Van in S'pore spotted with licence plate for ants

An all-black van in Singapore recently raised eyebrows as it was spotted with an unusually small licence plate — if you can see it.

Photos of the Toyota Hiace were uploaded to SG Road Vigilante Facebook group on Feb. 25.

The van's licence plate was barely visible in the photo, despite it being taken from just one car length away.

The van's licence plate number prefix was "GHL", indicating that it is registered as a commercial goods vehicle used for carrying and transporting light goods.

Required dimensions

According to One Motoring's website, all vehicles in Singapore are required to comply with the requirements for lettering dimensions:

• Letters and digits are 70mm high, 50mm wide, and 10 mm broad.
• The space between adjoining letters or between adjoining digits is 10mm.
• The space between a letter and a digit next to each other is 20mm.
• The space from the nearest part of each letter and digit to the top or bottom of the vehicle licence plate is 10mm.
• The space from the nearest part of each letter and digit to the side of the vehicle licence plate is 20mm.

The website also warned that those who do not display proper licence plates can be fined up to S$1,000 and jailed up to three months.

Comments

Comments on the post were largely critical of the van owner and urged the person who took the photo to report it to the authorities.

Top photos from SG Road Vigilante/Facebook