letters instead of Cyrillic.

In their opinion, this will significantly complicate the visual perception of vehicle registration plates and their memorization, since not all residents of the Russian Federation know a foreign language.

Experts, on the other hand, have a different attitude towards this.

As their main argument, they cite the current requirements of the 1968 Vienna Convention on the use of exclusively Latin letters in numbers intended for international travel.

However, they also highlight the difficulty of reading numbers.

In particular, it is noted that the region code is getting too much attention because it is located on the left side. This will make it difficult to recognize the rest of the characters, which are just the most important. The experts also assured that the numbers are remembered better, since they add up to numbers, while it is very rare to form a word from letters.

The supporters of preserving the valid model of license plates and the question of the cost of manufacturing and developing registration plates, as well as improving the means of their automatic recognition, did not pass by.

Resistance to mechanical damage also raises many questions.

We only know that the numbers will be made of metal and covered with a reflective film.

In addition, some letter combinations form obscene words, however, their withdrawal from circulation has not yet been reported.

Timing

Discussion of the format of new car numbers in Russia is scheduled for the fall of 2019, the layout should be ready by the spring of next year, and the final one will be approved in the fall of 2019.

Rosstandart has approved a new standard for state registration plates of vehicles: the corresponding order is posted on the official website of the department. The new GOST R 50577-2018 changes a similar document with the number 50577-93 and comes into force on January 1, 2019.

Rumors about changes in GOST have been circulating for a long time and are overgrown with new fantastic assumptions. However, in reality, the changes are not so significant and will not affect the bulk of motorists. They are important primarily for owners of cars imported from Japan and America through "gray" channels, owners of classic and racing cars, motorcyclists and owners of off-road motor vehicles.

According to the Kommersant publication, which managed to get acquainted with the new document, ten new types of registration marks are being introduced in the country. For cars with non-standard plates for fixing numbers, two-line rear plates are legalized. They eliminate the need for adapters, and it will now be possible to drill non-standard holes for fasteners in the numbers, as long as the characters are not damaged.

The new format is intended for classic cars: a large “K” will appear in a separate section on the left. And for sports cars admitted on public roads, the sign of the same format will be distinguished by the letter "C". By the way, veteran cars with square areas for numbers can also be equipped with two-line signs.

A present for motorcyclists - reduced-size license plates: 190x145 mm instead of the current 245x160 mm. Such signs will be located on most of the fastening sites of imported motor vehicles, which have occupied this market almost entirely. The same numbers will become mandatory for ATVs and scooters with a working volume of over 50 cubes. It is not yet planned to equip small-sized equipment with state license plates. In addition, motor vehicles of foreign diplomatic missions will now have numbers with a red background, like their cars.

However, it is not worth hoping that the new license plates will protect you from the ubiquitous traffic cameras: manufacturers of such equipment assure that by the time the new GOST enters into force, the cameras will be supplemented with the recognition function of such numbers.

The other day we reported that a new standard car numbers are being developed in Russia. Today, the first sketches of new license plates have appeared on the network, as well as fresh details of the expected changes.

The sketches of the new license plates were sent by the Russian Automobile Federation to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

The changes will affect both car and motorcycle license plates. In particular, numbers for motorcycles can be reduced in size, and for cars of American and Japanese production, numbers of a different format will be issued (since their standards for fixing numbers do not correspond to Russian ones).

Most motorcycles have a smaller number plate than the Russian sign. Therefore, the standard proposes to revise their sizes. The sketches of the new motorcycle numbers look like this.

And this is how the square-shaped signs for Japanese and American cars look like.

The numbers for classic and sports cars are proposed to be supplemented with the letters "K" and "C", respectively.

These can be car license plates.

The possibility of transferring the region code from the right side of the number to the left is being considered, and even a complete rejection of the region code.

Such numbers are proposed to be made for mopeds and bicycles.

Also among the initiatives are replacing metal license plates with polymer ones, equipping them with microchips, as well as revising the requirements for license plate areas that can be drilled for installation in non-standard places.

Revision of GOST-50577 is foreseen in 2017. According to the latest information, public discussion of the first edition of the standard will begin in the fall of 2017, the final version will be ready in the spring of 2018, and approval is scheduled for October 2018.

Last week on the development of a new standard for state registration plates of vehicles, that is, numbers that are issued when registering cars, motorcycles and other equipment. The document is being developed by the Institute of Traffic Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. It was there that the editorial board of "Za rulem.RF" received a copy of the draft of the new GOST R 50577 in the first edition.

The main thing: no RFID tags, no changes in the number of numbers or letters, no refusals of the region code are planned. That is, ordinary license plates will remain in the format M 000 MM 55, where the last two digits indicate the region code.

The only thing that will change dramatically: there will be more types and sizes of rooms. In addition, clarifications have appeared in the standard. For example, "motonarts" disappeared from GOST, but "off-road motor vehicles and snowmobiles" appeared. A new type of rear license plate for cars and trucks with a non-standard size (type 2) has appeared: unlike regular license plates, it is two-line, and its dimensions are 290x150 mm versus 520x112 mm for single-line ones. Such numbers should stand as native on cars from Japan and the USA.

The torment of motorcyclists has come to an end: most of the areas for the number of modern motor vehicles are adapted for a more compact number than today. If the new version of GOST is approved, then the length of such a number (type 6) will decrease by 15 mm (up to 230 mm), and the height - by 60 mm (up to 125 mm). Now you don't have to figure out how to securely fix the number, well, and complicate readability by bending the number and justifying by the design of the platform will also no longer work.

New types of vehicles have appeared in GOST: classic (retro) cars and trucks, classic (retro) motorcycles and mopeds, sports motorcycles, sports cars and trucks. Their numbers resemble transit ones: a separate cell with the corresponding letter is highlighted on the left, and the number has the format MM 000 55. The dimensions correspond to the usual standard numbers and numbers for cars with a non-standard attachment point.

For classic (retro) cars and trucks (types 22 and 23) and motorcycles (type 24) they start with the letter "K".

Numbers for sports motorcycles (type 27), cars and trucks (type 25 and 26), respectively, start with the letter "C" and also have the format MM 000 55.

Actually, this is where all the changes in GOST come to an end. It remains unclear what the developers mean by sports vehicles. If we are talking about racing equipment, then cars must have a license plate only in rallies and rally-raids, where there are stretches on public roads. It cannot be ruled out that a new category of vehicles may appear in the Traffic Regulations. Perhaps sports cars will be equated with an engine more powerful than 250 hp. and with a specific body type.

Naturally, following the discussion, and even after it, new amendments may be made to GOST, it will have to be rewritten and supplemented. So, it is possible to expect its entry into force only by the end of next year.