Can I get an English translation please.

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American English that is.....

First, what is an A road, B road, C road, D road or any other letter designation road ? Here we have freeways, city streets and country roads. Seems simple to me.

Secondly, what does a 12 plate, 13 plate, 14 plate, 18 plate or any other number plate mean ?
It never seems to jive with the model year described.

Excuse me for not knowing these things but I've led a sheltered life.
 
Meloman said:
American English that is.....

First, what is an A road, B road, C road, D road or any other letter designation road ? Here we have freeways, city streets and country roads. Seems simple to me.

Secondly, what does a 12 plate, 13 plate, 14 plate, 18 plate or any other number plate mean ?
It never seems to jive with the model year described.

Excuse me for not knowing these things but I've led a sheltered life.
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An A road is the next designation of road down from a motorway (freeway). B road is next down from an A road etc. Normally the B roads are the best motorcycling roads if you re not in a hurry to get somewhere.

A 12 plate vehicle was registered in 2012. You will not see a 18 plate until the end of 2017.
 
Roughly speakiing a 12 plate will be from 2012, 13 from 2013 and so on.
It is slightly more complex because I have a '17 model bike, registered at the end of 2016 but my license plate say 66 on it.
I won't confuse you with why though.

B road is a country road (not always but it will do for this explanation).
A road is between a motorway and a B road.
Some A roads are dual carriageway, or single carriageway at different points along it.

The weird thing in the UK is something called national speed limit, which is a white sign with a black circle with a line through it.
For cars and bikes it means the speed limit it 60 on single carriageway and 70 on dual carriageway unless otherwise indicated.
Other classes of vehicle have different speeds they are allowed to go, which is why we have it rather than just a number- the class of vehicle determines the speed limit.

Do I have to define single/dual carriageway? :)
 
M...Motorway = Freeway
A...Major road = Primary route
B...Minor road = Back road

12, 13, 14 plate etc means year of vehicle as displayed on the number plate (license plate)

If you spot an 18 plate contact the police because it will be a false one:D

This is a rough guide only.

I hope my translation makes sense.:)
 

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A 16 plate will be registered between 1st March and 31st August in 2016.

The next number, 66, will be registered between 1st September 2016 and 28th February 2017 so therefore could be a 2016 or 2017 date of registration on the registration documents.
 
steadysteve said:
A 16 plate will be registered between 1st March and 31st August in 2016.

The next number, 66, will be registered between 1st September 2016 and 28th February 2017 so therefore could be a 2016 or 2017 date of registration on the registration documents.
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I live in Northern Ireland, part of the UK which does not use this registration system.
In case you are wondering: Yes, is is like screwing a woman in a flat bottomed boat in Paris:

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Don't forget that after M, A & B roads you have some other options, such as unclassified; this normally translates as a road that has a 'metalled' surface but that hasn't been maintained since Dog was a lad, will have grass growing up the middle and be covered in shit. Such roads are very common in the more rural areas of the U.K.
Then you get BOAT's which are Byways Open to All Traffic, these are generally unsurfaced tracks that are legal highways, however to stop folk enjoying themselves (and prevent surface erosion) these are often closed to motor vehicles :blast
 
oblertone said:
Don't forget that after M, A & B roads you have some other options, such as unclassified; this normally translates as a road that has a 'metalled' surface but that hasn't been maintained since Dog was a lad, will have grass growing up the middle and be covered in shit. Such roads are very common in the more rural areas of the U.K.
Then you get BOAT's which are Byways Open to All Traffic, these are generally unsurfaced tracks that are legal highways, however to stop folk enjoying themselves (and prevent surface erosion) these are often closed to motor vehicles :blast
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I live off the U109E - are you saying my road is shit????
 
Meloman said:
American English that is.....

First, what is an A road, B road, C road, D road or any other letter designation road ? Here we have freeways, city streets and country roads. Seems simple to me.

Secondly, what does a 12 plate, 13 plate, 14 plate, 18 plate or any other number plate mean ?
It never seems to jive with the model year described.

Excuse me for not knowing these things but I've led a sheltered life.
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One more thing, if its on the map its 99.9% likely to be paved, if its an unpaved road you probably don't want to be driving on it, unlike in the states were there are a fair number of well travelled country roads that are unpaved
 
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