Foursprung: Anti-theft number plate

Make your license plate prevent your car fom being stolen.

A UK manufacturer has developed what they claim to be the world's first anti-theft numberplate.

Hills Numberplates has made the plates to comply with the latest DVLA standard, which means it has to take more than 3 minutes to get them off a vehicle. Under independent testing not only did the new plates not budge in 3 minutes, but when they were eventually removed they were completely irreparable.

The DVLA directive has emerged in response to an estimated 30,000 numberplates stolen in 2004. They are usually then used for car ID theft - being attached to other vehicles which are then used for criminal activity.

The theft resistant plates were officially launched by the DVLA at the end of May, and will be available from the end of July for new vehicles and as a retrofit through approved

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Source: Auto Express

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