Private reg plates - letter/number spacing
Discussion
I have a plate that I am considering purchasing, I'll use this one as an identical example: D44 VYS. If I was to have the plate read D44VY S but maybe make the spacing a little less conspicuous does anyone know if I would get stopped or not? I have seen a few people do this and it seems to me that police aren't that bothered about it. I live in Scotland. Anyone else got knowledge on this?
Number plates are much of a "do as you like" but when you get stopped say, sorry officer and pay the fine. Don't start banging on about "better things to do" and "I haven't been stopped before. You know it's illegal, the copper knows it's illegal, and the copper knows you know. So don't get an attitude.
How can anyone say definitively if you'll get stopped or not? 
All that can be said is that it will raise the possibility of you being stopped.
If that's a risk that you're happy to take then go ahead, just don't come crying on here how life is unfair if you do get stopped and fined! - You know what the Law requires in regards to the spacing and you know you'd be breaking the Law having the plate the way you want it.
All that can be said is that it will raise the possibility of you being stopped.
If that's a risk that you're happy to take then go ahead, just don't come crying on here how life is unfair if you do get stopped and fined! - You know what the Law requires in regards to the spacing and you know you'd be breaking the Law having the plate the way you want it.
Depends where you live, what you drive, how you drive it and your attitude when stopped.
Combined with a bit of luck.
I've had spacing / sizing / font etc irregularities for 20 years and despite being pulled for speeding the plate has never been mentioned - I would add that it is still easy to read.
A mate was pulled and fined but it was a specific operation targeting non compliant vehicles and his front plate was ridiculously small and broken.
Combined with a bit of luck.
I've had spacing / sizing / font etc irregularities for 20 years and despite being pulled for speeding the plate has never been mentioned - I would add that it is still easy to read.
A mate was pulled and fined but it was a specific operation targeting non compliant vehicles and his front plate was ridiculously small and broken.
ts are the police, expecting you to abide by the laws - all of them, not just the ones you fancy - aren't they.
I live very close to a police station and frequently have them behind me. Never been stopped with a plate H1 XXX spaced as H1XXX. Bit of an, ahem, late night, cheap ebay purchase. Would remove it if it caused me hassle but but annoying certain types makes it well worth the small risk imo. 
£100 non-endorsable FPN. It depends on the likelihood of being caught (it can depend on where you live: in some places you'll be more at risk than others), the OP's assessment thereof, and his attitude to it if he is. I prefer not to be a hostage to fortune which is why I removed the mis-spaced plate on my car and kept it as a show plate (which is precisely its legal definition).
Jaroon said:
I live very close to a police station and frequently have them behind me. Never been stopped with a plate H1 XXX spaced as H1XXX. Bit of an, ahem, late night, cheap ebay purchase. Would remove it if it caused me hassle but but annoying certain types makes it well worth the small risk imo.
I do not believe you are annoying anyone. If someone is knowledgeable enough to notice the transgression, they are more likely to think you are a contender for the 'knob' thread. I believe your smiley belies the fact that you mean what you say!I may have misjudged you, though. Who knows?
PH to the rescue once again. Great responses. Appreciate private reg's can look a little pretentious but I do consider myself humble! I would add the car in question is a green scirocco r. I keep it clean and insured etc but I do wonder if the car will draw more attention to the questionable plate spacing as it sticks out like a sore thumb. Tough choice!
Nowt. I think he means cherished or personal (in the sense of it being of significance to him).
The market in such VRMs is akin to leases of land/property. They have a transferable value.
The freeholder for all UK VRMs is the Secretary of State who is kind enough to grant them to people.
The market in such VRMs is akin to leases of land/property. They have a transferable value.
The freeholder for all UK VRMs is the Secretary of State who is kind enough to grant them to people.
MoggieMinor said:
What exactly is "private" about a number plate?
It's just a phrasehow often do you hear someone say i'm afraid..... when they almost certainly aren't, i hear it regularly and i'm not particularly scary.
I also say sorry a lot, usually when i don't hear something, i'm not sorry.
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