This is a personalized license plate that was briefly implemented that year. Because it was difficult to manage later, it stopped, but a small number of license plates were not recovered.

In August, 2002, the Ministry of Public Security tried out the "February 22" motor vehicle license plate in Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou and Shenzhen, that is, the personalized license plate for private cars, and the owner could choose any combination of letters and numbers. 10 days later, Beijing Vehicle Management Office posted a notice to suspend delivery, and then Shenzhen, Tianjin and Hangzhou also stopped delivery.

For the reason of "suspension", some commentators think that it comes from some "alternative" license plates. For example, SEX is suspected of being indecent; IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) and BMW (BMW) are suspected of borrowing well-known trademarks; The English abbreviations of country names or famous organizations are CHN (China), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and WTO.

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Mr. Tang from Hanyin, Ankang, Shaanxi, chose a license plate with the number "G88C88" through a software called "Traffic Management 12 123". When he happily went to the vehicle management office to go through the formalities, he was told that he had to pay a "nickname fee" of 80,000 yuan. Ankang Vehicle Management Office said that the auspicious number plate charged 20,000-80,000 yuan according to different figures, and the charging standard was a meeting minutes in 2005.

In some places, personalized license plates have been piloted, that is, car owners can freely combine the license plate number and the pinyin abbreviations of their names and birthdays. To a great extent, it can meet the individual needs of the public and reduce the worship of good names. However, it is a pity that this kind of pilot is only an attempt.

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