plates

The stoppage has come at what is normally a peak period for selling cars, following the release of new registration plates on 1 September.

The latest batch of new registration plates became available on Monday, 1 September.

Regardless of its exact provenance the owner now faces a fine for driving a vehicle on the motorway without headlights, indicators or number plates, and could have his driving licence suspended.

After all, we can all benefit from adding more whimsy to our plates.

Afghanistan is very prone to earthquakes because of its location on top of a number of fault lines where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.