Still, apparently, in Russia. Accordingly, new numbers may appear in our country already in 2019.
So, the following order appeared on the Rosstandart website:
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
FEDERAL AGENCY FOR TECHNICAL REGULATION
AND METROLOGY
ORDER
dated September 4, 2018 N 555-st
ON THE APPROVAL OF THE NATIONAL STANDARD OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
In accordance with Article 24 of the Federal Law of June 29, 2015 N 162-FZ "On standardization in Russian Federation I order:
- 1. Approve the national standard of the Russian Federation GOST R 50577-2018 "State registration marks Vehicle. Types and basic dimensions. Technical requirements" with the effective date of January 1, 2019, replacing GOST R 50577-93.
- 2. The Department of Technical Regulation and Standardization (D.A. Toshchev) shall ensure that information about the standard approved by this order is posted on the official website of the State Standard in the information and telecommunication network "Internet" (hereinafter referred to as the official website), taking into account the legislation on standardization.
- 3. Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Scientific and Technical Center for Information on Standardization, Metrology and Conformity Assessment" (V.A. Vitushkin) to place this order and the standard approved by it on the official website in the prescribed manner.
- 4. Assign the standard approved by this order to the Department of Technical Regulation and Standardization.
Accordingly, on the territory of Russia, the Russian Federation, from January 1, 2019, a new standard (GOST R 50577-2018) of numbers is being introduced to replace the old GOST R 50577-93.
What license plates will appear according to the new GOST?
Yes, new GOST R 50577-2018 provides for the use of a new standard on motorcycles, the size of which is 190 x 145 mm. Recall that at the moment on motorcycles numbers are used 245 x 160 mm. A set of letters and numbers looks like: 1234AA77RUS
for motorcycles:
Including fans of Japanese RHD cars and the American auto industry should also rejoice. Next year, they will start issuing special license plates for imported cars with a non-standard area for numbers.
The fact is that many foreign cars have non-standard license plate mounts, which make it difficult to install, currently existing, license plates made according to GOST 50577-93.
As a result, new license plates of reduced size are introduced for such cars. 290 x 170 mm. At the moment, the owners of such vehicles have to go out of their way by bending a standard license plate the size of 520 x 112 mm.
Here's what the new 2019 license plates look like for cars with a non-standard number plate:
According to the new GOST, Russia introduces (for the first time) special state license plates for mopeds, which will be exactly the same as the new motorcycle ones, but with a different designation of letters and numbers - ММ12АА77RUS
These license plates will be issued to powerful mopeds and motorcycle off-road vehicles. maximum speed which can exceed 50 km / h, and the engine capacity is more than 50 cc.
Here's what the new 2019 license plates look like for mopeds with an engine capacity of more than 50 cc:
Number plates for off-road motor vehicles not intended for driving on highways general use (left) and mopeds (right)
Also, the new GOST introduces numbers for sports cars and for old classic cars.
These plates will be the same size as the regular standard for public transport, except for the presence of the letter "K" or "C", indicating the type of vehicle: sports car (sports car for track racing, rally car, etc.), classic old car.
These letters will come at the beginning of the license plate, delimited by a vertical bar from the rest of the number field.
For example, the number for the old "Kopeyka" (VAZ-2101) will have the following alphanumeric format:
K MM12377RUS
For real sports cars, the number would look like this:
S MM12377RUS
Here's what license plates for classic and sports cars will look like:
Can license plates be drilled by creating new holes?
According to today's legislation in license plates you can not do additional holes. According to the new legislation, which will come into force in 2019, in connection with the introduction of a new GOST for license plates of vehicles, the ban on drilling holes in license plates will be lifted. True, making holes in those places where the hole could affect the characters, the flag and the RUS code will still be prohibited.
Due to the constant growth in the number vehicles, the situation with car numbers in the Russian Federation is getting worse every year and definitely needs to be changed.
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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 license plates from other regions. In addition, current model numbers do not fit on some new American and Japanese vehicles.
