Talk:Vehicle registration plates of Malaysia

message: Hey! I've made this table. Feel free to use it if it's necessary. __earth 15:40, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vehicle Registration Table 

message: The title is misleading. Motocycles use the same number platings too. Wouldn't it be better suited if we rename it to Malaysian vehicle number plates? -- Two hundred percent 16:22, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: agreed. __earth (Talk) 17:50, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll move it if there's no objection soon. __earth (Talk) 04:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plates applies to cars only? 

message: I have to admit, that was pretty resourceful work. Nice one. But at least one photo is still needed. - Two hundred percent 06:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Using tables to illustrate number plates 

message: Anyone knows of e-plate to be launched by the government? I read in newspaper last January/February that all new cars for year 2007 are required to use the new e-plate and gradually over a certain period of time all cars in Malaysia will be required to use it.
It's claimed that the e-plate will capitalize RFID technology with reading distance of 100 metres (i doubt bout this claim). 
Further, 200 cameras will be installed along major highways (just like in Singapore) to complement the e-plate. 
If i'm not mistaken, e-plate will bu use as speed detection, vehicle theft detection and traffic violation.
Can anyone confirm this? It would be interesting if we can add the material in this site. Thank you. --Suryasuharman 01:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Mind providing some sources? I like to know if it's officially reported on local media sources. - Two hundred percent 10:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  e-plate 

message: The recent edited page at East Malaysia section goes as followed:
"In Sabah this serial letter follows the serial number ("SA 1234 A", followed by "SAA 1234 A" in 2000 after the complete use of postfix letter "X" in the year 1999), and in Sarawak it follows the regional code ("QKA 1234")."
Does that mean the rest of the districts in sabah will also apply the same one as KK in the future? Like sandakan that would be "SDA 1234 A" or Kudat would be "SKA 1234 A"? I haven't heard any news from the state government that it will be follow this way? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xmlv (talk • contribs) 14:58, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sandakan, and others the letter sequence progress quite slow. but probably ur right. so once sandakan reaches SS 9999 X, they might continue with SSA 1 A. But i think there is also some kind of agreement with the S'pore govt to avoid using certain letters to avoid conflicts. see Singapore licence plates. kawaputratok2me 05:36, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plate Number Formats 

message: Heya all, I have recently seen plate number F on superbikes in Kuala Lumpur. I've seen FA, FF and FS plate numbers. There's no additional info available. Anyone knows anything? Cheers! - Quastar Vaan (talk) 09:03, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Those bikes are from Singapore. See: Vehicle registration plates of Singapore. ќמшמφטтгמtorque 04:39, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plate Number F? 

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message: All information in the second paragraph of the above mentioned section appeared wrong. Firstly, the alphabet "Z" is never used for civilian vehicles. Hence, the last alphabet in a series is "Y" before it jumps to the next series. Say, the WAx series - it starts with WAA and runs to WAY before it moves to WBA. Next, there is no differentiation between  motorcycle registration and other vehicles. Hence, the assertion about 5 digit registration plate for motorcycle is wrong. Thirdly, the Government has not decided on the future of the "W" scheme in Kuala Lumpur when the present scheme is exhausted with the issue of WYY. Not too sure where the author got the impression that it would move into a 5 digit scheme. Lastly, Kelantan is already moving close to the end of the DBx series, and Pahang was already in the CCx series before 2011. In short, everything in this paragraph is wrong.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.139.72.80 (talk) 18:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fundamental flaws in the "fundamental design" section 

message: The formatting of the old revision is messy. I removed lots of content and you can add some if you would like to, but don't just simply revert it back. It's too messy.--110.49.234.191 (talk) 16:59, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Messy 

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message: Was there any commentary at the time why the W 1 A etc format was used rather than continuing with the exisiting format and doing WAAA 1 etc? Was it felt that 4 letters in a row was too hard to remember? There is a small increase in the number of possible plates with the W 1 A format (since you can have W 1 A, WA 1 A and WAA 1 A etc whereas with WAAA 1 you effectively only have WAA A 1 and can't have W A 1 and WA A 1 due to the lack of seperation) but this seems like a minor advantage. Perhaps a bigger advantage is when you do run out, WAA 1 AA may be seen as simpler than 5 consecutive letters WAAAA 1. Or perhaps it was more about the belief that the new format would be more popular which didn't turn out to be the case. Or there was simply no commentary from the government on why (this is Malaysia after all). The source used doesn't seem to mention. Nil Einne (talk) 02:16, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not for us to comment about. However silly their design sense is, we're just here to document it. - 210.187.198.193 (talk) 05:28, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  WPKL plates old new format 

message: "A compact version of Arial Bold[dubious – discuss] is currently the typeface preferred by the Road Transport Department and is thus the most commonly used..."
A compact version of the Arial Bold typeface is Arial Narrow Bold. The Arial Narrow Bold typeface does not resemble the existing number plate typeface used by the majority of vehicles in Malaysia. A cursory analysis of the alphanumeric from the Arial type family (and Arial Narrow Bold typeface) clearly indicates that there is no similarities between the number plate typeface most commonly used by vehicles and Arial. It is highly likely that the typeface was produced by a number plate manufacturer and presently does not exist in a digitised format. 
Therefore, because the typeface used by most vehicles in Malaysia does not exist in a digital format as a font, the JPJ diagram for "Kaedah-kaedah Kenderaan Motor (Pendaftaran dan Perlesenan 1959)" showcases the parameters using Arial Bold as a replacement. But this is clearly not the ubiquitous typeface used by a majority of vehicles in Malaysia. This number plate typeface only exist in a hard copy format.
Orangasle (talk) 00:39, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most Commonly Used Number Plate Typeface (License Plates) in Malaysia 

message: Undeniably it can be a bit confusing that vehicles with license plates from Singapore visiting Malaysia (and vice versa) can be a little bit confusing due to the history both countries have in common during colonial times. However, do you think the whole section of "Examples of overlapping with Singapore series" needs to be restructured to be more concise, as it was never really a documented problem by either Singapore's LTA or Malaysia's RTD, nor the traffic police from either countries.
It should be noted that Singapore license plates always end with a suffix. While Malaysia only has suffix for W, Q and S series (and several exceptions like LIMO, old East Malaysian formats that always ends with Q or S) that can conflict with Singaporean formats.
Moreover, a lot of the vehicles in Singapore not owned by private cars and buses (with exception to the SBS buses that does go all the way to Larkin Sentral) never leave the country to Malaysia. Plus, Singapore uses a vehicle-type prefixing system while Malaysia used a state (state+divison for East Malaysia) based prefixing system. Such as, a Putrajaya registration car entering Singapore wouldn't cause much confusion as it never has a suffix and F is reserved for motorcycles over there. OtisElevatorGuy1 (talk) 16:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding border crossing travel (especially Singapore)