vehicles 0.9.0 → 0.9.2

data/data/plates/us-wi.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-wi.yml — Wisconsin (PRD-PLATES gate L2, group midwest-a).
+# plates/us-wi.yml — Wisconsin (the plates spec gate L2, group midwest-a).
 #
 # WISCONSIN IS THE STATE THAT LEGISLATES THE SHEETING. Wis. Stat. 341.12(4)(am)
 # is the single most renderable, most citable piece of US plate law found in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 # REPRODUCTION of the same edict; the canonical docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
 # citation accompanies each source line and was NOT fetched.
 #
-# NOT HERE, DELIBERATELY: individual special-plate DESIGNS (L4 per PRD-PLATES
+# NOT HERE, DELIBERATELY: individual special-plate DESIGNS (L4 per the plates spec
 # §2.5); the personalized series and Wisconsin's 'official' state plate series,
 # both outside the L2 core-class list — the statutory personalized position
 # limits are recorded instead inside the standard series' charset notes, where
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ binding: vehicle
 statute_edition: "Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 341 (Registration of Vehicles), as reproduced by codes.findlaw.com and read 2026-08-02. FindLaw warns its text 'may not reflect the most recent version of the law'; currency is UNVERIFIED. The 341.12(4)(am) text read here includes the July 2022 commencement, so the reproduction is at least that recent."
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: unresearched-default-adverse
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ artwork_risk:
     sheeting, 150 cd/lx/m², luminance factor above 55 — is an EDICT OF
     GOVERNMENT and public domain at every level, as are the plate-content rules
     of 341.12(3) and the display rules of 341.15. Wisconsin is the strongest
-    case in this group for PRD-PLATES §4's preference for statutes over
+    case in this group for the plates spec §4's preference for statutes over
     brochures: the statute gives a renderable spec that no brochure would.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3's placeholder default applies to the state name treatment and
+    the plates spec §3's placeholder default applies to the state name treatment and
     any graphic element on the base. Render
     `emblem: {present: true, rendered: placeholder}`. State-seal protection is
     independent of copyright and is unresearched for Wisconsin.
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ series:
           regex.
         separator_note: >-
           The hyphen is PRINTED on the Wisconsin plate, so it is spelled in both
-          the pattern and the regex per PRD-PLATES §2.6 rule 2. The regex accepts
+          the pattern and the regex per the plates spec §2.6 rule 2. The regex accepts
           either emitted separator or none — `[- ]?` — which is a sanctioned
           separator-only class under §2.8: it contains only separator characters
           and is not negated, so a consumer deriving the separator-free twin can
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ series:
       charset: { notes: "special group plates carry ordinary serials on an alternative design; 341.145's position caps apply where the combination is owner-chosen (6 positions on certain veteran and conservation plates, 5 on electric-vehicle plates — the statute varies the cap BY PLATE TYPE, which is unusual and is itself a modelling signal)" }
     design:
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
-      note: "one design per special group; the designs themselves are L4 scope (PRD-PLATES §2.5) and none is described here"
+      note: "one design per special group; the designs themselves are L4 scope (the plates spec §2.5) and none is described here"
       emblem: { present: true, rendered: placeholder }
       design_authority: "Wis. Stat. 341.14: 'the department shall specify the design for special group plates, but the department shall consult' the relevant officials and organisations before finalising a design — so a Wisconsin special plate's design is departmental with a statutory consultation duty, not organisational"
     program_index:
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ series:
       - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Wisconsin  # LOCATOR ONLY: the individual special plates are listed without an aggregate count"
     notes: >-
       THE WISCONSIN SPECIALTY PROGRAM INDEX — one entry for the whole programme per
-      PRD-PLATES §2.5, count declared as a gap, statutory mechanism recorded in
+      the plates spec §2.5, count declared as a gap, statutory mechanism recorded in
       full because it is the durable half. Two details are worth carrying: the
       threshold is SIGNATURES OF INTENT rather than applications, which is a
       weaker commitment than Illinois demands and predicts a larger, churnier

data/data/plates/us-wv.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-wv.yml — West Virginia (PRD-PLATES gate L2, group southeast-a).
+# plates/us-wv.yml — West Virginia (the plates spec gate L2, group southeast-a).
