Grace period to change number plates

[aturnick54]

When you apply to put a private plate on a vehicle, is there a grace period to change the physical plates?

Friend has just sorted plates out with finance company and everything has been done instantly including the insurance. Trouble is they are not at home and car still has the old plate number fitted. Are they in trouble if stopped?

[sociopath]

Depends if the copper is in a good mood or not

[RazerSauber]

Can they just pop to a Halfords or motor factors while they're away?

[covboy]

RazerSauber said:

Can they just pop to a Halfords or motor factors while they're away?

Think you may well need a physical piece of paper for proof. Don't know if digital communications are acceptable

[Tommo87]

covboy said:

RazerSauber said:

Can they just pop to a Halfords or motor factors while they're away?

Think you may well need a physical piece of paper for proof. Don't know if digital communications are acceptable

When you change it online, they email you a form you can use in advance of the registration document.

You just print it and hand it over.

[CraigyMc]

Tommo87 said:

covboy said:

RazerSauber said:

Can they just pop to a Halfords or motor factors while they're away?

Think you may well need a physical piece of paper for proof. Don't know if digital communications are acceptable

When you change it online, they email you a form you can use in advance of the registration document.

You just print it and hand it over.

Or get them made abroad and sent to you. I do this with fancyplates.com who are in ireland.

The plates are the current "BS AU 145e" revision spec and because themanufacturer aren't in the UK there's no proof of entitlement required to have them created.

[aturnick54]

RazerSauber said:

Can they just pop to a Halfords or motor factors while they're away?

They already have a set of plates at home to go on, it's just until they get home from work. They've gone to work and not realised it would all be instantly changed.

[sociopath]

aturnick54 said:

RazerSauber said:

Can they just pop to a Halfords or motor factors while they're away?

They already have a set of plates at home to go on, it's just until they get home from work. They've gone to work and not realised it would all be instantly changed.

I hope they're better at anticipating things at work.
Who would decide to do a transfer at work without having thrown the plates in the back of the car?

[FWIW]

It will be fine.

[Tin Hat]

It occurred to me that this process was subject to data not being adjusted on a mainframe somewhere, whether it be the DVLA, the insurance database,MOT database etc, so I printed off all of the forms as I swapped things over.

Just as well - The Police around here occassionally have a blitz with ANPR/ car transporter to cart off those that do not follow the system and I was collared as part of this process - My car was flagged as being uninsured ( even though it was insured under the previous reg No ).

The copies of the documents that I kept in my car allowed me to go on my way and chase up my insurance broker thereafter.

The Police seemed quite reasonable TBH, they were not surprised at the circumstances

[aturnick54]

sociopath said:

I hope they're better at anticipating things at work.
Who would decide to do a transfer at work without having thrown the plates in the back of the car?

Because the finance company has dealt with all the paperwork (including insurance) and they expected a delay in processing it. They've been trying to get it sorted for a month now, so wouldn't expect the transfer to be instant.

[Tommo87]

aturnick54 said:

They already have a set of plates at home to go on, it's just until they get home from work. They've gone to work and not realised it would all be instantly changed.

That will be fine. They are insured (on the vehicle), VED automatically transfer and they can still be traced under the old registration, if it was necessary.

[Paulsd]

When you assign the plate online, the DVLA email you a certificate to get the new plates made which is valid for three days so would assume you’ll be fine to get home.

[caziques]

All vehicles have the original issued number plate sitting in the background - hence displaying the "wrong" plate is more of a technical issue rather than a legal one.

Transfer a cherished plate off a car and the original one is reassigned.

[aturnick54]

caziques said:

All vehicles have the original issued number plate sitting in the background - hence displaying the "wrong" plate is more of a technical issue rather than a legal one.

Transfer a cherished plate off a car and the original one is reassigned.

But would the police know that at the roadside? I presumed all they'd see is that the number plate displayed doesn't exist and shows as uninsured.

They've managed to get home without being pulled luckily so will be fitting the plates tomorrow.

[aturnick54]

EmailAddress said:

Or, take the number plates off, say you drove through Rufford and you're fitting the new ones tonight

If only... Rufford is now sadly closed

[QBee]

Hope this helps.
I took my car off SORN on 1st December a couple of years ago.
Taxed it first thing, having got it MOT'd and insured the previous day.
That lunchtime I headed off to Lincoln to look at a car, and got pulled over by mufti-plod in a Volvo on the Lincoln bypass.
"Err, you seem to have no tax, insurance or MOT, Sir".
It seems that the Police National Ipad is a day or two behind.

Just tell them not to crash it.

[carl_w]

QBee said:

It seems that the Police National Ipad is a day or two behind.

Same with the MID insurance DB and the DVLA tax DB, which is odd as the DVLA MOT DB seems to update in pretty much realtime.

[aturnick54]

carl_w said:

Same with the MID insurance DB and the DVLA tax DB, which is odd as the DVLA MOT DB seems to update in pretty much realtime.

Yeah that's why I always carry insurance certificate when in a new car or have changed number plate, just in case you get stopped for no insurance.

[QBee]

aturnick54 said:

carl_w said:

Same with the MID insurance DB and the DVLA tax DB, which is odd as the DVLA MOT DB seems to update in pretty much realtime.

Yeah that's why I always carry insurance certificate when in a new car or have changed number plate, just in case you get stopped for no insurance.

Luckily I had my smartphone with me (older phones that just do calls and texts are available), and was able to find the insurance and tax renewals on it, which satisfied the Ipad toting member of the BIB.