There are several types of vehicle registration plates in Ghana. black print on a white background for private vehicles, black print on a yellow background for commercial vehicles, green print on a white background for agricultural equipment such as tractor white print on a red background for diplomats, and white print on a blue background for motorcycles only.
The major and most important use of a vehicle number plate is the identification of cars and vehicles for security reasons. There are times when accidents take place as a result of overrun of vehicles and cars.It is important for identification and recognition of vehicles that have been responsible for the same among many others of the same brand and make.
The Ghana Armed Forces, Ghana Police, Fire Service and the Ghana Prisons Service have special codes on their number plates GA, GP, FS and PS, respectively. For example, GP 5 would be a number plate for the Ghana Police.
It is an offense to drive a vehicle with an unregistered number plate. There’s only one time you can “technically” drive a car without registration or license plates. If you just purchased a car from a private seller, say on Craigslist, they can’t give you the car with the plates. In order for them to legally sell the vehicle, they have to turn in those plates, leaving you plateless.
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