Strangest and most distant license plates you've seen in your area

[tvdxer]

Here in Duluth, MN and elsewhere in the region - I've seen

• Alaska - every once in a while I see an Alaskan plate around town
• Northwest Territories - I once saw ther polar bear shaped plate
• Germany - I've seen two or three German plates in the U.S., one on a tour bus in South Dakota (I have no idea why a German tour company operating in the U.S. has - or even is allowed to have - a Bavarian plate).
• Mexico - I think I've seen a Mexican plate once.

The European posters should have more interesting responses, since theoretically you can drive from Vietnam or Laos to France or the Netherlands.

[Robosteve]

I think the most distant one I've seen around here is from WA. There are also some interesting varieties that can be seen from time to time; for instance, I've seen a few "Federal Interstate" plates on large trucks on some major highways.

[urbanfan89]

I saw a French license place once, and a Guam license plate another time.

A lot of people have German license plates on their front, and their "real" one at their back, because only the back one legally counts.

[Timon91]

I once saw a car with a Californian license plate just south of here

On the A2 near Breukelen I once saw four rally cars with Chinese plates.

For European plates: Belarus, Greece, Turkey, Estonia, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria are quite far, but I bet that Chris has seen more

[panda80]

i've seen us plates here in romania too.i've also seen an iranian truck with teheran license plate at ruse-giurgiu border checkpoint.

[Ban.BL]

in Bosnia-Herzegovina:
Isle of Man
all sorts of American plates
Emirates
Guernsey
Russia
Ukraine
Vanuatu

[ChrisZwolle]

In the Netherlands;

Mauritania (trailer only)
Cyprus
Malta
Guernsey
Jersey
Iceland
Russia
Kazakhstan

[Mateusz]

Slovakian...

beign in England

Some kind of dodgy Uzbekistan too I think

[Joshapd]

Morrocan, Greek, Russian, American etc.

[dubart]

Vanuatu, Lebanon, Australia and UAE (Dubai). US and Canada plates are not rare.

[Quall]

I've seen a French plate here in Sudbury :/

[DiggerD21]

Some australian and US license plates. They were souvenirs tough.

[Jonesy55]

I seen a few Latvian and Romanian plates but I don't think i've ever seen any African or Asian plates in the UK.

[RipleyLV]

In Jelgava I once saw a license plate from Greece.

[Cicerón]

Some American plates in Marbella (from California and Florida), in my hometown some Romanian and Bulgarian ones.

[Majestic]

I once saw a Jeep Wrangler with Florida plates and some other car from Massachussetts.

[Slagathor]

Iran, which was fairly spooky

[BND]

Here in Hungary I have seen two trucks from Iran, 3 days ago a car from Kazachstan (KZ). But at the university where I study (Budapest), I often see strange ones, belonging to African students. So I saw several from Nigeria and Ghana, and a few I can't recognise (no oval on the plate or the car). One was like the old Polish plate, white letters on black background, just different font. Also there I saw a car with a Mongolian plate (MNG was the oval). US and Canadian plates are common here, not even surprising to see one.

[x-type]

Vanuatu, but i don't count it because i know that Croat drove a car. i saw few real american cars (i'm sure that real Americans drove them) and from Europe - Finland, Russia, Portugal.

[bozata90]

Iranian - usually TIR plates, also once on the motorway - one with a Monaco plate (sorry, I am not sure about the English adjective - is it monegasque?).