8 years on, drivers have just days left to replace old plates

| 07/11/2024 | 101 Comments
Cayman News Service
New Cayman Islands licence plates

(CNS): After endless delays over the past eight years, the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing (DVDL) is almost at the end of completing the replacement of old vehicle registration plates with smart security ones. Over the years, the project was supposed to have been completed many times — the last deadline before older plates became illegal was the end of 2022. But drivers now have just a few days to get the new plates.

Vehicle owners must now replace their temporary, Quincentennial, personalised and old registration (orange and yellow) number plates by 15 November. DVDL’s Crewe Road location is open Monday through Friday to facilitate the replacement of plates. Customers must ensure that they submit their temporary plates/registration number plates, windshield coupon, and logbook to the licensing officer in order to collect their new registration plates.

Any owner of vehicles having decommissioned plates beyond 15 November will be handed over to RCIPS for prosecution. Failure to replace old plates is a criminal offence with a fine of $2,500 or up to six months imprisonment or both.

Renewal of vehicle and drivers’ licences can be done online via DVDL’s website.


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  1. Anonymous says:

    Bullying manifesto has infiltrated and reached the lowest.

    They ain’t done nothing else for those residing here outside of themselves.

  2. Anonymous says:

    How do you ‘decommission’ a citizen’s car licence plates in 2 hours that are already paid, regulated and legal in system?

    Any answers?

    decommission
    verb
    past tense: decommissioned; past participle: decommissioned
    withdraw (something, especially weapons or military equipment) from service.
    “a decision to decommission the ice patrol ship HMS Endurance”
    make (a nuclear reactor) inoperative and dismantle it safely.
    “we need to decommission old nuclear power stations”

  3. Anonymous says:

    WARNING

    RCIPS, we are not in a war zone to be sending WARNING notices to media over Licence Plates and threatening innocent people causing unneccesary anxiety and disrupting their lives.

    You not doing that to the politicians who are criminals…they been threatened with jail?

    How many others you threatening…? Just the innocent?

    Criminals walk?

  4. Anonymous says:

    How can a personal Licence Plate be ‘illegal’ and ‘decommissioned’ within four days notice on a social website, then receive an email in late afternoon telling you yoyr plates are ‘illegal’:

    1. Plates were approved and paid for years ago
    2. No notification
    3. Registration, all documents in order
    4. What fee you charging me? No answer.
    5. You are demanding all this with no notification, 4 days notice on media threatening innocent people with jail, fines and/or both
    6. There is nothing ‘illegal’ about this.

    What is illegal and dictatorship is the whole scenario.

    There is something more going on with this!

    To treat and threaten people like this over Licence Plates is covering up a whole pile of shit going on in government!

  5. Anonymous says:

    WARNING….

  6. Anonymous says:

    Here my shopping list RCIPS or DVDL for Saturday onwards….government appears to have so much money to dispose of, you are welcome to pay your gas and service on government card!

  7. Anonymous says:

    Incarcerated if you do go on the road, incarerated in your home if you don’t…

    What happened to Cayman *kind* ..LOL

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  8. Chris Johnson says:

    DVDL is totally incompetent, negligent and useless. My car number plate is in the 30,000s and hence I have been waiting 8 years for a new plate. I frequently checked their website unsuccessfully and in the past five days I have sent three emails to their helpdesk without the courtesy of a response.
    Cayman is fast becoming a banana republic due to the totally ineffective civil service.
    A further example is the CPA. In August last year I applied for permission to beautify my land at Red Spot Beach. Last week we were asked to do a full presentation but we pointed out we did one in 2023. Why on earth did we have to do it again? Then the CPA asked for further details which they could have asked for in 2023. So the meeting was adjourned yet again. Meanwhile government that is trying to seize my land promised to do a valuation before Nov 5. Nothing has happened.
    But as stated on many occasions I intend to place the land in a trust in perpetuity for the people of the Cayman Islands.
    You just cannot make this stuff up. Cayman needs elections urgently, not in six months. By then the politicians will be unable to bury their heads in the sand as there will be none left.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Truest words. Same story, they want to change it, their responsiblity. They not paying us! Not changing my Licence Plate! I paid for it!

      Not becoming a banana republic, it has become a Dictatorship when WARNING you will you be fined incaerated or both…good go ahead n do it!!