 #
 # THE WEST VIRGINIA FINDING: WV Code §17A-3-14 WAS GUTTED, AND THE GUTTING IS
 # THE STORY. The section's own heading still promises "Registration plates
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # plate per vehicle, a registration number "in a configuration determined by
 # the commissioner", reflectorized material, and legibility at 100 feet. A
 # researcher reading only the heading would expect a colour table; the body
-# has none. Recorded here because it is exactly the trap PRD-PLATES §5.3 warns
+# has none. Recorded here because it is exactly the trap the plates spec §5.3 warns
 # about, and because it means every WEST VIRGINIA FORMAT AND COLOUR CLAIM IS
 # NON-STATUTORY BY CONSTRUCTION.
 #
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ binding: vehicle
 statute_edition: "West Virginia Code, Chapter 17A (Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions), Article 3 — as served by code.wvlegislature.gov and read 2026-08-01"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: unresearched
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     Virginia's state-seal misuse law, which would bind the STATE SEAL
     independently of any copyright answer.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3's placeholder default applies with extra force here, because
+    the plates spec §3's placeholder default applies with extra force here, because
     the posture is unknown rather than merely adverse. The current base carries
     a gold-on-dark-blue "West Virginia" bar and, on the 2023 design, a STATE
     OUTLINE used as the serial separator — a state-shape graphic sitting
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ series:
           cosmetic OCR problem in West Virginia, it is a semantic one — "O12
           345A" expires in October and "012 345A" is not a valid plate at all.
       progression: "not published; the series letter and the block allocation for this base were not obtained (recorded gap)"
-      separator_note: "the gap between the two three-character groups is spelled as an optional space because the plate prints a gap there; on this base the physical separator is reported to be a STATE-OUTLINE graphic rather than a printed glyph, which under PRD-PLATES §2.6 is a design element (design.emblem), never a serial character and never something a consumer may strip as punctuation"
+      separator_note: "the gap between the two three-character groups is spelled as an optional space because the plate prints a gap there; on this base the physical separator is reported to be a STATE-OUTLINE graphic rather than a printed glyph, which under the plates spec §2.6 is a design element (design.emblem), never a serial character and never something a consumer may strip as punctuation"
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in, dimension_evidence: convention-not-sourced }
       plate_dimension_note: "no West Virginia dimension is sourced — §17A-3-14 states none. 12 x 6 in is the North American convention (AAMVA -> SAE J686, voluntary), recorded as convention and not as a West Virginia claim."
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ series:
     sources:
       - "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17A-3-14/  # §17A-3-14(a): one plate, registration number 'consisting of a combination of letters, numerals, symbols, or characters in a configuration determined by the commissioner' — the statutory basis for there being no statutory format; (b)(1) reflectorized; (b)(2) 100-foot legibility"
       - "https://transportation.wv.gov/DMV/Vehicle-Services/Pages/Classifications.aspx  # WV DMV: Class A = passenger cars and trucks of 10,000 lb or less, the class this base serves"
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_West_Virginia  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): the July 2023 start, the state-outline separator, the gold-on-blue top bar, the serial arrangement, and the month-code system reported as continuing 'today'. None asserted as sourced."
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_West_Virginia  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): the July 2023 start, the state-outline separator, the gold-on-blue top bar, the serial arrangement, and the month-code system reported as continuing 'today'. None asserted as sourced."
     notes: >-
       WEST VIRGINIA CURRENT STANDARD ISSUE (CLASS A). Everything structural
       here — one plate, commissioner-set configuration, reflectorization,
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ series:
       because putting it somewhere prominent is what will get it verified. The
       series id is dated 2023 to the reported base change; if that date falls,
       the id keeps its append-only guarantee and gains a former-id alias under
-      the PRD-QUALITY I-5/I-6 contract.
+      the quality spec I-5/I-6 contract.
 
   # =========================================================================
   # ONE SERIES BACK.
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ series:
         notes: >-
           THREE ARRANGEMENTS, ONE BASE — and the regex is their union, which is
           still `strict` because the union is exactly what West Virginia issued
-          on this base and no wider (PRD-PLATES §2.7: narrower or equal is
+          on this base and no wider (the plates spec §2.7: narrower or equal is
           strict; only a DELIBERATELY over-broad regex is recall-only). The
           three reported arrangements, after the leading month character: one
           letter plus four digits; two letters plus three digits; one digit,
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ series:
     design:
       plate: { unit: in }
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
-      note: "one design per authorised programme; the designs themselves are L4 scope (PRD-PLATES §2.5) and none is described here"
+      note: "one design per authorised programme; the designs themselves are L4 scope (the plates spec §2.5) and none is described here"
       emblem: { present: true, rendered: placeholder }
     program_index:
       count_official: null

data/data/plates/us-wy.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-wy.yml — Wyoming (PRD-PLATES gate L2, northwest group).
