Scotland
STATUS: Part of Great Britain, United Kingdom
WORLD LOCATION: Northwest Europe
CAPITAL: Edinburgh
FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: Early 1900's
MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED: Approx. 750,000
PLATES ARE: Owner provided, but similar.
Current issues are standard UK plates, with special code letters in the second and third letter location. The header plate has the code SC, for Edinburgh.
SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs
CARS DRIVE ON: Left
Header plate from the PL8S Magazine photo archive

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Scottish Taxi license plate - flat plexiglass, from the PL8S Magazine archives. |
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