Another N2 horror smash

[R13...]

Quick and painless death...

Quick maybe but I have doubts as to it being painless.

 

[Dave]

I meant the two letter one like our ZA.

I think that's MC.

Let me Google.

Not all countries are 2 digit. Some are only 1, others are 3.

Country code MC was given to Monaco.

Some other 3 digit examples:

AUS Australia
NAM Namibia
ROK South Korea

 

[SauRoNZA]

https://countrycode.org/mozambique

MZ it seems.

 

[Dave]

https://countrycode.org/mozambique

MZ it seems.

Not many people drive telephones, you are off on a tangent.

International vehicle registration codes are the ones I listed (there is even a handy link to the full list on Wiki ).

 

[kianm]

Jeez ..RIP to them

 

[Geoff.D]

Really depends on what reference you pick.

The "official" Country code is MZ, but many major international organisations use "MOZ", "MC", "MOC". At least everyone seems to agree the dialing code is "258".

As previously stated "MC" actually refers to "Maputo City"

 

[SauRoNZA]

Not many people drive telephones, you are off on a tangent.

International vehicle registration codes are the ones I listed (there is even a handy link to the full list on Wiki ).

No no, I'm fully aware that's what you were referring to.

Just trying to think any I thought it was MC.

 

[Dave]

Really depends on what reference you pick.

The "official" Country code is MZ, but many major international organisations use "MOZ", "MC", "MOC". At least everyone seems to agree the dialing code is "258".

The official UN designation for Mozambique registered vehicles is MOC, any other usage for vehicles isn't the official UN designation. Other international organisations like the ITU have other abbreviations for other uses (not for vehicles).

The allocation of codes is maintained by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe as the Distinguishing Signs Used on Vehicles in International Traffic (sometimes abbreviated to DSIT), authorised by the UN's Geneva Convention on Road Traffic of 1949 and the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of 1968. Many vehicle codes created since the adoption of ISO 3166 coincide with ISO two- or three-letter codes.

MOC Mozambique 1975 MOC: 1932–56, P: 1957–75 Formerly part of Portugal. Moçambique (Portuguese)

Direct link to UN list
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/conventn/Distsigns.pdf

 

[Dave]

No no, I'm fully aware that's what you were referring to.

Just trying to think any I thought it was MC.

Ok, no problem, I'm with you know .

 

[Geoff.D]

We have derailed this thread quite a bit but just to finish off how confused the World is about such a simple thing as a country code, have a look at this reference to see some of the lists used .....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code

 

[Dave]

We have derailed this thread quite a bit but just to finish off how confused the World is about such a simple thing as a country code, have a look at this reference to see some of the lists used .....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code

True, it seems everyone wants to have a country code, planes, trains & automobiles, even footballers

But you are right, it's going way off topic on what is a serious thread.

 

[Arthur]

The nice thing about international standards is there are so many to choose from.

 

[Dave]

The nice thing about international standards is there are so many to choose from.

That's why it's best to stick to the internationally accepted organisations like the UN.

 

[Roo!]

Not all countries are 2 digit. Some are only 1, others are 3.

Country code MC was given to Monaco.

Some other 3 digit examples:

AUS Australia
NAM Namibia
ROK South Korea

Nope, all ISO country name abbreviations are 2 letters ISO_3166-2

 

[Necropolis]

Wow - it must be an awful job cutting that sort of wreckage apart and retrieving the occupants bit by bit...

 

[Dave]

Nope, all ISO country name abbreviations are 2 letters ISO_3166-2

Without starting this whole discussion all over again, not with regard to the UN codes of International Vehicle Registration.

straight from the UN (unless you can't see any 1 or 3 digits in the list and I've read that list wrong) -

DISTINGUISHING SIGNS USED ON VEHICLES IN INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
NOTIFIED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1968 CONVENTION ON ROAD TRAFFIC (ARTICLE 45 (4)) AND THE 1949 CONVENTION ON ROAD TRAFFIC (ANNEX 4)
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/conventn/Distsigns.pdf

Just read the thread and the links and then maybe discuss the accident that is the topic of the thread?

 

[Dave]

Wow - it must be an awful job cutting that sort of wreckage apart and retrieving the occupants bit by bit...

I suspect the front of the truck will probably have to be disassembled as well. It's awful they don't even know how many people were in the car.

 

[Geoff.D]

Without starting this whole discussion all over again, not with regard to the UN codes of International Vehicle Registration.

straight from the UN (unless you can't see any 1 or 3 digits in the list and I've read that list wrong) -

DISTINGUISHING SIGNS USED ON VEHICLES IN INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
NOTIFIED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1968 CONVENTION ON ROAD TRAFFIC (ARTICLE 45 (4)) AND THE 1949 CONVENTION ON ROAD TRAFFIC (ANNEX 4)
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/conventn/Distsigns.pdf

Just read the thread and the links and then maybe discuss the accident that is the topic of the thread?

And you will notice that Moçambique is NOT a contracting country to either document , and listed separately in the table at the end ....., hence their code is "MOC".

 

[Dave]

And you will notice that Moçambique is NOT a contracting country to either document , and listed separately in the table at the end ....., hence their code is "MOC".

Yes, it's MOC, no argument at all (I think I said that yesterday). That's the code the UN has designated to Mozambique, and any Moz car should display it if it drives in a signatory country (which is most of the world). You'll notice that MOC is 3 digits .