Comments by "Module 79L" (@module79l28) on "American Reacts to Why European Number Plates are BETTER" video.

0:11 - They're called "matrículas" in Portuguese. 😉 Ours have been following a sequence since the beginning and they have 3 pairs of 2 digits. The early ones had two letters and four numbers, with the letters at the beginning (ex: AA-00-00), when all the possible combinations of that series were used up, the letters changed to the end (ex: 00-00-AA), then to the middle in the following series (ex: 00-AA-00) and when that series ended in February of 2020, a new series with four letters and two numbers started (ex: AA-00-AA) and that's the one being currently used. Also, our plates don't have expiration or renewal dates. They are issued with the first registration of the vehicle and last until the vehicle is scrapped. 6:50 - Vanity or personalised plates are not allowed in Portugal. The UK is the only european country I know that allows them. 13:05 - My thoughts: I agree with everything you said about digital plates. The ability to "talk" to other drivers is also a big no-no. As if today's drivers didn't already have enough distracting things inside the vehicle...
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@anouk6644 - We still have two sets of options before we eventually go to the AAA-00-00 format but like in your case, the current format and the two that'll eventually follow (AA-AA-00 and 00-AA-AA) will also have less option due to the combination of letters that will form words that are already listed as not possible. Nevertheless, even now I've seen some funny ones, like AJ-17-AX, AR-25-GH or BA-13-RN, which looks a lot like Bayern. I've even seen an Audi A1 with this plate: AU-56-DI. 😄
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@anouk6644 - We had the XD combination in 1991 (letters at the beginning), in 2004 (letters at the end) and in 2019 (letters in the middle). I call those "the happy number plates". 😄
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