Personalised number plates with your name — fair upgrade or a vanity tax for the rich?

Parliament's transport committee is now reviewing a plan to let vehicle owners pick personalised number plates with their name or a custom combination, instead of the standard RMV sequence. It's still just a proposal with no fee or date confirmed, but reserved 'special' plates already exist and demand for them jumped from a handful in 2023 to well over a thousand reservations by early 2026. Supporters say it's easy revenue for the RMV and lets people personalise something they already own, same as vanity plates abroad or custom bike plates here. Critics say it turns a public safety tool into a status symbol, makes plates harder for police and cameras to read at a glance, and quietly favours whoever can pay — while ordinary plate and licence queues are still backed up by the hundreds of thousands. Would you pay extra for a personalised plate if the system actually worked, or should that money go into fixing the existing backlog first? If you've already got a reserved plate, what did it cost and was it worth it? ඔයාට සල්ලි තියෙනවා නම් custom plate එකක් ගන්නද, නැත්තං RMV backlog එක මුලින්ම හරි කරගන්නද?