In fact, license plates with abbreviations from the extreme right scene have been illegal since 1989. Yet they are not so rare on the streets of Upper Austria.
Since a 1989 decree, license plates with the combination of letters “AH” (short for Adolf Hitler in Nazi circles) or “HH” (Heil Hitler) have been banned. Yet there are still cars with this letter order around. A car with registration number AH 8 was spotted in the central area.
AH 8 was requested in 2009
“This was requested in 2009, apparently the system allowed it then. Sometimes such combinations slipped through. The car belongs to a person whose first name starts with A and last name with H. I don’t know what the eight stands for,” revealed the employee of the responsible registration office of the “Krone”. According to the chatty lady, the “Taferl” will run until 2024 After that, he could be taken out of circulation.
“If you’re particularly annoying, something works. HH 100 was only approved a year or two ago. Again, it was about the two initials in the owner’s name and not about Nazi symbolism,” said the employee.
Authority now wants to check again
A senior official disagrees. It has certainly not been possible to circumvent the system for six years now. His authority contacts the owner of the AH 8 registration number. He didn’t want to answer clearly whether she would take it from him. The responsible Ministry of Infrastructure also said the said cases would be investigated. The fact is that a prohibited list has been drawn up with the Mauthausen Committee. It contains the most common codes and abbreviations from the far right scene.
Source: Krone
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