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    • Anonymous says:

      Oh n Bushy say now he running again…Castro passed away

    • Anonymous says:

      ‘Cayman is fast becoming a banana republic due to the totally ineffective civil service.’

      Ineffective through years of politicians with no brains and filling their pockets, using the system to their advantage, bullying, harassing, threatening employees, beatung wome and still the same shit is standing again

      Get them OUT. Cayman Islands needs to get rid of them all and refresh, get some respect and humanity back, otherwise Cayman is done, simple!

    • Chris Johnson says:

      On my fifth attempt to the DVDL Unhelpful desk they told me they do NOT have my number plate! they offered me a new one at no cost. Then had the cheek to say I have one day to do it!!
      So how many other plates do they not have? They are Intellectually Dishonest.

  9. Anonymous says:

    We are always warned about scam Police notices and there have been many, has this one been verified…

  10. Anonymous says:

    Did this notice come from the Police or DVDL first as only uploaded on DVDL’s website this mornng/late last night?

    Some answers would be appreciated rather than threatening people with some unwarranted ‘WARNING’.

  11. Anonymous says:

    Without Cayman News Service’s dated 7 Nov, people would not know about this unless they were renewing their registration.

    So, closed on Monday Public Holiday, leaves four days, try and have a reply in four days, plys pisdible rain coming…closed again?

    • Anonymous says:

      ‘This will be done to facilitate the replacement of temporary and old registration (orange & yellow) number plates.’

      True, no mention of replacing personalized plates!

    • Anonymous says:

      Notice different type face! Suddenly added and doctored!

  12. Anonymous says:

    ‘The purchase of licence plates is CI$75 per set. Personalised plates can also be purchased for CI$400 per set (replacements cost $30).7 Mar 2024’

  13. Anonymous says:

    These plates are ridiculous. Are the CIG familiar with GIGO? Garbage in, garbage out. They can have all the overpriced nonsense ‘technology’ in the world, but if it’s linked to inaccurate and out of date database information, it makes no difference.

    How many people have driving licenses with accurate addresses? I don’t, mainly because it’s such an inconvenience to update.

    Are insurance details correct in the system? well, if you changed it soon after inspection, it’ll probably show as lapsed in the system, as it’s not updated automatically in conjunction with insurance company records.

    This world is so dumb.

    • Annonymous says:

      9.32 I once told a Grand Court judge that no wonder Bailiffs can’t serve warrants on people since DVDL puts in any rubbish address the driver provides. They should check addresses on Land registry system before issuing any license.

  14. Beaumont Zodecloun says:

    We, the people, always have to take up the slack with CIG shortfalls. Seriously tiresome.

  15. Anonymous says:

    No jail for convicted MPs but jail for citizens over licence plates..?? Ler’s ask the crane and light pole how they feel about been assaulted with no consequences..get more sense out of them!

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  16. Anonymous says:

    UK Press and lawyers gonna have a field day on this one!!

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  17. Anonymous says:

    We living in Cuba, North Korea or Russia..?

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  18. Anonymous says:

    Thought jail was full…make room for one more, not giving up my plates that I paid for!

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  19. Anonymous says:

    Caymanā€™s No 1 cause of unlawful deaths (by far), and the police are completely and utterly useless at dealing with it. Staggeringly unimaginative and reactive. And the governor, who is ultimately in control of the police, is equally culpable.

    Thereā€™s only one solution: having ramped up the traffic division, introduce zero tolerance of ANY road offense, however insignificant, and enforce, enforce, enforce. Have the power to forfeit offending vehicles there and then. Donā€™t stop, donā€™t have silly temporary campaigns. And if necessary, incentivize the traffic cops financially to ticket and arrest.

    This is an emergency and it needs to be treated with emergency measures, not just a shrug and what-can-you-do smile. It sickens me.

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  20. Anonymous says:

    Dictatorship Cayman!

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  21. Anonymous says:

    Come visit me in jail! Not giving up personal license plates that I paid for and not paying you!

    Vehicle owners must now replace their temporary, Quincentennial, personalised

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    • Anonymous says:

      So anonymous, so brave.

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    • Anonymous says:

      lmao youre so slow im willing to bet you never continued to look up how the personalized plate works and the fact that you can get the personalized plate in the new style lol like wtf lmao places have actual everyday problems and war and you here stressing over a plate that you can get again even tho its probably a dumb plate anyway lmao the victim mentality here is hilarious

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      • Anonymous says:

        Wrong!

