Number plate on front windscreen?
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I cant say for certain but as long as the plate can be read I think it still conforms to regulation. I once had a car presented for MOT with the rear number plate in the rear window and going through the manual the only thing I could fail it on was that the number plate lights didnt illuminate the plate, there was nothing to say the plate should be affixed in a certain position. I havent been an MOT tester for 10 years now so the rgulations may well have changed, many have.
I cant say for certain but as long as the plate can be read I think it still conforms to regulation. I once had a car presented for MOT with the rear number plate in the rear window and going through the manual the only thing I could fail it on was that the number plate lights didnt illuminate the plate, there was nothing to say the plate should be affixed in a certain position. I havent been an MOT tester for 10 years now so the regulations may well have changed, many have.
imagineifyeswill said:
I cant say for certain but as long as the plate can be read I think it still conforms to regulation. I once had a car presented for MOT with the rear number plate in the rear window and going through the manual the only thing I could fail it on was that the number plate lights didnt illuminate the plate, there was nothing to say the plate should be affixed in a certain position. I havent been an MOT tester for 10 years now so the regulations may well have changed, many have.
I look forward to seeing Seats and Fiestas with numberplate lights retrofitted to the inside of the windscreen 
XVSolutions said:
I have deleted my initial message from this topic.
Meanwhile, for amusement value, the original post read...XVSolutions said:
I was wondering are you allowed having the front number plate on your windscreen? I've seen about 4 cars today with the numberplate inside the car and thought it looks quite nice (if you have a nice car).
Bless. But we'll go with a straight bat here...The law said:
(3) This paragraph requires the plate to be fixed—
(a)vertically or, where that is not reasonably practicable, in a position as close to the vertical as is reasonably practicable,
(b)in such a position that in normal daylight the characters of the registration mark are easily distinguishable from every part of a relevant area having the diagonal length specified in paragraph (4).
(4) The diagonal length of the relevant area is—
(a)in the case of a mark having characters the width of which is at least 57 millimetres, 22 metres,
(b)in the case of a mark having characters the width of which is 50 millimetres, 21.5 metres,
(c)in the case of a mark having characters the width of which is 44 millimetres, 18 metres.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/regula...(a)vertically or, where that is not reasonably practicable, in a position as close to the vertical as is reasonably practicable,
(b)in such a position that in normal daylight the characters of the registration mark are easily distinguishable from every part of a relevant area having the diagonal length specified in paragraph (4).
(4) The diagonal length of the relevant area is—
(a)in the case of a mark having characters the width of which is at least 57 millimetres, 22 metres,
(b)in the case of a mark having characters the width of which is 50 millimetres, 21.5 metres,
(c)in the case of a mark having characters the width of which is 44 millimetres, 18 metres.
You can do that with a plate shoved on the dashtop, you goferit.
(That's for post-2001 vehicles, which I think it's safe to assume the OP's asking about)
The guy appeared to be asking it as a genuine question, and you all need to bite his head off?
The fact of the matter is, by the letter of the law it is construction and use regs violation, which I believe carries a potential £100 fpn and/or rectification notice (a bit of paper you need to take to the MOT station after fixing the 'fault').
In reality though I'd say it is well and truly an attitude offence, provided it is sized right and fully legible I doubt you would get pulled for it, and if you do the likelyhood of them actually bothering to write you up for it is minimal unless you decide to be mouthy or you get one of the very few traffic/vosa guys who love paperwork.
Same applies for the private plate guys with the dodgy spacing, when I worked in an insurance lock up one of the site managers ran around with one, with traffic cops in and out the yard every day, only once did one of them say he needs to fine him for it, and that guy was a regular, stating it in jest.
However this is all in the real world, a place many PHers only seem to have visited briefly.
The fact of the matter is, by the letter of the law it is construction and use regs violation, which I believe carries a potential £100 fpn and/or rectification notice (a bit of paper you need to take to the MOT station after fixing the 'fault').
In reality though I'd say it is well and truly an attitude offence, provided it is sized right and fully legible I doubt you would get pulled for it, and if you do the likelyhood of them actually bothering to write you up for it is minimal unless you decide to be mouthy or you get one of the very few traffic/vosa guys who love paperwork.
Same applies for the private plate guys with the dodgy spacing, when I worked in an insurance lock up one of the site managers ran around with one, with traffic cops in and out the yard every day, only once did one of them say he needs to fine him for it, and that guy was a regular, stating it in jest.
However this is all in the real world, a place many PHers only seem to have visited briefly.
Edited by caelite on Monday 18th December 19:31
Had a couple of cars with the front plate attached to the passenger sun visor so was visible from the front - no issues with police or MOTs
The main issue suffered however was car parks that read the number plate which it was terminally a nightmare for
I don’t get people’s annoyance by the movement of a plate to elsewhere - especially when it is displayed just not where others would like to see it
The main issue suffered however was car parks that read the number plate which it was terminally a nightmare for
I don’t get people’s annoyance by the movement of a plate to elsewhere - especially when it is displayed just not where others would like to see it
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