Licence plate on truck does not match trailer

[CoolHandLuke]

Not sure if thsi happens in ETS as well, but I noticed the trailer I am hauling has a different plate to my truck. No big deal, but it would be nice if it matched.

[Tanvaras]

Not sure but in my country, trailers are registered seperately and have their own plate

[Gamer Mickey]

Originally posted by CoolHandLuke:

Not sure if thsi happens in ETS as well, but I noticed the trailer I am hauling has a different plate to my truck. No big deal, but it would be nice if it matched.

Because you don't own the trailer dude.

It belongs to the company hiring you for the job.

Each trailer will have its own number plate.

[CoolHandLuke]

Thanks for the replies guys, I didn't know that trailers were registered seperately & had different plates

[Stringbean]

Originally posted by CoolHandLuke:

Thanks for the replies guys, I didn't know that trailers were registered seperately & had different plates

Don't worry. Neither did I, but you asked a perfectly good question and even I didn't even think to look at plates on the trailers when I made my custom plates.

[vincent_kelton]

I drive a smi truck in real life. just wanted you to know that every trailer is registerd as a vehicle of its own and has its own regestration papers and also is issued its own licence plate.

[Nimir-Raj]

As far as I know, the UK is the only place in the world that has to have the same number plate on the truck and trailer by law.

In our case, any thing connected to the truck is part of the truck and thus is the drivers responsibility to check it and make sure it is road worthy.

[Polarlicht]

they have their own reg.

[xaagon]

All US trailers have their own plates. If you look closely at the California trailers you'll notice a different numbering scheme - trailers have 5 numbers and 2 letters, trucks will have 6 numbers and 1 letter. Each state's number patterns are different.

[Rookie-31st]

I never paid attention to plates on trailers in ATS. Did not know they even exist. Nice feature. And yes, as said numerous times above, trailers in the US are registered on their own, not linked to any particular truck, hence different licence plate

[Devon]

In real life trailers are registered separetly within the company you haul for

[Tombstone Shadow]

In addition to the above mentioned situation of trailers having different plates, it is also important to note that in the United States, large companies will register their trailers in the state with the lowest registration fees. That used to be Oklahoma. Not sure where it is now. We all get California plates in this game, so I guess we pay the higher prices.

[kj6zd]

Originally posted by Tanvaras:

Not sure but in my country, trailers are registered seperately and have their own plate

In the US too!

[kj6zd]

Originally posted by Tombstone Shadow:

In addition to the above mentioned situation of trailers having different plates, it is also important to note that in the United States, large companies will register their trailers in the state with the lowest registration fees. That used to be Oklahoma. Not sure where it is now. We all get California plates in this game, so I guess we pay the higher prices.

It depends on where your main office is, if in CAL you'll get CAL plates. If AZ you'll get AZ plates and so on.

[Elwenil]

Originally posted by kj6zd:

Originally posted by Tombstone Shadow:

In addition to the above mentioned situation of trailers having different plates, it is also important to note that in the United States, large companies will register their trailers in the state with the lowest registration fees. That used to be Oklahoma. Not sure where it is now. We all get California plates in this game, so I guess we pay the higher prices.

It depends on where your main office is, if in CAL you'll get CAL plates. If AZ you'll get AZ plates and so on.

Not true. Many companies and even owner operators will register in a state that is not where their home or office is. In some cases, you don't even need an address in the state or live there at all to register commercial vehicles and/or trailers. It'a all about the taxes, fees and ease of registering.

[xaagon]

Originally posted by Elwenil:

Originally posted by kj6zd:

It depends on where your main office is, if in CAL you'll get CAL plates. If AZ you'll get AZ plates and so on.

Not true. Many companies and even owner operators will register in a state that is not where their home or office is. In some cases, you don't even need an address in the state or live there at all to register commercial vehicles and/or trailers. It'a all about the taxes, fees and ease of registering.

The first post is true within the game.

The reply is true in real life. For example, I live in Colorado, but see a disproportionate amount of Oklahoma and Indiana plates on trucks. I doubt most of them are based in those states, but suspect that those states offer a tax incentive for companies to register there. It's kind of like "flags of convenience" - why all those big cargo ships fly flags from Panama & Liberia.