Current rules on number plates?
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Has there been a change in the way in which number plates have to be displayed on a vehicle? I see more and more of the type which have the characters raised from the plate itself, sometimes quite significantly. Is this legal as I thought that the only legal types were the normal flat type of plate?
Also, with regards displaying them. I'm seeing more where the plate at the front is off-set to one side or another so as not to obscure the grille. These are very often much smaller than usual with correspondingly tiny characters - I'm guessing that this isn't legal?
Also has the law changed whereby if you have a s
tty old Corsa you are allowed to remove the front plate and crudely jam it up inside the windscreen to demonstrate what an utter tt you are?
Also, with regards displaying them. I'm seeing more where the plate at the front is off-set to one side or another so as not to obscure the grille. These are very often much smaller than usual with correspondingly tiny characters - I'm guessing that this isn't legal?
Also has the law changed whereby if you have a s
tty old Corsa you are allowed to remove the front plate and crudely jam it up inside the windscreen to demonstrate what an utter tt you are? AJL308 said:
Has there been a change in the way in which number plates have to be displayed on a vehicle? I see more and more of the type which have the characters raised from the plate itself, sometimes quite significantly. Is this legal as I thought that the only legal types were the normal flat type of plate?
Also, with regards displaying them. I'm seeing more where the plate at the front is off-set to one side or another so as not to obscure the grille. These are very often much smaller than usual with correspondingly tiny characters - I'm guessing that this isn't legal?
Also has the law changed whereby if you have a stty old Corsa you are allowed to remove the front plate and crudely jam it up inside the windscreen to demonstrate what an utter tt you are?
No change recently.Also, with regards displaying them. I'm seeing more where the plate at the front is off-set to one side or another so as not to obscure the grille. These are very often much smaller than usual with correspondingly tiny characters - I'm guessing that this isn't legal?
Also has the law changed whereby if you have a s
tty old Corsa you are allowed to remove the front plate and crudely jam it up inside the windscreen to demonstrate what an utter tt you are? The raised digits are legal, and plates wit them can comply with the required BS
https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/rules-...
Off-set was not previously allowed, but there was an amendment to the Regs which allowed for it (may have been linked to he Alfa 156 and -ironically- alignment with the rest of Europe?)
Smaller characters only allowed for where the manufacturers location is too small for a full-sized plate (ie US/Japanese import) but still must comply with min size regs
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen...
Display in the windscreen is not allowed, and costing Big Racers £100 a pop, so it will depend on the local Police interest in enforcing rather than anything national.
AJL308 said:
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Also has the law changed whereby if you have a stty old Corsa you are allowed to remove the front plate and crudely jam it up inside the windscreen to demonstrate what an utter tt you are?
It is mandatory, although having a chavved up Corsa is itself a sign that you are a great big shiny knobber.Also has the law changed whereby if you have a s
tty old Corsa you are allowed to remove the front plate and crudely jam it up inside the windscreen to demonstrate what an utter tt you are? When I am King, the historically illiterate fool at who allowed cars aged 40 plus to have black and silver plates WILL be killed. Such plates on a car made post 1972 look daft.
Breadvan72 said:
It is mandatory, although having a chavved up Corsa is itself a sign that you are a great big shiny knobber.
When I am King, the historically illiterate fool at who allowed cars aged 40 plus to have black and silver plates WILL be killed. Such plates on a car made post 1972 look daft.
When you are King will black & white plates be allowed on a 1975 Mk3 Cortina ?When I am King, the historically illiterate fool at who allowed cars aged 40 plus to have black and silver plates WILL be killed. Such plates on a car made post 1972 look daft.
markymarkthree said:
Breadvan72 said:
It is mandatory, although having a chavved up Corsa is itself a sign that you are a great big shiny knobber.
When I am King, the historically illiterate fool at who allowed cars aged 40 plus to have black and silver plates WILL be killed. Such plates on a car made post 1972 look daft.
When you are King will black & white plates be allowed on a 1975 Mk3 Cortina ?When I am King, the historically illiterate fool at who allowed cars aged 40 plus to have black and silver plates WILL be killed. Such plates on a car made post 1972 look daft.
Historicity.
Breadvan72 said:
When I am King, the historically illiterate fool at who allowed cars aged 40 plus to have black and silver plates WILL be killed. Such plates on a car made post 1972 look daft.
I think this must be the first time I disagree with something you've written. I think those black and silver plates look brilliant. They make any car they are fitted to look far better than they do with the black and yellow eye-sores that we have now, and they're just as legible. When I am Queen I shall mandate them for all cars.LunarOne said:
Breadvan72 said:
When I am King, the historically illiterate fool at who allowed cars aged 40 plus to have black and silver plates WILL be killed. Such plates on a car made post 1972 look daft.
I think this must be the first time I disagree with something you've written. I think those black and silver plates look brilliant. They make any car they are fitted to look far better than they do with the black and yellow eye-sores that we have now, and they're just as legible. When I am Queen I shall mandate them for all cars.iDrive said:
Off-set was not previously allowed, but there was an amendment to the Regs which allowed for it (may have been linked to he Alfa 156 and -ironically- alignment with the rest of Europe?)
There has not been a restriction on offset plates for at least 50 years and I suspect there never has been. The was certainly no change linked to the Alfa156 or EU alignment. Cat
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