The emotive yellow grinehoveder has long since taken over punktummets space in TEXT and instant messages with both young and old.
Now, continuing the graphical emojis used in the written communication, but this time it happens in a place we are not used to show emotions. Before long will australian motorists in the state of Queensland to put a selection of the grinning, blinking, fell in love, or sunglass-cool heads on their ønskenummerplader.
a total Of five different emoticons will be able to opt from and with 1. march, if they are put together with three letters and two numbers.
It writes a variety of media, including 7News Brisbane.
the Rules for ønskenummerplader in Queensland has long been somewhat more lenient, than is the case for example in denmark. Thus, one can personalize his plate with a ton of different designs, colors and even logos.
There is for example an ‘I love’-plate with a red heart in the middle and plates that are specially designed for the fans of the country’s major rugbyhold.
– In a good piece of time, we have seen how one can support his favorite team or favorite city with a symbol on the license plate. And the use of emojis is not different, says Rebecca Michael, who is the spokesperson for the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland, for 7News Brisbane.
The new number plates can be seen in the advertisement below.
however, It is not everyone who shares Rebecca Michaels optimism. Opposite the Brisbane Times asks the president of the state bar association, Bill Potts, himself sceptical as to whether the plates from moving too far from their real purpose.
– It is clear that the government is trying to make the number plate more sexy in order to earn more money, and I can understand that. But the purpose of license plates is that the police can identify vehicles. How do you write emojien on the license plate down when there has been an accident?, he asks, rhetorically.
7News Brisbane writes, however, that emojierne will only be for decoration and not included in the car’s registration number. It is also for this reason that emoticons are here to be combined with three letters and two numbers.
According to the BBC will license plates cost 475 australian dollars, which roughly corresponds to 2200 crowns. For comparison, the costs ønskenummerplader at home 9180 dollars plus 200 dollars in fee.