+# plates/us-wy.yml — Wyoming (the plates spec gate L2, northwest group).
 #
 # WYOMING IS THE ONLY STATE IN THIS GROUP WHOSE PLATE ARTWORK IS A REGISTERED
 # STATE TRADEMARK, AND THE STATUTE PUTS THAT ARTWORK INSIDE THE SERIAL LINE.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ statute_edition: >-
   text-extracted 2026-08-02.
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4/§7.1.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4/§7.1.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: asserted
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ artwork_risk:
     appropriates funds specifically to enforce it. W.S. 31-2-204(b) then puts
     that mark ON THE PLATE, between the county number and the serial, on every
     standard issue. Separately, Wyoming appears NOWHERE in the standing
-    per-state COPYRIGHT survey PRD-PLATES §4 works from and no {{PD-WYGov}}
+    per-state COPYRIGHT survey the plates spec §4 works from and no {{PD-WYGov}}
     tag exists on Wikimedia Commons, so the copyright posture is unresearched
     and the default (state works copyrighted unless the state says otherwise)
     applies. THE TRADEMARK POINT IS INDEPENDENT OF COPYRIGHT AND SURVIVES IT:
     even a favourable copyright finding would not clear the Bucking Horse and
     Rider, because trademark protection is a separate regime — exactly the
-    hazard PRD-PLATES §4 flags for state seals, here documented rather than
+    hazard the plates spec §4 flags for state seals, here documented rather than
     assumed.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3's placeholder default applies with unusual force. The
+    the plates spec §3's placeholder default applies with unusual force. The
     Bucking Horse and Rider MUST render as a neutral placeholder — it is a
     live, licensed, revenue-generating state trademark, and it is not a
     candidate for an emblem-slot upgrade at any gate absent an affirmative
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ series:
         a DESIGN ELEMENT carried in `design.emblem`; it is NOT a separator
         character, it is NOT part of the serial, and no consumer may treat it
         as either. The separator position is spelled as the separator-only
-        class `[- ]`, sanctioned by PRD-PLATES §2.8, because the statute names
+        class `[- ]`, sanctioned by the plates spec §2.8, because the statute names
         no separator GLYPH at all — it names a picture. `pattern` shows the
         canonical printed form as a space.
       tier_note: >-
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ series:
       BOUND. NO "ONE SERIES BACK" ENTRY IS GIVEN: with an annual cycle and no
       legislated design generations there is no primary-sourced predecessor
       base to record, and inventing one from a collector table would be
-      exactly the laundering PRD-PLATES §9 warns against. Recorded as a gap.
+      exactly the laundering the plates spec §9 warns against. Recorded as a gap.
       Distinct from us-wy-antique in carrying the year numerals, which the
       antique plate is statutorily forbidden to bear.
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ series:
       - "https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title31.pdf  # W.S. 31-2-204(b): the 'Pioneer Wyo' inscription and the no-date prohibition; W.S. 31-2-205(a)(i)(A)(VII): antique vehicles excluded from the front plate; W.S. 31-2-223: the antique registration section (cross-referenced, not read in full)"
     notes: >-
       ANTIQUE ("Pioneer Wyo"). Worth its own series on two independent
-      PRD-PLATES §2.3 grounds: the LEGEND is legislated verbatim, and the
+      the plates spec §2.3 grounds: the LEGEND is legislated verbatim, and the
       no-date rule is a statutory design prohibition the standard series
       inverts. `recall-only` because only the legend and the date prohibition
       are sourced — the serial grammar is not, and the regex is deliberately
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ series:
       Wyoming vehicles.
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per PRD-PLATES §2.5.
+  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per the plates spec §2.5.
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-wy-specialty-index
     class: specialty
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ series:
       - "https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title31.pdf  # the disabled-plate serial specification (county numerals, emblem, up to three numbers and letters, international symbol of access) and the 3 x 6 inch small-plate minimum; W.S. 31-3-102(a)(xxii)-(xxiv): the optional-embossed fee and the EV/PHEV decals bearing the emblem; W.S. 31-2-226/31-2-227: street rod and custom vehicle classes"
     notes: >-
       THE WYOMING SPECIALTY INDEX — one entry standing for the whole
-      programme, per PRD-PLATES §2.5. Wyoming's catalogue is SMALL (23 named
+      programme, per the plates spec §2.5. Wyoming's catalogue is SMALL (23 named
       programmes against Washington's 49 statutory entries and Idaho's
       "over 40"), ENUMERATED rather than counted, and split by issuing route
       in a way that matters operationally: nineteen go through the county

data/data/plates/va.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/va.yml — Vatican City State (PRD-PLATES gate L1, microstates group).
