Is this number plate legal?

[Guiddy]

The top white plate?
Below it is a legal plate, the white one is 406mm X 114mm and as you can see the digits are slightly bigger!

I want a shorter plate but it must be legal!

Thanks in advance

[rehab71]

I'm pretty sure it's not legal

[sebhaque]

From memory the regs state that a plate has to have font of a certain size, with a minimum spacing between the leading and trailing characters. Nothing to stop you getting a trimmed plate if you meet the regulations, the actual size of the background plate doesn't make a difference as long as you meet the character spacing requirements. It's how taxis can "get away" with those double-decker plates on normal cars.

AFAIK it's legal as long as your spacing and letter size is correct, hopefully someone else will be on here to confirm (or say I'm talking bks, which I hope not!)

[saaby93]

The gaps dont look right on either plate - they should be 11mm with 33mm between the sets of characters
the text is a specified size but you can cut the plate down to 11mm all the way around from the characters. Dont forget you need the plate suppliers details on there too and BS something

[trackerjack]

Ha most days I see a "D" reg Capri with black and silver plates, which are totally illegal of course.

My own Quantum has an Irish plate that starts XIB and I reckon I could get away with black and silver ones but why bother.

Even today I think plod has better things to do than harrass motorists over plates.

[sebhaque]

trackerjack said:

Even today I think plod has better things to do than harrass motorists over plates.

I got pulled last year because of some incorrectly spaced plates (correct font/size, just a little bit ). I don't harbour any ill-thoughts, it was a fair pull - but it does happen. This was at around 12pm on an empty M5 on a Wednesday.

[P Nuts]

i thought it was only plates with 5 or less digits that could legally have shorter plates, everything else requieres the spacing/digit size to be altered? although looking at the top plate, theoretically cant see how that would be harder to read or pick up on a camera?