Car Registration

[pudseyb]

My car registration is in the format A123BCD but with the number 100.
Recently while out driving I found myself with a car parked to my left and another approaching me on the other side of the road. Both of these cars had the same format of reg no and their number was 100. All cars were different makes and models and as far I am aware none of the owners/drivers were connected in any way. What are odds of this happening???

[shoota]

100 to 3?

[Hopkirk]

You should have bought a lotto ticket straight away

[Svejk]

are you sure it wasn't a reflection?

[2sp_]

I saw a car with the reg ** POO being followed by one with the reg ** CRP.

Made me smile.

[tonyav]

Were they French cars, 2sp_ ?

[Old_Geezer]

What was the odds of noticing that whilst safely driving along ?

[Hypognosis]

As I'm sure you're aware, 'back in the day', the three letters referred to the registration district. In the face of it, this makes the chances slim because the two other 100s would have to travel in from their respective other counties.

On the other hand, big cities would have dozens of three letter sets all applying to the same registration district, and the lower numbers on each sequence would be the most likely to recur. So, if you live in a city, the odds of this coincidence aren't so low.

[paulllambert]

I once owned a car with the reg M 206 ***
My dad's next door neighbour ( he lives over 100 miles away) had same make, model, colour car with reg M 207 ***
Both bought second-hand.

[2sp_]

OG, I have to admit driving one of those cars... I was following the other one.

tony, one was German, the other Japanese built.

[SpikeyBush]

I heard there was back in the late 70s a Morris Marina in Oldham with the registration PEN 1S