Military License Plate

[Silverfire]

I was driving today and saw a car with the license plate RCN RCB.  I was just curious if there was any military reference to that? Possibly Navy?

Similarly, I have seen license plates that have the SOT Ribbon that read something like ##QYR##.  I'm not entirely sure though.  Would that be a reference to Queens York Rangers? Is there like a vanity license plate format that military members use possibly indicating years of enrolment and retirement?

Totally off topic, but I did once hear of a license plate in Ontario that simple read TAXES.  But if you read the entire thing, it would say,

ONTARIO
TAXES
YOURS TO DISCOVER

 

[Old Sweat]

My RV has Ontario plate MUD GNR.

 

[2010newbie]

Similarly, I have seen license plates that have the SOT Ribbon that read something like ##QYR##.

I believe the YR is present in all the SOT plates in Ontario that are solely graphic plates and not vanity plates. The YR stands for Yellow Ribbon.

http://media.mmgcommunity.topscms.com/images/7a/e1/f21f5e0f404793ec0fbc009050f9.jpeg

There are a bunch of Graphic plates for different reserve regiments and of course the veteran plates as well.

http://www.ontario.ca/en/services_for_residents/ONT06_023115

 

[Rifleman62]

A fellow in SK has been making Cdn Mil Vanity plates.  The website is below.

http://dlmvp.com/index.html

Possible potential advertiser at Army.ca

 

[Rogo]

Saw a guy drive by with the plates EMECWO the other day.

 

[Jed]

A relative of mine has the plate UBIQUE. To bad he had Arty background and not Engr. I guess he drove all over the place and not 'everywhere'.  8)

 

[Pat in Halifax]

A fellow in SK has been making Cdn Mil Vanity plates.  The website is below.

http://dlmvp.com/index.html

Possible potential advertiser at Army.ca

Those are great!
I now know what my father-in-law(ret'd-C2 Bos'n) is getting for Father's Day!

 

[PPCLI Guy]

A fellow in SK has been making Cdn Mil Vanity plates.  The website is below.

http://dlmvp.com/index.html

Possible potential advertiser at Army.ca

I wonder if he has the permission of the Regiments to use their proprietary logos?

I think I will find out...

 

[Pat in Halifax]

I am going to go out on a limb here and say that because they are freely available on line (and do not belong to the Regiment but more the GOC) that there should be nothing here. Could be wrong.

 

[Stoker]

I wonder if he has the permission of the Regiments to use their proprietary logos?

I think I will find out...

Why not leave the guy alone?

 

[dapaterson]

Why not leave the guy alone?

Because once you let one guy do it, everyone will do it.  And your idea of what's appropriate may not be someone else's.


Unless you want this guy

wearing a "HMCS YourShip" thong out in public.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

I wonder if he has the permission of the Regiments to use their proprietary logos?

I think I will find out...

Sure. Find out at the same time if YOU have permission to use the PPCLI insignia as your avatar. Just saying

 

[Journeyman]

For the same reason that people can't just come on this site and start selling whatever they wish -- proprietary rights. The regiments have the authority to fund-raise or self-promote through selling products with their logo on it -- this guy in Saskatchewan (bless his entrepreneurial spirit) does not.


Edit: dapterson managed to make the point much more eloquently 

 

[PPCLI Guy]

Sure. Find out at the same time if YOU have permission to use the PPCLI insignia as your avatar. Just saying

Note that I am using a photo of the Magueritte, for a very good reason.

And yes, I do have authority....

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Actually, Journeyman, you do not know whether he has permission or not.

And BTW, under section 9 of the Trademarks Act, these various emblems, insignia, crests, etc. belong to Her Majesty the Queen, not the individual unit for which they are adopted. So its Her consent that must be sought. For the Armed Forces, IIRC there is a person responsible for those permission in the GG's office.

 

[Kat Stevens]

wow

 

[Franko]

Actually, Journeyman, you do not know whether he has permission or not.

And BTW, under section 9 of the Trademarks Act, these various emblems, insignia, crests, etc. belong to Her Majesty the Queen, not the individual unit for which they are adopted. So its Her consent that must be sought. For the Armed Forces, IIRC there is a person responsible for those permission in the GG's office.

:rofl:

You REALLY have no idea who PPCLI GUY is.....          :

 

[the 48th regulator]

Individuals do no have seek permission from each individual Unit.  I am in the process of doing this for a small business I would like to start, and this is what I received from DND;

Good morning Mr. Tescione,

Please accept my apologies for the delay in reply.

An application requesting permission for the commercial reproduction of Canadian Forces badges must first be completed and forwarded to Crown Copyright. I am including the links below which will assist you in completing the forms necessary to obtain this permission.

http://publications.gc.ca/helpAndInfo/cc-dac/application-e.html

http://publications.gc.ca/helpAndInfo/cc-dac/application-e.pdf

Once the forms are completed they must be submitted to:

Crown Copyright Officer
Crown Copyright and Licensing Section
Canadian Government Publishing
350 Albert St., 4th Floor
Ottawa ON K1A 0S5
Fax: (613) 998-1450

As for us being the police of some of these vendors, trust me, DND has already contacted him well before anyone here has.

dileas

tess

 

[Strike]

If people are THAT worried about it, general rule of thumb is, if you want to make money off of it you are not allowed to use it.  If the emblem is going to be used in any way to discredit the CF, you are not allowed to use it.  If it is going to be used to assume some sort of association in which you may end up making money from it, you are not allowed to use it.

If you're using it in this site to reflect an association or in any other way that does not reflect any of the examples above, you're probably ok.  But for times when you want to use it for fundraising or to reflect any association you may have with a group (think kit shop) then you have to apply for permission.


(keep in mind, the above is just a general Coles note of how the CF administers its trademarks and NOT the be all and end all of explanation.)

 

[Pat in Halifax]

:rofl:

You REALLY have no idea who PPCLI GUY is.....          :

And you sir, REALLY have no idea who Oldgateboatdriver is....