NATiS offers special car number plates

Any car owner dreaming of a special licence plate for his vehicle like N 888 W or N200 S now has a chance to apply for such a number plate. The Roads Authority (RA) this week announced that applications start on 16 May and will last 3 weeks. The cost of the bumper numbers is N$ 500 but only one number will be allocated per person. According to Wilfried Brock, divisional manager for transport at the RA told reporters that only faxed applications will be considered on a first come, first served basis. The magic fax number is 061-284 7243and will only be switched on at 08h00 on 16 May, so early faxing during the night before is not possible, according to Brock. The application forms can be fetched at any of the 32 NATiS offices in the whole country. This is a once off application, according to Brock as the computer system specially blocked certain numbers for this purpose. After the initial phase is concluded and numbers allocated to the successful first group of car owners, clients can from then onwards do not need to make a special application. Instead, they can go to any NATiS centres during office hours and enquire if a "nice" number" is available, pay the N$ 500 and obtain the desired number along with the usual documents.