CHENNAI: The traffic police have set a November 15 deadline for vehicle owners to fix number plates as prescribed by the Central Motor Vehicles (CMV) rules. An official release from the police said that there was a trend among the motorists to ignore the size of both numbers and the plate to be fixed in a vehicle. The variations in size of number plates and letters used by the motorists made it difficult to note down numbers in case of violations. This had resulted in delays in compensation to the victims, the authorities said.

In order to solve the problem, motorists have been asked to comply with Section 50 and 51 of the CMV Rules of 1989.

The number plates for all transport vehicles should have black letters on a yellow background. The plates for non-transport vehicles should have black letters on a white background.

Regulations

Size of letters and numerals of the registration mark should be as follows: The rear letters in all motorcycles and three wheeled invalid carriages should have dimensions not less than 36 mm height, 7 mm thickness with 5 mm space between each letter.

The rear numeral should have 40 mm height, 7 mm thickness and 5 mm space.

All motorcycles with engine capacity less than 70 cc should have front letters and numerals with 16 mm height, 2.5 mm thickness and 2.5 mm space.

Other motorcycles should have front letters and numerals with 30 mm height, 5 mm thickness and 5 mm space.

Three wheeler rules

Three wheelers with engine capacity not exceeding 500 cc should have rear and front letters and numerals with 35 mm height, 7 mm thickness and 5 mm space.

Three wheelers of engine capacity exceeding 500 cc should have rear and front letters and numerals with 40 mm height, 7 mm thickness and 5 mm space.

All other motor vehicles should have rear and front letters and numerals with 65 mm height, 10 mm thickness and 10 mm space, the note added.

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