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CAR 14D plate is popular with Welsh
publication date: Jan 13, 2012
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author/source: Robin Roberts
One in ten cars on Welsh roads has a personal number plate, according to the AA. Nearly one in 10 of male drivers now have a number plate that carries their name or initials, AA research reveals. Overall, 11% of 18,138 AA members polled by the AA Populus survey have a ‘special' number plate - either bought from the DVLA or transferred from a previous car. Women are far less impressed with only 5% driving with a plate that reflects their name or initials, as opposed to 9% of men. Overall, 8% of women have some type of cherished number plate compared to 13% of men. The status value of a personalised number plate is most obvious when comparing across socio-economic groups. Among professionals, bosses and well-off drivers, 13% have a personal number plate with 9% owning one that carries their name or initials. That is nearly twice the level among semi and unskilled manufacturing and service workers (7%). Witty number plates appear to be in short supply with only 0.4% of the sample owning a registration that spells a word and a further 0.4% personalising their plate to hide the true age of their car. The truth is that two-thirds of personalised number plates are there to stamp the driver's identity on the road. Regionally, personalised number plate ownership is greatest in the North East at 17% and lowest in London at 9%. Areas of the UK where car owners are most likely to have their name or initials on their number plate are the North East at 12%, Scotland 10% and Wales 10%. |
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