Passed!

German-registered cars need a safety inspection ("TÜV") that in most cases has to be renewed every two years.

My 11-year-old heavenly blue Renault Twingo passed the inspection this morning. What a relieve!

Not much of a blip, I know. Just in case you are interested:

German licence plates, as many countries within the European Union, show a blue strip on the left with the shortened country code in white text (D for Deutschland = Germany) and the Flag of Europe (12 golden stars forming a circle on a blue background).

The rest of the licence plate uses black print on a white background.

After the country code strip is a letter abbreviation, which represents the city or region where the car was registered (mine: KL for Kaiserslautern), followed by one or two more letters and a number (not seen on my blip).

The white sticker is the official seal of registration. It always carries the seal of the German State (Bundesland), where it was issued (mine: Rheinland-Pfalz - Rhineland-Palatinate, one of the 16 German States).

The green sticker is the safety- and emission test sticker, that was renewed today. It now expires in August 2012, as shown. The colour of this sticker changes every year.

2:30 p.m. 21,4° C