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Notes for “What’s in a number plate?” (Electromagnetic Field 2026)
Here are some notes and materials to accompany my talk from Electromagnetic Field 2026.
A video recording is available.
I have exported the slides as a PDF.
I’ll add a transcript in due course.
Further reading
- Matrículas de coche de todos los países del mundo
- License Plates of the World
- Olav’s License Plate Pictures
- License Plate Fonts of the Western World: History, Samples, and Download Info
- Vehicle registration plate on Wikipedia
- Jeff’ Plates
References
- Walter Long, House of Commons, 4 August 1903
- Convention with Respect to the International Circulation of Motor Vehicles 1909 (Paris)
- International Convention relative to Motor Traffic (1926)
- Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (1949)
- Vienna Convention on Road Traffic
- UK ratification of Vienna Convention
- Explanatory Memorandum on the Convention on Road Traffic
- States close seat belt law loophole
- Car-driving Tips from Beijing Government
- Who was Charles Wright?
- The German EU numberplates: a typographic road accident?
- Kosovo-Serbia Licence Plate Dispute Proves Hard to Resolve
- Kosovo-Serbia License Plates ‘Sticker Regime’ Comes Into Force
- The dangers of driving under Israeli apartheid
- Luxury car sales hit by new lime green plate scheme
- From stigma to status symbol: Lime-green plates lose bite after a year on the road
- Japan License Plate Generator
Credits
- “Volvo S60 2” by dani31-at, CC BY 2.0
- “DSC_1298” by Chris Blackhead, CC BY-SA 2.0
- “Classic Cars and Trucks” by Martin Pettitt, CC BY 2.0
- “Standard Vanguard Vignale Estate” by Eddy CJ, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
- “HJV815E 1967 MG 1100” by Steve Knight, CC BY 2.0
- “Russian car 03” by Mike W., CC BY-SA 2.0
- “Belgian rear 1953-62” by David Howard, CC BY 2.0
- “Summer memory” by LuK MoG, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
- “IMG_4275a” by Ian Fuller, CC BY-NC 2.0
- “British three wheeled car” by Zach A, CC BY 2.0
- “Next Generation.” by Reece Garside, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
- “Dieppe, Seine-Maritime - France” by Mic, CC BY 2.0
- “Decani Kosovo [a]” by Dave Proffer, CC BY 2.0
- “KLRKS7543_S” by Konrad Lembcke, CC BY-NC 2.0
- Israel’s System of Segregated Roads in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (c) Visualizing Palestine 2012 BY-NC-ND
- What does this green plate mean by Wild_Strawberry7986
- “Tacla Taid Anglesey’s Transport Museum - Motorcycles room - Ariel and BSA” by Elliott Brown, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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Sponsor me to walk to Canterbury
As if cycling 240 km each way from London to Herefordshire and back again wasn’t enough, in a week and a half’s time I’ll be walking with a few others from London to Canterbury.
Everything I learned at Electromagnetic Field 2026
Week 289: To EMF, the hard way
After a quiet, normal Monday, I got up early on Tuesday morning, packed all my kit onto my bike, and set out for Herefordshire around 06:00.
Week 288: Lost baguette
This comes to you from a field in Gloucestershire, at the end of day two of my human-powered journey to Electromagnetic Field.
Older entries can be found in the archive.