What will the new license plates look like in Russia?
Design developer
Artemy Lebedev's studio became the developer of the new registration plates. However, this has not yet been officially confirmed, but given 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 take on a fairly large-scale project without any agreements.
New format
Recently presented new Russian license plates will receive a region code of 3 letters included in its name, which will greatly simplify identification. Next will be the coat of arms of the subject, and under it the inscription RU.
The next 2 digits 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 region codes.
According to some reports, registration plates may even be left without a region, since with the advent of the possibility of registering 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 registration plate format has the following advantages:
- increased information content;
- a large number of unique combinations;
- protection against fakes by drawing;
- the use of a special font that facilitates the reading of information.
At the moment, anyone can visit the official website and see a sketch of any number in a special form.
Differences in license plates for different types of vehicles
So far, only license plates for cars are presented. Perhaps the numbers for trailers, motorcycles and other vehicles will be presented later.
According to another version, 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 is the army.
The background color of private vehicles will remain white.
Features of rooms in Moscow
Moscow license plates (MSK) will feature the emblem of the city, while cars from the Moscow region will receive the emblem of the region 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 (currently there are 6) and other regions, unifying the design of the numbers.
Is it possible to book a room in advance?
The studio website offers to book a room by publishing it in one of the popular social networks.
This is a rather strange way, since it is not clear whether this will be evidence in the traffic police and what will prevent you from booking a room for the purpose of resale.
Nevertheless, it is popular, and many, even not the most beautiful rooms, have already received owners.
Now pre-order license plates are available at a price of 3000 rubles.
When will a replacement be required?
So far, there is no detailed data on the replacement procedure, but it is assumed that new-type numbers will be issued when the vehicle is registered or at the request of the owner, as well as in case of loss or damage to the current number.
Will the old numbers still work?
Of course, it will not be possible to carry out the reform immediately, therefore, even in its most radical version, the signs of the 93 model and the 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 numbers of the 1958 model, although they were replaced back in 1980.
Opinion of experts and ordinary drivers
Despite the fact that many car owners note the presence of significant shortcomings in the existing registration plates, not everyone liked the new design and received a lot of criticism.
So, drivers are outraged by the use of Latin letters instead of Cyrillic.
In their opinion, this will significantly complicate the visual perception of car 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 opinion on this matter.
As the 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 the numbers.
In particular, it is noted that the region code attracts too much attention, since it is located on the left side. This will make it difficult to recognize the remaining characters, which are just the most important. The experts also assured that numbers are remembered better because they add up to numbers, while it is very rare to make a word out of letters.
Supporters of the preservation of the current license plate model did not bypass the issue of the cost of manufacturing and developing registration plates, as well as improving the means of their automatic recognition.
A lot of questions are also raised by resistance to mechanical damage.
It is only known that the plates will be made of metal and covered with a reflective film.
In addition, some letter combinations form obscene words, but their withdrawal from circulation has not yet been reported.
Timing
Discussion of the format of new license plates in Russia is planned for the fall of 2020, the layout should be ready by the spring of next year, and the final one will be approved in the fall of 2020.
With the advent of the new year in Russia, a new GOST “Signs of state registration vehicles”, approved by order of Rosstandart, will begin to operate. Details about the new standard are written by Kommersant.
The current license plate format has been operating in Russia since 1993. Since then, new types of license plates have been repeatedly introduced, three-digit designations of regions have appeared, but the standard has not fundamentally changed.
This time there will be no serious innovations either, although rumors about a complete change in the format of license plates appear from time to time. So far, we are only talking about introducing a few new or changing existing types license plates.
One of the main innovations of GOST is reduced motorcycle numbers. The current 24.5 x 16 cm plates are too large for modern two-wheeled vehicles, and the new smaller signs (19 x 14.5 cm) will fit on motorcycle license plates without any problems.
Also, the new standard will please owners of cars imported privately from Japan or America with a “square” platform under rear number. Now it will be possible to order a license plate of 29×17 cm in size from the traffic police with symbols arranged in two rows.
