[Deep Blue]

Originally Posted by Samurai

Wow, that was fast. Mine has not happened even after 11 days. You didn't order via website?

I was forced to order through the dealer as the website would only deliver to VW dealer in Mangalore even though my car was Skoda

[keroo1099]

Originally Posted by kap04

Bimal folks told me that even for new cars they are not doing it, as if there is any damage to the bumper and needs to get replaced you have to apply for a new set of HSRP plates and go through the whole process again.

I don't think this is true. One can always drill out the rivets and refix the number plate.

I just got mine fitted at KHT domlur for my Linea and the actual fixing was painless but please make sure you have the correct invoice copy so that the dealer can upload the fixing details otherwise can become a big headache.

[el lobo 6061]

Originally Posted by kap04

And regarding the rivets, the Bimal folks told me that even for new cars they are not doing it, as if there is any damage to the bumper and needs to get replaced you have to apply for a new set of HSRP plates and go through the whole process again. If the customer really needs it, they would do it is what I understood.

HSRP are designed to be riveted. This is done for enhanced security measure. Making it difficult to remove.

But in Bharat, convenience takes precedence over.

Only benefit I see for HSRP now is:
1. Easier for police/speed camera to challan by just scanning the laser etched number.
2. No more fancy plates.

Apart from this, all this exercise of changing plates yield no benefit other than to contarctor.

There is no enhanced safety whatsoever when the name says High Security.

[sajands]

Anyone facing this issue? I am trying to book on siam.in site and no matter what I do on the billing address details, its giving this error.

[vharihar]

Originally Posted by sajands

Anyone facing this issue? I am trying to book on siam.in site and no matter what I do on the billing address details, its giving this error.

I had the same problem. I fixed it by making sure that my address doesn't span multiple lines (and I think I removed the hyphen before the PIN code too, not sure).

Even though it looks like a multi-line edit box, enter your address as one continuous line, with commas separating entities, that is acceptable, IIRC.

[nareshtrao]

Originally Posted by vRSiva27

I have a KIA Carens which was registered in KA 03 in August-2022. At the time of delivery, the car received an IND Plate which was riveted on to the car.

However the car met with an accident where I has damage to both the front and back of the car and thus, the number plates had to be replaced. I changed the HSRP for a new pair a couple of months back and got it done at an “official” shop in Varthur.

Looking to check with the forum members to see if I am due to change the plate as well or if I am good with what I have. TIA for the inputs!

No. You can not get a plate in any "Official" shop. It can only be sourced by either the dealers when you are buying a vehicle or by yourself booking on the official site of the authorised plate manufacturer (based on the brand of the vehicle and your State of residence), if it is for an older pre-Apr 2019 vehicle.

The replacement plates are booked ONLY online and will definitely have the laser etched number which is recorded on the Vahan portal against the vehicle (also note the numbers for front and back are different).

Another point - For a replacement you need to lodge a formal complaint and submit a copy (not yet clear on the process though but others may know).

So please check and get the right plates. You perhaps have been given regular IND plates which are ok for now but when the rule deadline comes in to effect, you will need the genuine ones again.

[sachinpk]

Originally Posted by el lobo 6061

1. Easier for police/speed camera to challan by just scanning the laser etched number.

Various state governments and police forces are actively scouting for ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) systems for traffic law enforcement. HSRP and the standardized font, size etc will make life easier for ANPR.

Once when stopping for food at a restuarant just nearing KA-TN state border I saw a Tourist Taxi vehicle getting its number plates changed (from yellow to the black on white). The driver had the number plates with him. I think it was a move to show the vehicle as a private vehicle and avoid paying road tax in TN. HSRP which gets riveted will make such moves a bit more difficult.

Note: In A.P, I had noticed all Taxi vehicles having the numbers in TV series (like AP01-TV 1234). Now if this info is shared with other states, they will know that the vehicle is most likely a Taxi Vehicle. KA does not do this, other than keeping aside the F series for public transport buses and G for government owned vehicles.

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by Samurai

It was today for i10 plates, when I called to confirm it has arrived, they say it hasn't arrived.

Finally got a call around 4pm saying it has arrived. Now I can go anytime to get it fixed.

[bejoy]

Reading at the various experiences here, I think the process is getting streamlined slowly and hopefully the dealers would be able to handle the fitments better. I have booked for my XUV and scheduled for 16th September at Sireesh, near Silk Board.

Originally Posted by sachinpk

KA does not do this, other than keeping aside the F series for public transport buses and G for government owned vehicles.

Commercial vehicles are assigned "A, AA, AB, ..." series, right? And private cars in "M, N, P, Z, ..". There are legitimate conversions of categories, like it is possible to change from commercial to private, while retaining the number. Also when the govt vehicles are auctioned, the number is retained, I guess.