+# plates/va.yml — Vatican City State (the plates spec gate L1, microstates group).
 # DRAFT for verification. Fetched 2026-08-02.
 #
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ common:
       DATASET LIMITATION, stated because it affects two series. The pre-1988
       plates printed the sigla WITH DOTS — "S.C.V." — and U+002E FULL STOP is
       in _meta/separators.yml's FORGIVING set but NOT its EMITTED set, so
-      PRD-PLATES §2.6 forbids writing it. The patterns below therefore spell
+      the plates spec §2.6 forbids writing it. The patterns below therefore spell
       "SCV" undotted, exactly as ch.yml spells the Swiss mid-height point as a
       space. A §2.6-conformant consumer strips the dots from a real "S.C.V. 84"
       and reaches "SCV84", which the separator-free twin of these regexes
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ common:
     status: UNRESOLVED
     rule: >-
       THREE SOURCES GIVE THREE DIFFERENT ANSWERS FOR THE MODERN REAR CAR PLATE
-      AND THEY ARE NOT RECONCILABLE. PRD-PLATES §5.3 says record the
+      AND THEY ARE NOT RECONCILABLE. The plates spec §5.3 says record the
       disagreement and never average it, so no `design.plate` block in this
       file carries a width and height. The claims, each attributed:
         (a) 520 x 110 mm — en.wikipedia's infobox. This is exactly the EU
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ common:
     rendered: placeholder
     rule: >-
       The papal arms (crossed keys and tiara) appear on the seal and on papal
-      plates. PRD-PLATES §3's placeholder rule applies and there is no
+      plates. The plates spec §3's placeholder rule applies and there is no
       affirmatively-clean licence route: the Holy See asserts control over its
       insignia, and no permissive licence was located. Placeholder everywhere.
   not_modelled:
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ series:
       STATE two-wheelers and tractors. Square 177 x 177 mm, four digits. The
       February 2009 redesign (border plus a horizontal dividing rule) is a
       DESIGN change within one series rather than a new series: the format and
-      the eligibility are unchanged, so under PRD-PLATES §2.3 it is a sub-entry
+      the eligibility are unchanged, so under the plates spec §2.3 it is a sub-entry
       and it is recorded in `design.layout` rather than split out. A verifier
       who pins an instrument for 2009 should reconsider that call.
     sources:
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ series:
       into va-scv-1988: the class boundary moved under it. Modelled as ONE
       series across 1930-1988 rather than split into the generations the
       sources describe, because those generation boundaries are exactly the
-      folklore-prone era boundaries PRD-PLATES §9 warns about and no two
+      folklore-prone era boundaries the plates spec §9 warns about and no two
       sources agree on them.
     sources:
       - "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targhe_d%27immatricolazione_della_Citt%C3%A0_del_Vaticano  # SECONDARY: first plates 1930, 'S.C.V.' with dots and a growing number, two-line rear plates, the early-1980s single-line change"
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ series:
       to Art. 10 of a "Regolamento per la circolazione degli autoveicoli" of
       1930 — A NAMED INSTRUMENT THAT WAS NOT REACHED, in this pass or by any
       route tried, and which is therefore never cited below as if it had been
-      read. RECORDED DISAGREEMENT, per PRD-PLATES §5.3: it.wikipedia has red
+      read. RECORDED DISAGREEMENT, per the plates spec §5.3: it.wikipedia has red
       lettering as a CARDINALS-AND-DIGNITARIES entitlement ended in 1998, while
       targheitaliane.it describes red plates numbered SCV 1-100 serving "the
       Pope and Cardinals" without an end date. The two accounts cannot both be

data/data/plates/za.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/za.yml — South Africa (PRD-PLATES gate L3).
+# plates/za.yml — South Africa (the plates spec gate L3).
