zMan's question is a good one, but the reversion to just 14 for the year 2014 does add credence to the notion that superstition was the rationale for the one-off 2013 scheme.
The distinction that needs to be remembered is that in Eire, Italy and a number of other European countries these plates record vehicle-registration information. They are not circulation licenses issued to 'persons'. (There are, of course, both public, usually automobile association, and law-enforcement databases that can be queried to obtain current-ownership information from a VR number.) John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
