post 1973 number plates
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As a general rule a car built/registered after 1/1/73 can wear the old style black and silver plates, after this date it should be the orange/white and black. However, I regularly see all manner of late model cars using the pre '73 design. Do we have any serving officers who can explain why they are not pulled? It's an easy job and all pays for NHS etc. etc.
longone said:
As a general rule a car built/registered after 1/1/73 can wear the old style black and silver plates, after this date it should be the orange/white and black. However, I regularly see all manner of late model cars using the pre '73 design. Do we have any serving officers who can explain why they are not pulled? It's an easy job and all pays for NHS etc. etc.
Some get reported for it, but like a lot of other things it's not a priority.
longone said:
As a general rule a car built/registered after 1/1/73 cannot wear the old style black and silver plates, after this date it should be the yellow/white and black. However, I regularly see all manner of late model cars using the pre '73 design. Do we have any serving officers who can explain why they are not pulled? It's an easy job and all pays for NHS etc. etc.
If you're quick, you can edit you post, i'll delete mine, and no one will be any the wiser.
Balmoral Green said:
longone said:
As a general rule a car built/registered after 1/1/73 cannot wear the old style black and silver plates, after this date it should be the yellow/white and black. However, I regularly see all manner of late model cars using the pre '73 design. Do we have any serving officers who can explain why they are not pulled? It's an easy job and all pays for NHS etc. etc.
If you're quick, you can edit you post, i'll delete mine, and no one will be any the wiser.
But I've answered it in the spirit of the question
I understand its hardly the BIBs priority, and nor should it be but it is surprising particularly given the nature of some cars wearing Balck and Silver plates. McLaren Mercedes SLR for instance I saw in Mayfair recently, lots of BMW Minis and the odd Porsche.
I recall eing pulled about ten years ago in my GTI for having the wrong font on my plates (correctly spaced but slightly finer than normal) at least I anly got an advisory....
I recall eing pulled about ten years ago in my GTI for having the wrong font on my plates (correctly spaced but slightly finer than normal) at least I anly got an advisory....
Balmoral Green said:
longone said:
As a general rule a car built/registered after 1/1/73 cannot wear the old style black and silver plates, after this date it should be the yellow/white and black. However, I regularly see all manner of late model cars using the pre '73 design. Do we have any serving officers who can explain why they are not pulled? It's an easy job and all pays for NHS etc. etc.
If you're quick, you can edit you post, i'll delete mine, and no one will be any the wiser.
Yeh but I would have to delete mine then or people would notice that you put "you" instead of "your"
Balmoral Green said:
longone said:
As a general rule a car built/registered after 1/1/73 cannot wear the old style black and silver plates, after this date it should be the yellow/white and black. However, I regularly see all manner of late model cars using the pre '73 design. Do we have any serving officers who can explain why they are not pulled? It's an easy job and all pays for NHS etc. etc.
If you're quick, you can edit you post, i'll delete mine, and no one will be any the wiser.
vonhosen said:
Balmoral Green said:
longone said:
As a general rule a car built/registered after 1/1/73 cannot wear the old style black and silver plates, after this date it should be the yellow/white and black. However, I regularly see all manner of late model cars using the pre '73 design. Do we have any serving officers who can explain why they are not pulled? It's an easy job and all pays for NHS etc. etc.
If you're quick, you can edit you post, i'll delete mine, and no one will be any the wiser.
But I've answered it in the spirit of the question
Careful, you might be encouraging the SCPs to enforce speed limits in the spirit of the law next :P
slowly slowly said:
Balmoral Green said:
longone said:
As a general rule a car built/registered after 1/1/73 cannot wear the old style black and silver plates, after this date it should be the yellow/white and black. However, I regularly see all manner of late model cars using the pre '73 design. Do we have any serving officers who can explain why they are not pulled? It's an easy job and all pays for NHS etc. etc.
If you're quick, you can edit you post, i'll delete mine, and no one will be any the wiser.
Checks carefully for errors in own typing.
longone said:
Sorry about my spelling, perhaps I'm a pedant, Colin.
I hope you don't think I'm being overly picky but I think you really mean - "perhaps I'm being pedantic, Colin".
It's possible to be a pedant and keep quiet about it, whereas in this instance you were voicing pedantry. All cleared up I hope?
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