Stick on plates...

[t40ora]

Anyone know the rules and regs. on stick on plates? Like the black and white plates, I think that there is some cut-off date for date of manufacture of car - earlier than that date is OK, after and not so OK.

I ask as the plates on our Tamora and Supercharged MX5 restrict the air flow through the grill and I'd like to improve the cooling. Also, on the MX5, the current plate looks like a bloody stick-on wart.

[Dwight VanDriver]

Pre 1.1.1973 for black letters on a white background.

After this you come into the realms of the yellow/white plate reflective and BS standards.

RV Display of Reg Marks Regs 2001.

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[t40ora]

Ah, so the dates are same for black/white and stick on.

Wonder about the legality of that Speed 12 TVR at Blackpool; if I remember correctly it had a stick on at the front.

[puffpuff]

My '97 Audi has had stick-on plates from new, fitted by the dealership.

[987cay]

My 2006 cayman s has a sticky front plate, stuck on by the opc at my request.So what.

[vonhosen]

987cay said:

My 2006 cayman s has a sticky front plate, stuck on by the opc at my request.So what.

It won't be legal that's all, so you could get a ticket everytime you get stopped.

[wassy]

£30 fine no points however, if you mis-represent the numbers / letters the DVLA can revoke the plate. Not sure if the revoke option applies to people who continually use the plates you are on about.

[t40ora]

Hmm. I might get some made up then. I don't intend to misrepresent and numbers/letters, and I should be able to keep the angle to 45%.

[jwo]

my enzo has no front number plate! (no i don't really have an enzo) - however you rarely see cars of this type (pagani, enzo, buggati etc.) with a front 'proper' plate.

[987cay]

It won't be legal that's all, so you could get a ticket everytime you get stopped

Not that I'm bitter but,how petty.
I was stopped for the first time in 20 years in my one week old car and accused of not wearing a seatbelt.I was clearly wearing it,I had been wearing it for the whole of the 50 miles I had driven,I always wear it for my safety not to avoid a ticket.I was sent on my way with no apology just mutterings, "some times it is difficult to see into low cars".By the way they never mentioned the plate,probably didn't know any better.

My last run in with the police was November last year,I had £5,000 stolen, my own fault no doubt through being careless.I was questioned by the police and at the end of the interview they told me to calm down or be arrested and that as they did not believe me they would not bother taking finger prints etc.Fills me with confidence NOT,when I need help no chance,but lets threaten a tax paying member of the community with no seat belt or for the far worse crime of having an illegal number plate.I hope you are proud to be police. J

[vonhosen]

987cay said:

It won't be legal that's all, so you could get a ticket everytime you get stopped

Not that I'm bitter but,how petty.
I was stopped for the first time in 20 years in my one week old car and accused of not wearing a seatbelt.I was clearly wearing it,I had been wearing it for the whole of the 50 miles I had driven,I always wear it for my safety not to avoid a ticket.I was sent on my way with no apology just mutterings, "some times it is difficult to see into low cars".By the way they never mentioned the plate,probably didn't know any better.

My last run in with the police was November last year,I had £5,000 stolen, my own fault no doubt through being careless.I was questioned by the police and at the end of the interview they told me to calm down or be arrested and that as they did not believe me they would not bother taking finger prints etc.Fills me with confidence NOT,when I need help no chance,but lets threaten a tax paying member of the community with no seat belt or for the far worse crime of having an illegal number plate.I hope you are proud to be police. J

The reason we have uniform plate standards is so that they are clear & legible. Then when people need to be able to read it, following say a fail to stop accident, they will be able to. Rather than trying to decipher something akin to hieroglyphics.

Personally I can't understand people purposely going out & buying illegal plates (altering spacing, size etc etc).

[wassy]

They change them because they can't afford a good private plate and have to make do with some crappy thing that in the right light, from the right distance, might look like a name etc.
W4SSY

[MR2Mike]

wassy said:

They change them because they can't afford a good private plate

No point in spending good money on one of them either. Just a bit of silly willy waving.

[987cay]

Vonhosen I think you may have lost the plot a little here or your memory is failing,this thread is about stick on plates.My highly illegal stuck on plate is correctly sized and spaced,it is not a private plate it is a standard --06--- so you should have no problem reading it.

[vonhosen]

987cay said:

Vonhosen I think you may have lost the plot a little here or your memory is failing,this thread is about stick on plates.My highly illegal stuck on plate is correctly sized and spaced,it is not a private plate it is a standard --06--- so you should have no problem reading it.

Camera (ANPR or otherwise) may though, so it's illegal because it doesn't conform to the regs.

[987cay]

I can confirm that I have driven through several ANPR sites recently with lots of police persons on bike's waiting just down the road. As I have not been stopped I conclude they must be able to read the plates. So whats the problem ? hardly the worst crime IMO of course.

[vonhosen]

987cay said:

I can confirm that I have driven through several ANPR sites recently with lots of police persons on bike's waiting just down the road. As I have not been stopped I conclude they must be able to read the plates. So whats the problem ? hardly the worst crime IMO of course.

I agree it's not the worst crime in teh world & I don't think you'll see many Police officers proactively going after people with stick on plates. Still if you are stopped for any reason at all, they may well report you for that offence.
You are subject to the same rules as everyone else & when you look around the vast majority are complying, you're not an exempted special case.

Edited by vonhosen on Friday 15th September 20:52

[987cay]

I doubt that most police officers would notice or care,do you really think its us and them ?

Edited by 987cay on Friday 15th September 21:09

Edited by 987cay on Friday 15th September 21:09

[vonhosen]

987cay said:

I doubt that most police officers would notice or care,do you realy think its us and them ?

What's us & them got to do about it ?

I'd expect a Police officer to deal with any infringements of the law as they see fit at the time. No doubt some will give tickets for stick on plates & they would be quite within their rights to do so. You don't legally have a leg to stand on, you are at their mercy everytime & if they decide to prosecute then so be it, you know the risks & are willing to take a gamble on it by having one. When you gamble sometimes you lose & others you don't. To be sure of not losing you don't gamble.

Edited by vonhosen on Friday 15th September 21:10

[987cay]

Of course I don't legally have a leg to stand on. If I get caught and reported, which is highly unlikely,I presume I get a tiny fine, so what, my choice.