New licence plate  

The first registration plate, GBB-01-B, was issued to the Royal Dutch Lifeboat Institution, reports the National Road Traffic Service in a press release. The vehicle, an electric Volvo EX30, will be made available to the volunteer organisation.  

Licence plate combinations that are not used 

To prevent words from appearing on license plates, the RDW omits vowels. The letters ‘C’ and ‘Q’ are not used, as they resemble the number 0 too closely. The ‘D’ and ‘F’ are reserved for mopeds and low-powered mopeds. 

Certain letter combinations are not used on number plates under any circumstances: GVD, KKK, KVT, NSB, PKK, PSV, TBS, SS and SD (not even in combination with 3 letters), PVV, SGP, VVD, FVD and BBB. 

History of the number plate 

The new series is the eleventh digit-letter combination for passenger cars. In 1951, the first licence plate combination was issued, consisting of two letters and four digits. Sixteen years later, in 1967, the subsequent licence plate combination began. The penultimate number plate series lasted five years.. 
 
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