Re: High security registration plates (HSRP) in India The HSRP saga has a new twist. From 1 January 2019 onwards, all classes of motor vehicles will be required to come fitted with tamper-proof high-security registration plates.
As readers of this thread know, HSRPs were first made mandatory in some states more than a decade back, but they have largely failed to take off across the nation. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) last week published new draft rules that make it mandatory for automobile manufacturers to provide, and dealers to affix, the “security licence plate, including the third registration mark” for all new vehicles manufactured on or after January 1 of next year.
Vehicle manufacturers will themselves be able to produce the HSRP and obtain the Type Approval Certificate from the Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi (or any one of the six testing agencies authorised by the Central Government). Alternatively, they could also procure them from an HSRP manufacturer.
The move to rope in automobile manufacturers and the dealers aims to end the monopoly of a few HSRP manufacturers and ensure uniformity in the quality of the HSRPs.
I don't know if the current standards for HSRPs are uniform across the states that make them mandatory, but the new national standards are to include the following: - 15-year guarantee
- self-destructive sticker with engine and chassis number
- chromium-based hologram applied by hot stamping on the top left corner of both front and back number plates
- permanent identification number (minimum 10 digits) laser-branded into the reflective sheeting on the bottom left of the number plates
- permanent number to be preceded by two alphabets indicating name of vendor, manufacturer or supplier for whom the Type Approval Certificate was issued by the testing agency
- number plate fitted in the rear of the vehicle to be fastened with a non-removable/non-reusable snap lock system (for enhanced security, two snap locks will be used in the HSRP affixed in the rear)
- third tag in the form of a self-destructive, chromium-based hologram sticker affixed on the inner side of the vehicle’s windshield
Let's see how this latest chapter in the Indian HSRP drama unfolds... ![LOL](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/LOL.png) |