      • Anonymous says:

        Alot to say over nothing then…

      • Anonymous says:

        Wound up any? LMAO

      • Anonymous says:

        Take a breath, try some full stops! LMAO

      • Anonymous says:

        Try improving your grammar and spelling before trying to insult others.

      • Anonymous says:

        Sounds as though you are a ‘victim’ of yourself. Take care now.

      • Anonymous says:

        Slow is you has no idea what is going on.
        You willing to bet…
        ‘new style’.
        black n white..huh?
        places have actual everyday problems and war and you here stressing over a plate that you can get again even tho its probably a dumb plate anyway lmao the victim mentality here is hilarious

        Only dumb is you who has no idea what is going on, it is probably a dumb mouth or brain that you have.

        Your insulting, naive, no brain is hilarious, that has nothing to do with Cayman.

        Educate your brain before your mouth!

      • Anonymous says:

        wtf your incompentence of speech..have you ever been in a war? Obviously not, maybe you should and maybe you would realise the importance of correct speech. Some of us gave you your freedom and life! Do not insult people you do not know. Yes a licence plate my right!! Now, you go laugh your arse off and wtf .. sign up and go fight battles!

      • Anonymous says:

        Ignorance would be hilarious if it wasn’t sad!

      • Anonymous says:

        lmao youre so slow im willing to bet you never ..

        Willing to bet you could not survive a war with wtf and lmao

      • Anonymous says:

        You even heard of Hitler? Be careful to ridicule giving up your rights…it may just be taken from you!

        Try lmao and wtf then!

        Go read, might try enhance your empty head!

    • Annonymous says:

      You don’t have to pay to replace any plate.

  22. Anonymous says:

    Handed over to the RCIPS?

    Well, I just saw some lazy ass traffic officer driving an unmarked Camry on LPH. He was driving at about 45mph in the 25 zone, then proceeded to switch lanes with no indication. This is from our ‘elite’ traffic law enforcement. Screw them, useless cops.

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  23. Anonymous says:

    “Vehicle owners must now replace their temporary, Quincentennial, personalised..’

    Since when do perrsonalised plates have to be replaced…??? They were not previouly included. Where in the world stops you having your own license plates?

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    • Anonymous says:

      There’s a version of these plates in the new style. They still suck, though.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Understand what you are saying, but that is not what was paid for!

        You pay for a pair of shoes you wanted n fitted, those are the shoes you paid for otherwise you wouldn’t pay for them!

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  24. Anonymous says:

    RFID plates cause cancer.

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  25. Cheese Face says:

    More world class F***rey. You can’t breathalyze DUUUUUH Wayne (twice), but you’ll fine me $2500 for not having a fancy electronic number plate that doesn’t actually do anything worthwhile. This place is F****d.

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  26. Anonymous says:

    Franzie time!

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  27. Anonymous says:

    Say what? you know how unlikely it is that anyone will be punished?

    Yesterday I saw a Japanese looking pickup thing, Garden of Eden,a landscaping company vehicle. It’s metallic green, so easy to spot. The back right has taken an almighty whack at some point. The flatbed is no longer flat, and is about a foot higher on the right side. The light cluster is no longer present, and it looks like the frame is damaged. This vehicle is still being used on the roads, so why would someone with the wrong plates be worried?

    The roads are lawless, and will continue to be without enforcement and non-corrupt inspections.

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  28. Anonymous says:

    Why can these electronic plates not be read by the police? Or is this something else we put all of our money into for it to never come to fruition.

    We need to have speed cameras as well.

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  29. Anonymous says:

    It’s too bad that there aren’t any consumer protection laws protecting the paying consumer’s right to having their property handled and repaired properly so that it can stay on the road. There are too many fly by night auto shops, without know-how, cutting corners, or deliberately breaking things that were fine to extract another commission. Charging rent while customers await parts ordered at 300% markup. It truly has become lawless out there for car owners.

