Comments on: Better news from parliament

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:01:51 +0000

If you have a look at the traffic directorate’s website, their official title (which you’ll see on printed matter too) is… *takes a deep breath*

Kingdom of Bahrain
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Traffic and Licencing

In Australia, the authority is simply known as the RTA, as it is in the UAE as well. Plain and simple.

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By: Sadek

Sadek — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:37:21 +0000

“Defence, National Security and Foreign Affairs Committee” – walla ajib, that traffic falls under this very important sounding committee. Traffic has nothing to do with defence, national security or foreign affairs – live and learn.

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:12:55 +0000

The full name of the committee is the Defence, National Security and Foreign Affairs Committee and the traffic department falls under their purview.

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By: Sadek

Sadek — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:00:43 +0000

Excuse me but does the “Foreign Affairs Permanent Committee” of the House of Representatives have to do with number plates? There is absolutely no connection between number plates and foreign affairs. I guess they have nothing better to do than hassling Haifa, mannequins, alcohol and gays.

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By: Nine

Nine — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:53:43 +0000

Actually the whole world is crazy about “nice” numbers be it for cars or mobiles. Companies too go for nice telephone numbers. It makes commercial sense. This is not something unique to Bahrain or Dubai. In Hong Kong they are even more crazy about nice numbers since the Chinese consider certain numbers to be auspicious and therefore, good to have. Car number plates go for even carzier prices there!

It is great that the government is finally selling these numbers to the highest bidders. This is the norm in many countries such as the UK where car number plates are routinely auctioned off and are regular features in the newspapers.

Capt Arab,
The reason people stop you on the road is simple; they think you are poor and stupid (sorry) in your old cars and they could easily get a bargain out of you. Drive an expensive car with a nice number plate and see if anybody would approach you! I bet you nobody will!

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By: Capt. Arab

Capt. Arab — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:03:48 +0000

Even when it comes to mobile numbers, you normally dial a number from a name list and hardly input numbers individually, unless it’s a one time call.
Let’s not all fool ourselves, if anyone can get a nice sequential number without much effort then why not??
We have a couple of 4 digit number plates in the family (which we got donkey years ago in the 70′s and 80′s) by normal registration at traffic, and they all happen to be on cars over 10 years old.. We always get stopped by people asking if we wanna sell the car, when in fact it’s the number they are after.
at the end of the day, we are all just a number.. Can I get a decent CPR number?

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By: Mohd Yusif

Mohd Yusif — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:08:21 +0000

Whoops I meant attention not attraction

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By: Mohd Yusif

Mohd Yusif — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:06:03 +0000

But anyway, it will continue to happen regardless

Great! That means I’m going to have continue waiting in line whilst the blonde wannabe bimbo stalls the entire outlet because she cant make up her mind on what number looks the prettiest!

I wanted a random and particularly long number for my car because:

i) I don’t want any unwanted or unnecessary
attraction, and people pass judgment based on number plates – yes – including law enforcement

ii) Makes my number plate harder to recognize or jot down when i screw up!

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By: Ahmedo

Ahmedo — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:03:41 +0000

I think ppl should be able to spend their money as they please. It is not my business or yours, no matter how “wasteful” you might think it is.

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By: I love Bahrain

I love Bahrain — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:59:24 +0000

A 3 digit number ending with 00 was sold a couple of weeks ago for BD200,000. Some 4 digit numbers can fetch more than BD25,000. If this proposal goes through only 6 digit new numbers will be auctioned cos the traffic department doesn’t have 3 or 4 digit numbers.

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