It is planned to introduce a new type of numbers for mopeds with engines of more than 50 "cubes" that do not fall under the motorcycle standard. These will be rectangular plates with two rows of symbols according to the “AA 12 AA” pattern.
Two more new types of signs are designed for sports and classic cars - they can be recognized by the letter "C" or "K" separated by a stripe, respectively. However, there are no rules for registration of such equipment yet.
Finally, the new GOST lifts the ban on drilling holes in the room. It will be allowed to make additional holes for attaching the sign, if the holes do not touch the symbols or the flag.
According to Kommersant's sources, one should not expect the issuance of new types of license plates to begin in January. The state traffic inspectorate will need time to change its own normative documents in accordance with GOST and for the issuance of stocks of numbers of old formats.
However, it is possible that the numbers of the new sample will begin to be issued not from January 1st, but somewhat later.
From January 1, 2019, 10 types of new state registration numbers for cars and motorcycles. It is reported by Kommersant. The usual license plates will be replaced by special ones designed for each type of transport. For example, numbers for motorcycles will be one and a half times smaller than today's - 190 by 145 mm (instead of 245 by 160 mm). motorcycle number Special numbers are designed for mopeds, classic and sports cars. The corresponding GOST is approved by order of Rosstandart and comes into force in 2019. The development of new standards began in 2016 at the initiative of the Scientific Center for Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Order a duplicate license plate in St. Petersburg urgently at the No. 1 certified service in Russia for the production and restoration of state registration plates of all types and countries. Sending state numbers in St. Petersburg, the Leningrad region and other regions of Russia. Japanese and American right-hand drive cars imported into the territory of the Russian Federation in a “gray” way will be provided with almost square numbers, in accordance with the dimensions of the site, conceived by the manufacturer. However, it is possible that the numbers of the new sample will begin to be issued not from January 1st, but somewhat later. According to Kommersant's source, the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Special Purpose Center for Road Safety intends to first distribute the purchased stocks of old license plates, and only then will they start ordering new ones. For powerful maxi scooters with an engine capacity of more than 50 cm3, special signs will be issued - the same as for motorcycles, but with a different set of letters. The traffic police does not plan to register ordinary mopeds and scooters yet. But there will be numbers for ATVs. License plates for ATVs (left) and maxi scooters (right) Cars will be divided into several subclasses. For sports cars and classic cars, the letters "C" and "K" will be added to the usual set of letters and numbers. The experts of the Russian Automobile Federation are convinced that special traffic rules are needed for such vehicles, which means that special registration rules are also needed. License plates for classic (top) and sports (bottom) cars
As we wrote earlier, the Research Center for Road Safety Problems of the Russian Federation began to develop. The new GOST license plates should appear in the fall of 2018. It was reported that sketches state numbers, made in accordance with the new GOST, are ready and awaiting feedback from representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Today, the first sketches of license plates made according to a new type have appeared on the Internet. The photographs of the sketches show several options for rooms, their dimensions and style of execution.
At the moment, several options are being considered for how license plates may look. For example, according to one of the proposed sketches, the region code can be transferred from the right corner to the left side of the license plate. In another variation, the possibility of completely refusing to indicate this code is considered.
For rare cars, sports cars, motorcycles, as well as mopeds, it is planned to introduce separate types of state registration numbers. From the futuristic, the possibility of using polymer license plates and radio frequency fixation (probably to track fugitive violators) is being discussed.
A few more innovations will be changes in the size of license plates for motorcycles, the introduction of rear square-shaped license plates for cars brought from the United States and Japan, which are many on today's roads in the country. And finally, if the NIC still refuses the numbers of the new "square" standard for American and Japanese cars, most likely it will indicate standardized places for drilling ordinary license plates, because, as you know, it is very difficult to fix a regular license plate on a non-standard bracket on cars from the USA . And according to the law, it is forbidden to drill numbers on your own.