stick on number plates

[r1ot]

sorry if this is a repost but waht is the definative answer on using stick on number plates on the nose cone of my kit car?

yes or no

[EDLT]

I've seen people driving about with NO number plate on the front for weeks on end, so you should get away with a stick on until you bump into a very bored bib.

[d-man]

DVLA said:

No, number plates must meet the British Standard requirements and we are not aware of any self-adhesive number plates that are able to meet these requirements.

Some people claim to be selling stick on plates that DO meet the requirements, but whether or not that makes them legal I have no idea.

I'm going to use one on my kit car though, hopefully it won't attract attention if it's otherwise legal (ie properly spaced etc).

[shuvitupya]

Stick ons are illegal, as most are non-reflective, and do not have BSI mark.

VEHICLES REGISTERED AND NEW REGISTRATION PLATES FITTED ON OR AFTER 1ST SEPTEMBER 2001 (MANDATORY SPECIFICATION)

1. The plate must be made of retroreflecting material which, as regards its construction, colour and other qualities, complies with the requirements of -


(a) the British Standard specification for retroreflecting number plates published on 15 January 1998 under number BS AU 145d[13], or

www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2001/20010561.htm#10

[eccles]

most stick on plates i've seen are reflective. my local motorfactors sells them for about £2.57, and then 20p a letter.
i had one on the nose of my kitcar (see profile for pic) for over 15 years, and despite being stopped by plod quite a few times, it was never mentioned.

yes, technically they are illegal, but i think you'd have to be unlucky, or have a copper in a real bad mood to get done for having one.

[busa_rush]

EDLT said:

I've seen people driving about with NO number plate on the front for weeks on end, so you should get away with a stick on until you bump into a very bored bib.

3 years now and not a single tug. Have a full size legal plate on the rear.

[coco h]

A lot of old cars have stick on number plates = presumably as pre the date above the rules were different??

[spyder dryver]

I've had a stick on plate on the front of my kit car for four years with no problems at all. It's a full size plate,correctly spaced, but it is nearly horizontal on the top of the nosecone. Geoff.

[tybo]

I had one on the nose of a kit car in had a few years back with no bother.

In fact it had no number plate on the front for about six months

[gafferjim]

Technically, the numberplate should be vertical, the correct size, colour, font, spacing, and be reflective. now the proper stick on plateds that you can buy from motor factors & caravan dealers etc, do conform.
If you wish to go without, mount horizontally (or as near as damn) space incorectly, use the wrong size or style of font, then yes, you are committing an offence. If you don't / haven't got stopped, then your luck is in......yet!
Be aware, that the thoughts of the BiB is that ;.....if the driver will blatently commit 1 offence, then he's probably committing others, that makes you a prime target for a pull.