Setra 400-Series
1st gen Single-Decker (S407/S411–S419), 2001–
S 417 HDH
Now registered as AH 32562, spotted by user Tasty.
Spotted in York, United Kingdom
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GTRJacko 2019-06-15 14:41:42 | #4
Tasty (2019-06-14 15:06:09)Tasty
Thanks for the detailed information about this coach! I spotted it in 2013, so I did wonder what happened to the coach since (I don't see Danish coaches without 'euroband' plates very often anymore). I presume that it'll keep carrying passengers in another country for years to come!
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Tasty 2019-06-15 15:13:25 | #5
You are right, the non-euroband plates are getting scarcer now. The euroband was introduced in Denmark in 2009, around the time that this coach was imported.
Unlike other countries, the euroband was optional in Denmark because of the danish scepticism about EU. Many here were strongly opposed to "advertising" for something they didn't approve of.
In the early years, the non-euroband plates would continue in the old series (X-regs), while the euroband plates started "from scratch" with AA-regs.
To this date, the X-series have still not been totally completed and non-eurobands can now also be found mixed in between the others in the new series.
But unlike the UK, the danes are now mostly pro-EU... to some degree: we have some special conditions meaning that we still have our own currency, and are not part of the military- and legal treatys and that's exactly how the vast majority wants it.
So nowadays, the euroband is no longer frowned upon as it used to be. The only area where non-euroband plates still dominate is for "youngtimer" cars made between 1976 and 2009, since a euroband here would be un-authentic.
Coaches and long distance trucks do, of course, use euroband plates almost 100%, since they are crossing borders constantly and the euroband helps identify them much faster.
Unlike other countries, the euroband was optional in Denmark because of the danish scepticism about EU. Many here were strongly opposed to "advertising" for something they didn't approve of.
In the early years, the non-euroband plates would continue in the old series (X-regs), while the euroband plates started "from scratch" with AA-regs.
To this date, the X-series have still not been totally completed and non-eurobands can now also be found mixed in between the others in the new series.
But unlike the UK, the danes are now mostly pro-EU... to some degree: we have some special conditions meaning that we still have our own currency, and are not part of the military- and legal treatys and that's exactly how the vast majority wants it.
So nowadays, the euroband is no longer frowned upon as it used to be. The only area where non-euroband plates still dominate is for "youngtimer" cars made between 1976 and 2009, since a euroband here would be un-authentic.
Coaches and long distance trucks do, of course, use euroband plates almost 100%, since they are crossing borders constantly and the euroband helps identify them much faster.
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GTRJacko 2019-06-15 15:49:45 | #6
Tasty (2019-06-15 15:13:25)Tasty
It seems that the UK and Denmark both seem similar in those certain aspects, especially given we both have 'optional eurobands' and our own currencies. Speaking of the 'Euroband' situation however; in the UK, I'd say maybe only 30% of UK registered vehicles here have 'Euroband' plates. Both cars I've owned, originally had non-'Euroband' plates, which I swapped for 'Euroband' examples subsequently after, however I'm quite glad that the UK doesn't make us have these 'Euroband' plates, especially given how 'customisable' our plates are. With the whole political situation of the country, it's likely that 'Euroband' plates in the UK and abroad, will only get rarer.
I presume that you'll be capturing as many 'non-Euroband' Danish plates in the future, as they may become rarer? Also, generally, if I do see 'non-Euroband' Danish plates, they're usually present on older trailers, often on Kim Johansen-operated trailers, which if I recall, still operate old trailers, but I rarely do I see them on other vehicles anymore.
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antenn 2019-06-20 23:53:13 | #7
Tasty (2019-06-14 04:08:36)Tasty
Just checked my files and it turns out I have some photos of it on the current plates. Will upload a photo, but it's going to need to some post processing, since it's full of passengers, so lots of visible faces.
Just checked my files and it turns out I have some photos of it on the current plates. Will upload a photo, but it's going to need to some post processing, since it's full of passengers, so lots of visible faces.
Bus passengers don't need face blurring
Since they not connected to the bus company at all, they can be treated like random bypassers.
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