Show Us Your License Plates!

[Googlefluff 55]

I've been making license plates like these for years for my cities or otherwise and have always wondered if anyone else did. Here's finding out!

 

These are for my make-believe island nation, Koher'nosoe. The top left can either be the national flag or national crest (a stylised eagle which I was too lazy to make), the bottom left is a city identifier (in this case Sekía), the top right is the year of registration (this stays with the car for the rest of its life, regardless of owner), and, finally, the bottom right is a sticker showing the driver's license class ('8' means 'new driver,' like me IRL).

 

Made in Inkscape.

[KonstantinII 1,106]

This goes in the General Off Topic

[Googlefluff 55]

Oh, sorry. I wasn't sure if it went here or not but thought it would be okay after seeing the 'show is you newspapers' thread. Anyway, do your magic, mods

 

EDIT: I didn't make it clear in the OP, but I meant 'show us your license plates for your SimCity cites,' if that caused confusion. If it still needs to be moved or deleted that's fine.

[APSMS 1,892]

I'm pretty sure you're fine right here. What inspiration did you use for the license plate design?

[Googlefluff 55]

Oh gosh, I've made about a trillion license plates over the last four years or so and each seems to be based on the last. In this case, the bar on the right is inspired by Italian plates and the colour-coding is (somewhat loosely) based on Japanese plates with Japan having yellow plates for cars under 660cc and green plates for commercial vehicles. As for the shape, I, being from North America, have decided that I dislike nearly everything about North America, especially when it comes to car-related things, so I chose the 53 x 11cm size seen in Europe and Africa, among other places. The rest is basically just trial and error from other fictional license plates I've made.

[Linoa06 1,374]

This doesn't go in General Off-Topic. This is perfectly fine here - this is what this section of the forum is for, showcasing in-game and meta-SC4 (and meta-game) material. There is a LOT of material in this section of the forum that has nothing to do with SC4 (Simcity 5, Cities in Motion, etc etc) and it doesn't make it any less valid.

 

Nice plates, I ought to work on making my own for Cyrodiil. ^^

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Here's mine...

 

 

 

We don't have many cars in Schulmania. Actually, in 90+% of the country they are banned, Here's 2 cities which allow them.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

So how does the highway network work? Must you park your cars on the outskirts of the city and walk in?

[TekindusT 3,809]

Nice thread! I was planning a CJ update in the next days about this topic!

 

I showed this concept in a now-defunct CJ a long time ago, I hope nobody remembers of that...

 

I present you the small world of the Barnanovese license plates!

 

A1 Plate: Appropriate for all vehicles with less than 4 wheels and a CID of less than 50 cc. For example: mopeds, scooters, etc.

 

 

A Plate: Appropriate for vehicles of class 5. Motorcycles, motorcycles with sidecar, tricycles and quads.

 

 

B Plate: Appropriate for the following vehicles:

          - Vehicle with overall height under 2 metres and GVW not  exceeding 3.5 tonnes.

          - Train with overall height under 2 metres and GVW of towing vehicle not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.

          - Vehicle with overall height from 2 to 3 metres and GVW not exceeding 3.5 tonnes

          - Train with overall height from 2 to 3 metres and GVW of towing vehicle not exceeding 3.5 tonnes

For example: passenger cars, pickups, panels, mini-vans, vans, autocaravans.

 

This kind of plate has some derivatives.

 

The plate of the official car of Her Most Serene Majesty the Princess. It is the only plate which doesn't follow the "XX 000" system.

 

Plate of a car owned by the Barnanovese General Courts, this is the Parliament of Barnanova and the Royal Council:

 

Plate of a car belonging to the Department of Justice of Barnanova:

 

 

Plate of a car belonging to the Generality of Barnanova. The car plated GB 001 is the official car of the President of the Generality:

 

 

Plate of a car at the service of the District Police Corps:

 

 

Plate of a car at the service of the Metropolitan Police Corps:

 

 

Plate of an ambulance belonging to the Barnanovese Social Security:

 

 

Plate of a diplomatic car. Pictured: a diplomat car from the United States embassy:

 

C Plate: Appropriate for the following vehicles:

          - Vehicle with overall height of 3 metres or more

          - Vehicle with GVW of more than 3.5 tonnes

For example: buses, light trucks, large autocaravans.

 

 

Plate of a light truck belonging to the Barnanovese Firefighters Corps

 

 

D Plate: Appropriate for the following vehicles:

          - Vehicle with more than two axles and height of 3 metres or more, or GVW of more than 3.5 tonnes

          - Train with overall height of 3 metres or more

          - Train with towing vehicle having GVW of more than 3.5 tonnes

For example: Heavy trucks, tour buses, double-decker buses.

 

 

Plate for a bus belonging to the Barnanova Metropolitan Transit Authority:

 

E Plate: Appropriate for slow, special and agricultural vehicles. For example: tractors, harvesters, cranes, heavy transport, etc.

 

 

Plate H: Appropriate for vehicles with a historical value. This is, any kind of vehicle older than 30 years after the date of its first licensing.

 

Plate R: Appropriate for any kind of trailing non-motor vehicle.

 

 

T Plate: Appropriate for taxicabs in the Principality of Barnanova.

[Googlefluff 55]

Wow, those are really good!

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Amazing work TekindusT!

A real life example I like is the Swiss plates, which have the Swiss coat of arms on one side and the canton (state) arms on the other, like such:

 

[GMT 389]

TekindusT that's an awesome and complete set of license plates. very well done

[Ralraf 2]

Hi. I know this is an old topic, but anyways, i just would like to share mine. I know they are not nice, but at least i tried

 

So, Each License plate has the format LL-NNN-LL. The first 2 letters indicate the place. NW= North west, SO= South etc. Then, there are the numbers and letters. they start at 001-AA and gradually increases and stops at 999-ZZ. You will also notice the colored band to the right. It tells the vehicle category. Red is for commercial, Blue is Public vehicle, etc. And finally, there are the numbers on the colored strip and it tells you when the vehicle is bought. For example 10|14 means October 2014. 1 plate will stay with the car forever unless the owner asks for a new one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

.     RED= Commercial

 

 

 

      YELLOW= Taxi

 

 

     GREEN= Private

 

 

 

      DARK BLUE= Public transport vehicles

 

 

 

       LIGHT BLUE= Government vehicles, Fire trucks, police cars and Ambulances

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading....

 

 

[Bastet69008 1,102]

Just a set of License plates I intended to use for my never released African themed CJ

 

 

[Bastet69008 1,102]

San Theodoros license plate

 

 

[Compdude787 916]

Interesting! Didn't even know there was something for this.

[LironTheChick 20]

Hi y'all. So I officially don't really have a region yet as I'm just getting back into playing SC4 but I did make some fantasy license plates for my planned region. The name and the flag aren't final yet.

Private Vehicle:

Nothing special here, just a basic license plate. On the left is the country's flag, code, and names in its two official languages. On the right is the abbreviation code of the district where it was registered.

Buses and other public vehicles for civilian, non-emergency use:

Emergency and other essential vehicles (patrol cars, fire trucks, etc.):

The main difference is its color. On both sides you see two letters: B and A. These are the first letters for "Police" in the country's two official languages. Below is "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY" in the primary official language and lingua franca.

 

RtC

[Bastet69008 1,102]

New set of license plates from Nuevo Rico, South America.

 

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