MoT failed due to number plates!
Discussion
January this year me and my brothers and sisters pitched together for privatized number plates for our mum.
Nothing too expensive 7 digits just with initials and date of birth, but we got the plates from the DVLA. We where given a choice of having the letters in a 'carbon weave' fashion, which looked great so we chose to have this done, she liked them.
The car had its MoT this weekend and failed due to incorrect font. The first things I said when she told me was that we had bought the plates from the DVLA how can they be illegal?
After some research we found they had changed the laws at the start of this year and we had bough them just before the rule change. This f
ked me off no end, if they knew that the plates where going to be outlawed why where they still selling them?
Is there any possible way of getting our money back for having the plates done like this? has any one else had this issue? I certainly dont think that this is fair of the DVLA to sell a product and then change laws so that they then become illegal forcing law biding people to fork out more just to pass an MoT.
My mum was more annoyed as its her brand new TT which was gauranteed to pass its first MoT, and she had to pay £30 odd quid for standard plates (colour and text).
Nothing too expensive 7 digits just with initials and date of birth, but we got the plates from the DVLA. We where given a choice of having the letters in a 'carbon weave' fashion, which looked great so we chose to have this done, she liked them.
The car had its MoT this weekend and failed due to incorrect font. The first things I said when she told me was that we had bought the plates from the DVLA how can they be illegal?
After some research we found they had changed the laws at the start of this year and we had bough them just before the rule change. This f
ked me off no end, if they knew that the plates where going to be outlawed why where they still selling them?Is there any possible way of getting our money back for having the plates done like this? has any one else had this issue? I certainly dont think that this is fair of the DVLA to sell a product and then change laws so that they then become illegal forcing law biding people to fork out more just to pass an MoT.
My mum was more annoyed as its her brand new TT which was gauranteed to pass its first MoT, and she had to pay £30 odd quid for standard plates (colour and text).
I'm sure DVLA only sells the entitlement to use the number -not the physical plates themselves. From the site -
"You only buy the right to have a particular registration number assigned (put on) to and displayed on a vehicle registered in your name, or in the name of another person (the nominee). All registration numbers are owned by the Secretary of State".
As far as I'm aware the plates are made up by the dealer/shop & the regs can be quite strict. I'd think the dispute is with the dealer who fitted the plates which did not comply.
"You only buy the right to have a particular registration number assigned (put on) to and displayed on a vehicle registered in your name, or in the name of another person (the nominee). All registration numbers are owned by the Secretary of State".
As far as I'm aware the plates are made up by the dealer/shop & the regs can be quite strict. I'd think the dispute is with the dealer who fitted the plates which did not comply.
The option for carbon font was not provided by the DVLA, the only thing the DVLA did was to sell you a registration mark through their cherished plates department. You (or whoever you handed the document to) then arranged to have plates made up using an illegal font. Your qualm is with them, not the DVLA.
The laws on fonts have been in place for quite a number of years now.
Just to repeat, the DVLA do not sell pieces of plastic, only pieces of paper that allow you to buy pieces of plastic from other people.
Who made the plates up?
The laws on fonts have been in place for quite a number of years now.
Just to repeat, the DVLA do not sell pieces of plastic, only pieces of paper that allow you to buy pieces of plastic from other people.
Who made the plates up?
mikeplayer said:
January this year me and my brothers and sisters pitched together for privatized number plates for our mum.
Nothing too expensive 7 digits just with initials and date of birth, but we got the plates from the DVLA. We where given a choice of having the letters in a 'carbon weave' fashion, which looked great so we chose to have this done, she liked them.
The car had its MoT this weekend and failed due to incorrect font. The first things I said when she told me was that we had bought the plates from the DVLA how can they be illegal?
After some research we found they had changed the laws at the start of this year and we had bough them just before the rule change. This fked me off no end, if they knew that the plates where going to be outlawed why where they still selling them?
Is there any possible way of getting our money back for having the plates done like this? has any one else had this issue? I certainly dont think that this is fair of the DVLA to sell a product and then change laws so that they then become illegal forcing law biding people to fork out more just to pass an MoT.
My mum was more annoyed as its her brand new TT which was gauranteed to pass its first MoT, and she had to pay £30 odd quid for standard plates (colour and text).
Did the DVLA supply the physical number plates?Nothing too expensive 7 digits just with initials and date of birth, but we got the plates from the DVLA. We where given a choice of having the letters in a 'carbon weave' fashion, which looked great so we chose to have this done, she liked them.
The car had its MoT this weekend and failed due to incorrect font. The first things I said when she told me was that we had bought the plates from the DVLA how can they be illegal?
After some research we found they had changed the laws at the start of this year and we had bough them just before the rule change. This f
ked me off no end, if they knew that the plates where going to be outlawed why where they still selling them?Is there any possible way of getting our money back for having the plates done like this? has any one else had this issue? I certainly dont think that this is fair of the DVLA to sell a product and then change laws so that they then become illegal forcing law biding people to fork out more just to pass an MoT.
My mum was more annoyed as its her brand new TT which was gauranteed to pass its first MoT, and she had to pay £30 odd quid for standard plates (colour and text).
Or were they made up by someone else?
xreyuk said:
ThunderSpook said:
P.S. you've just admitted on a public forum to having illegal plates fitted to a car and that said car will now no-longer pass an MOT.
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