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  30. Anonymous says:

    a classic tale of cig and civil service incompetence and stupidity

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  31. Anonymous says:

    CNS should have a place where we can post ” I spotted an old licence plate” after 15 November. My guess is 8 years from now, we will still see them. I’m gueessing, just like illegal tint, the police will simply not enfornce, especially with heavy equipment.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Why? These plates were a complete waste of the publics money. The DVDL couldn’t find my new plate when I went to get them 3 years ago. They told me to come back when called. They called me to come back a week later after giving me a sticker for another year so I never bothered. After that I could renew online, so still never bothered. After going through numerous roadblocks and asking why they don’t need my credentials since I have old plates, they advised all they needed was the number to confirm my docs are up to date so it makes no difference. I finally replaced them when I had to visit for another reason but they are completely unnecessary.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Iā€™ve tried every year to get my new plate and itā€™s never available, so what am I supposed to,do?

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        • Anonymous says:

          unfortunately, prepare to pay out the ass, or be incarcerated. It ain’t right. We are far astray from that which we once knew.

      • Anonymous says:

        Plates for one of our cars were skipped in sequence by DVDL, and not generated until earlier this year. We would have liked to have had them 8 years ago, when others had theirs, and haven’t broken any laws. We’ll pick them up next inspection.

  32. Anonymous says:

    Once again, citizens are being turned into criminals over minor issues. Itā€™s really time to re-evaluate the laws that penalize people for such trivial things. This kind of overreach is an abuse of power by the civil service, which is supposed to serve the public, not punish them unnecessarily.

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  33. Anonymous says:

    Could this article be any more negative? Itā€™s been 8 years the last article your ā€œpaperā€ posted on this in 2022 gave a deadline of end of year. How much more notice does one need?

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    • Anonymous says:

      Iā€™ve renewed my car every year for the last decade and every time I ask about the plates Iā€™m told theyā€™re not ready. Now I read this article and find Iā€™m about to be a criminal over the issue. Wtf

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      • Anon says:

        EXACTLY šŸ’Æ! Same for me. Just licensed my car last month and was not informed of this timeline. SMH šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļø

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  34. Anonymous says:

    This entire licence plate debacle has been a massive clusterf**k from day 1. Same will be for the Brac School, the cruise pier, park and cargo port nobody wants, etc etc.

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  35. Anonymous says:

    Has anyone noticed that some of the new plates are already faded and on their last legs? I’ve had mine for years now and it’s holding up just fine but then others issued well after mine look like they need replacing already

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    • Anonymous says:

      yea, it’s because people purposely have done that. Any cop driving by doesn’t care either.

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    • Anonymous says:

      We didn’t have multiple cars without plates, and multiple plates littering the roads after stormy weather until some loony had this brainwave. What they’ve actually done for the last 8 years (and the police for ignoring this) is enabled criminals to drive round with no licence plates and get away with it.

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  36. round & round incircles we go says:

    What about failing to attach the plate to the front of the vehicle?

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  37. Anonymous says:

    Suddenly! I was told every time I checked that the plate was not ready yet…then out of the blue.

    Bunch of jokers kmt

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    • Anonymous says:

      So how do I know if it is going to be there when I have never seen it in any search? The worry I have is that it still won’t be there and I have to unattach a sticker and two plates – which may not be re-adhered if I am sent back empty-handed!

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      • Bob the Builder says:

        I went today, 8 Nov.Thwy never made me replacement plates, but they gave me a new number on white plates.

  38. Anonymous says:

    Why werenā€™t the new plates the same iconic yellow or orange as the old ones? Just needlessly bland.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Especially the green lettered rental one, you can’t tell until you’re about 5 feet behind them that their licence plate is green, not blue.
      We are always much more patient with what looks like. A tourist driving and it would have been really good. If these were significantly different from all the other licence players.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Tourists are easy to spot with bright color clothing and everyone in the car wears a baseball cap , steer clear on roundabouts.

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  39. Anonymous says:

    If that was me I would figure the odds would be .001% that I would ever get stopped for having the old plates. When will they crack down on illegal trailers?

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    • Anonymous says:

      It won’t be until there’s a serious accident. Then, they will have a clamp down that will last approximately one month, at most.

      This happened with having people riding in the back of pickups, and we know how that goes now.

    • Anonymous says:

      When will they crack down on the politicians, literally!

  40. Anonymous says:

    You want to fine or imprison someone for not getting a license plate changed? You must be high!!!

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    • Anonymous says:

      It’s probably there for all the cars that are deathtraps, maybe ‘passed’ an inspection at some of the dodgy garages, or never seen an inspection pit. No insurance, licence etc, you know the cars I’m talking about. I doubt anyone would get locked up for this.

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  41. Anonymous says:

    You all wanted the plate readers and speed camera tickets, well here ya go.

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