[vivek_k_p]

Hi Team BHPians,

I ran into an error while trying to get HSRP for my Renault Duster.

I first went to https://www.siam.in/selectoem1.aspx to know vendor for Renault in Karnataka.



Website directed me to https://bookmyhsrp.com/plate/VahanBookingDetail.aspx

I entered my car details just to get below error.



Anyone else got HSRP plates for old Renault cars in Karnataka ?

[sachinpk]

Originally Posted by bejoy

Commercial vehicles are assigned "A, AA, AB, ..." series, right? And private cars in "M, N, P, Z, ..".

My understanding is that KA and KL just go by the usual series. That 1234A, and when that reaches 9999A, they started with 0001B etc. And KA reserves F and G series for public transport bus and government vehicles. I may be wrong here though.

[funkykar]

My understanding of Karnataka RTO:
No letter, A,B,C,D - Commercial
E - 2 Wheeler
F - State transport buses
G- Government vehicles
H, J, K, L - 2 wheelers. Cant remember seeing I, don't know if its in use.
M, N - Cars
O - Dont know if it's in use. Never seen any vehicle in this series. Chances are it can be confused with '0' and purposefully omitted.
P - Cars
Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y - 2 Wheelers
Z - Cars

Once all single letters for a particular category of vehicles gets exhausted, the cycle repeats with double letters.
E.g cars, lets take KA04 as RTO:
KA04M[1-9999]
KA04N[1-9999]
KA04P[1-9999]
KA04Z[1-9999]
KA04MA[1-9999]
:
:
:
KA04MZ[1-9999]
KA04NA[1-9999]
:
:
KA04NZ[1-9999]
This will go all the way till ZZ. Post this, my guess is they will add another letter. None of the series have reached there in Karnataka, hence cant comment.

[nareshtrao]

Originally Posted by funkykar

My understanding of Karnataka RTO:
No letter, A,B,C,D - Commercial
E - 2 Wheeler
F - State transport buses
G- Government vehicles
H, J, K, L - 2 wheelers. Cant remember seeing I, don't know if its in use.
M, N - Cars
O - Dont know if it's in use. Never seen any vehicle in this series. Chances are it can be confused with '0' and purposefully omitted.
P - Cars
Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y - 2 Wheelers
Z - Cars
This will go all the way till ZZ. Post this, my guess is they will add another letter. None of the series have reached there in Karnataka, hence cant comment.

You are right.

"I" and "O" are purposefully omitted across the world as a practice in many areas including Building and Road nomenclatures to avoid confusions with "0" and "1". Another aspect is the Automatic Character Recognition Cameras/Softwares too tend to confuse it up depending on the fonts used.

In case of RTO, MORTH has taken care to select a font/typeface that may not cause so much of an issue but the conscious omission seems to be a cautious approach.

[binand]

Originally Posted by sachinpk

My understanding is that KA and KL just go by the usual series. That 1234A, and when that reaches 9999A, they started with 0001B etc. And KA reserves F and G series for public transport bus and government vehicles. I may be wrong here though.

What I have observed is that (at least in Bangalore) - A-Z were assigned to all classes of vehicles (F & G were reserved). Once Z was breached and two-letter series were introduced, they went with this scheme:

Ax-(Dx?): All yellow plates.
Ex-Jx (Lx?) excluding Fx & Gx: Two-wheelers.
Fx: BMTC/KSRTC buses. All in KA-57.
Gx: Government vehicles.
Mx-Nx (Px and beyond?): All white plates.

KA-03, which seems to be the fastest filling one in Karnataka, is currently at NQ or so. I expect it to spill over into Px zone by Q2 of next year.

I see that there is a KA-61 Marathahalli that is about to be operationalised. We will see how they do it first-hand over the next few years then.

[audioholic]

Originally Posted by funkykar

This will go all the way till ZZ. Post this, my guess is they will add another letter. None of the series have reached there in Karnataka, hence cant comment.

Originally Posted by binand

KA-03, which seems to be the fastest filling one in Karnataka, is currently at NQ or so. I expect it to spill over into Px zone by Q2 of next year.

I see that there is a KA-61 Marathahalli that is about to be operationalised. We will see how they do it first-hand over the next few years then.

The government has opened quite a bit of new RTOs now, all the way till KA70. Right now its only KA03 and KA05 which is running fast and 05 is reaching NH if not already. Since 03 already lost some pace due to 53, and now with Marathahalli, it should also slow down now. After this they might target to split 05 to another RTO for Bannerghatta or the area between Bannerghatta road and Kanakapura road and add one to cater to areas between Kanakapura Road and Mysore road to cover all the new areas that have developed in this region.

Laggards in my opinion are KA01, 02 and 04. Not sure why those RTOs are not preferred by dealers now that the RTO is not bound by your address proof.