Indonesian Vehicle Number Plates
I hopped over to Indonesia last Aug. First Nunukan, a small regency (kebupaten in Bahasa Indonesia / Javanese) in East Kalimantan. A week after I back to Semanjung from Sabah, I went to Karimun, a small island in the Riau Islands province.
Managed to take photos of the Indonesian car plate. Here is a mikrolet (mini buses which operate on fixed routes. They carry six to eight passengers and charges per person vary with the distance) plate found in Nunukan.
Mikrolet plate in Nunukan
How is Karimun’s old-style bus look like?
An old-style bus found in Karimun
… and its’ vehicle registration plate
Vehicle registration plate in Indonesia is using the following format: AA NNNN BB.
The first 2 letters (AA) denoting the area of registration, next is followed by up to four digits of numbers (NNNN), and optionally followed by one or two letters (BB).
KT = Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan)
BM = Riau
As for the number below the main registration number (eg. 11 . 05 or 12 . 0?), I have no idea what it is… Can someone tell me?
the date the car is suppose to be taken off the road? like a 15 years restriction whereby it smuct be scrapped?
:)
Comment by earl-ku — September 9, 2006 @ 12:37 am