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Yertis said:
Boosted LS1 said:
I'm astonished he's not been dobbed in by now.
Maybe the Police have less trivial things to worry about than preferred typefaces.I don't understand why people feel they need to do this. They're not in France.Is it a Walter Mitty complex?
PS Had my dinner now. Less inexplicably angry. I live in N. Ireland, where the locals are extremely parochial, to the extent that they frequently place a NI sticker on their boot if they travel abroad. Might as well be a sticker of Mickey Mouse. The international authorities do not recognise NI as a country - it's GB if you are British, IRL if you're Irish.
Sorry to go OT. I get worked up by people who deliberately break a law, however petty it may be. Why not just get it right in the first place?
Edited by nicanary on Friday 22 January 18:47
nicanary said:
PS Had my dinner now. Less inexplicably angry. I live in N. Ireland, where the locals are extremely parochial, to the extent that they frequently place a NI sticker on their boot if they travel abroad. Might as well be a sticker of Mickey Mouse. The international authorities do not recognise NI as a country - it's GB if you are British, IRL if you're Irish.
Sorry to go OT. I get worked up by people who deliberately break a law, however petty it may be. Why not just get it right in the first place?
I've never seen a Northern Irish car showing any sort of country designation, not even NI. GB obviously doesn't make sense as you aren't in Great Britain anyway. When I was last over there I saw loads of cars with dodgy looking fonts on the plate as well that clearly can't be legal.Sorry to go OT. I get worked up by people who deliberately break a law, however petty it may be. Why not just get it right in the first place?
Edited by nicanary on Friday 22 January 18:47
I thought things like that were kind of allowed within the UK, like having a Cymru, England or Scotland plate with a little flag. I might be controversial and get EU flag plates made up
I'd think that if you drive in Europe with an NI badge most people will assume it's NL (and wonder why you have different number plates!)
Off topic, but does anyone ever get stopped for not having a country ID plate? I mostly put one on, but when I've forgotten to take it with me have never worried about it and never been stopped.
Off topic, but does anyone ever get stopped for not having a country ID plate? I mostly put one on, but when I've forgotten to take it with me have never worried about it and never been stopped.
Rostfritt said:
When I was last over there I saw loads of cars with dodgy looking fonts on the plate as well that clearly can't be legal.
'Metro' plates, as they're known. Police round these parts are seemingly lax when it comes to typefaces on plates. Even some dealers supply the Metro type plates fresh off the forecourt. I won't pretend my plates are totally on the level, but they're so marginally different that nobody here or in England has made any fuss.john2443 said:
Off topic, but does anyone ever get stopped for not having a country ID plate? I mostly put one on, but when I've forgotten to take it with me have never worried about it and never been stopped.
I drove a Volvo Amazon on old style Swedish plates back from Gothenburg without a country ID and nobody stopped me. I did try to pick up an 'S' sticker for it (mainly as a souvenir to keep on the car) but couldn't find one anywhere.stuttgartmetal said:
That genuinely looks like an old french plate.
Loving the F
Which is just a F by the way.
One can place any letter they like on their car, as long as it isn’t offensive.
It is not a French plate but the country identification letter is that for France.Loving the F
Which is just a F by the way.
One can place any letter they like on their car, as long as it isn’t offensive.
The number plate is unlawful, as is the mis-use of the 'F'.
If these things did not matter, would countries really have worked out an internationally-agreed system for their use?
Rostfritt said:
nicanary said:
PS Had my dinner now. Less inexplicably angry. I live in N. Ireland, where the locals are extremely parochial, to the extent that they frequently place a NI sticker on their boot if they travel abroad. Might as well be a sticker of Mickey Mouse. The international authorities do not recognise NI as a country - it's GB if you are British, IRL if you're Irish.
Sorry to go OT. I get worked up by people who deliberately break a law, however petty it may be. Why not just get it right in the first place?
I've never seen a Northern Irish car showing any sort of country designation, not even NI. GB obviously doesn't make sense as you aren't in Great Britain anyway. When I was last over there I saw loads of cars with dodgy looking fonts on the plate as well that clearly can't be legal.Sorry to go OT. I get worked up by people who deliberately break a law, however petty it may be. Why not just get it right in the first place?
Edited by nicanary on Friday 22 January 18:47
I thought things like that were kind of allowed within the UK, like having a Cymru, England or Scotland plate with a little flag. I might be controversial and get EU flag plates made up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_vehicl...
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