Comments by "Module 79L" (@module79l28) on "American Discovers Every Registration Plate in Europe" video.

9:25 - That's the latest portuguese number plate, Ian, the two letters, two numbers, two letters without separating dots (AA 00 AA series) only started in February 2020. I call them "the bland series" because the plates are just plain ugly. The previous series had the numbers and the letters separated by black dots, and since 1998 a yellow strip on the right with the month and the year of the vehicle's first registration. Those plates looked nice but for the new series the EU forced us to remove that second strip because they argued that the LE authorities in other countries could confuse that date with the expiration date that exists in other EU countries' plates and could start pulling over portuguese vehicles for supposedly having an "expired" plate. I mean, the LE authorities in other european countries have to know what all the symbols on the various plates mean, so they could've easily learned what our date meant but since we were the only country in Europe with that and we're small, the EU "powers" forced us to remove it. The last straw was the removal of the dots for the new series but that idea came out of the "bright" minds of our "beloved" DMV. 😠 The next time you react to some portuguese vehicle-related video you'll probably see at least 3 different number plates, if not all 4 because there are still many pre-1992 cars on the roads.
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@valije - My 1st bike, a 1988 Yamaha XT 350, came with one of those. 🙂 They looked nice on old vehicles but they would look very outdated on modern vehicles. Plus, there's the non-reflective issue.
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