 #
 # EVERY grammar claim in this file comes from ONE regulation — regulation 27
 # of the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000 (GNR.225 of 17 March 2000),
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
 # `format.regex` is the LINT-ROUND-TRIPPABLE regex; `format.regex_strict`
 # carries the reg 27(2)(a)(ii) proviso alphabet, which `regex` cannot.
 #
-# SEPARATOR NOTE (PRD-PLATES § 2.6): a South African plate prints NO separator
+# SEPARATOR NOTE (the plates spec § 2.6): a South African plate prints NO separator
 # glyph between the serial groups. Reg 35(3) prescribes the ARRANGEMENT of the
 # groups ("with all the letters and figures in one line", or the two-line
 # forms) and never a separator character; the millimetre spacing lives in
-# SANS/SABS 1116, a paywalled SABS publication which PRD-PLATES § 6 lets us
+# SANS/SABS 1116, a paywalled SABS publication which the plates spec § 6 lets us
 # build to and forbids us to reproduce. The space in every `pattern` here is
 # the conventional textual rendering of that gap, and every regex accepts it
 # as optional. The hyphen widely printed in the Western Cape ("CA 123-456") is
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ instrument:
     ("This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za")
     accompanies the Government Gazette text quoted here. SANS/SABS 1116 is a
     COPYRIGHTED SABS publication and is cited, never reproduced
-    (PRD-PLATES § 6).
+    (the plates spec § 6).
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Jurisdiction-wide facts, cited once and referenced per series.
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ common:
       by GNR.404 of 4 May 2007.
     hex_basis_note: >-
       The Regulations NAME the colours and never number them; the chromaticity
-      lives in SANS/SABS 1116, which PRD-PLATES § 6 forbids reproducing. Every
+      lives in SANS/SABS 1116, which the plates spec § 6 forbids reproducing. Every
       hex in this file is therefore `hex_basis: observed` inside a
       statutorily named colour — the same posture plates/gb.yml takes for BS
       AU 145e and plates/de.yml for "grünes Kennzeichen".
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ common:
       Free State separately recognises a 305 x 165 mm plate for seven-character
       personalised numbers (Provincial Notice 278 of 2006) — a size the
       national regulation does not list, and the discrepancy is recorded, not
-      averaged (PRD-PLATES § 5.3).
+      averaged (the plates spec § 5.3).
     character_height: >-
       Reg 35(4): 75 mm is the norm and 60 mm characters may be approved by the
       MEC for a rear illuminated space too small for 75 mm. The Free State
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ common:
       Vehicles', Part 2: 'Registration plates (metal)' or Part 4: 'Registration
       plates (plastic)'." Reg 50(1) binds registered manufacturers of number
       plates to the same two parts.
-    posture: "cited, never reproduced — SABS 1116 is a paywalled SABS publication (PRD-PLATES § 6)"
+    posture: "cited, never reproduced — SABS 1116 is a paywalled SABS publication (the plates spec § 6)"
     source: "https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/sites/default/files/media/disaster_law/2021-06/%20ROAD%20TRAFFIC%20REGULATIONS,%202000.pdf  # reg 35(1), reg 35(6)(i), reg 50(1)(a)"
   font:
     name: "FE-Schrift, modified (\"FE modified\"), 75 mm — 60 mm on the 305 x 165 mm Free State personalised plate"
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ series:
   #    "a combination of three letters and three figures in any sequence ...
   #    and the licence mark of the province concerned".
   #    One series per province, because the provincial mark is a LITERAL and
-  #    a series is one format (PRD-PLATES § 2.2).
+  #    a series is one format (the plates spec § 2.2).
   # =========================================================================
 
   - id: za-gp-standard-3l3f
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ series:
           adds a covert element: the retro-reflective sheeting carries the
           manufacturer's identifier and "the Province by way of the letters
           'FS' inside a 12 mm circle interspersed throughout the sheeting".
-          PRD-PLATES § 3 placeholder rule applies to the cheetah landscape.
+          The plates spec § 3 placeholder rule applies to the cheetah landscape.
       rear_differs: false
     region_encoding: "plates/_decode/za-licence-marks.yml"
     sources:
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ series:
           statutory twin is unbounded and `regex` is deliberately narrower at
           six characters, which is the longest serial any South African
           provincial system issues. Narrower than the statute is still
-          `strict` (PRD-PLATES § 2.7); the outer legal bound is in
+          `strict` (the plates spec § 2.7); the outer legal bound is in
           `regex_statutory`, which is exactly what that field is for.
     design:
       plate: { w: 520, h: 113, unit: mm }
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ series:
     categories: [car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle]
     period: { start: 2000 }
     period_evidence: instrument-in-force
-    # RECALL-ONLY (PRD-PLATES § 2.7): reg 27(5)(d) delegates the ENTIRE
+    # RECALL-ONLY (the plates spec § 2.7): reg 27(5)(d) delegates the ENTIRE
     # grammar to the Director-General of Foreign Affairs and fixes exactly one
     # thing about it — that the number "shall end in the letter 'D'". No
     # DIRCO determination was located, so the regex below is a shape net built