Topic: license plates

The Department of Vehicle and Drivers' Licensing (DVDL) advises members of the public that its Crewe Road location will be opened on Saturdays starting on 2nd March 2024 for the replacement of temporary and old registration (orange and yellow) number plates.

Grand Cayman resident John Ferguson has returned to the island with a second place award for his display of Cayman Islands vehicle licence plates at the annual Automobile License Plate Collectors Association international convention.

Drivers who want to find out if their new car registration numbers are ready to be picked up can now check on the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing website.

Although more than 16,000 electronic license plates and window coupons have been issued by the Cayman Islands Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing, scanning devices which allow police to automatically “read” those tags are not in use.

About 60 percent of the vehicles that were issued temporary paper license tags since late last year have received new electronic license plates from the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing.

Starting next month, the Cayman Islands Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing will begin issuing new electronic license plates, and there are a few pointers the department has for new plate recipients.

New electronic license plates will be issued starting next month, about three months later than the Cayman Islands government initially planned.

Electronic license plates — Today's editorial cartoon

We have deep concerns over the government’s scheme to “repeal and replace” all conventional vehicle license plates in the Cayman Islands with electronic tags over the next three years.

The process of changing all of Cayman’s registered vehicles’ license plates to electronic tags, which is expected to take up to three years, will begin next month when the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing introduces the new service.