Number plate spacing
Discussion
What's the deal on number plate spacing these days? It's clearly still naughty but to what scale of naughtiness is it?
I want to get M4 X** and re-space it to M4X **? If the BiB spot it, what's the likely outcome? Big trouble?
Sorry if this has been covered before, can't find posts without the search function.
Cheers
Max
I want to get M4 X** and re-space it to M4X **? If the BiB spot it, what's the likely outcome? Big trouble?
Sorry if this has been covered before, can't find posts without the search function.
Cheers
Max
I got stopped by plod on Tuesday for my number plate spacing and have been given a 21 day notice period to get my spacing fixed and to go to an MOT station and get the slip signed and then hand into police station.
However I have had the number plate on my car for nearlly 3 years and thia is the first time I ahave been stopped.
The Traffic officer said that he was being a bit petty but his chief constable wanted a crackdown on this sort of offence..
Pity he didn't have a crackdown on buglary/assault/ and drug dealing!!
However I have had the number plate on my car for nearlly 3 years and thia is the first time I ahave been stopped.
The Traffic officer said that he was being a bit petty but his chief constable wanted a crackdown on this sort of offence..
Pity he didn't have a crackdown on buglary/assault/ and drug dealing!!
I've done exactly the same as you (moved one letter over to the left about 10mm), as long as the font is right and it's otherwise legal, I doubt you'll have a problem unless you do something else to attract BiB's attention.
I've had mine on the car for 4 years now and haven't been pulled once... touch wood! I'll still be putting the legal plates on for the protest today though, for obvious reasons!
I've had mine on the car for 4 years now and haven't been pulled once... touch wood! I'll still be putting the legal plates on for the protest today though, for obvious reasons!
My lass recently had a ticket, car was parked proper & had a valid pay & display but the ticket was for mis placed letters on the No plate. it should be M5 RYH, as her nane is Mary H its changed slightly to M5RY H. (cool plate for £250!) Anyway my point is she wasnt present at the time, the copper was obviously bored as he passed & slapped a ticket on as it was parked up... thats petty in my book. 
mcflurry said:
Mrs M got pulled. The plate was correctly spaced, and in correct font (charles wright)
The offence? Not having a garage postcode on the bottom...
This only applies to new reg. numbers though I think, doesn't it? They can't have a go at me for my L-reg plates since the car (and plates) were made before the rule came into force. (Only for XX00XXX plates.)
splodge s4 said:
My lass recently had a ticket, car was parked proper & had a valid pay & display but the ticket was for mis placed letters on the No plate. it should be M5 RYH, as her nane is Mary H its changed slightly to M5RY H. (cool plate for £250!) Anyway my point is she wasnt present at the time, the copper was obviously bored as he passed & slapped a ticket on as it was parked up... thats petty in my book.
What was the penalty?UIL9794 said:
splodge s4 - what was the ticket for?
Don't think that incorrectly spaced plates is ticketable - well not in west mids?
If it was a fixed penalty what was the penalty code?
Lee
sorry for the delay! i had a copper mate check it & it was either code 943 or 963, number plate failed to comform. I think the fine was about £25ish? i think im right that a wrong No plate can get you a fine but not points.
BliarOut said:
Mrs M got pulled. The plate was correctly spaced, and in correct font (charles wright)
The offence? Not having a garage postcode on the bottom...
In a world of pathetic policing, that just about takes the biscuit. Nice PR
Indeed. Surely the only point in having the maker's postcode is so that if non-conforming plates are spotted, the Bill can pay the maker a visit? As the plate was 100% legit, what's the fecking point in causing a fuss?
Furthermore, what plate maker is going to knowingly make up an illegal plate and then calmly put their mark on it?
Legislation for legislation's sake...BliarOut said:
mcflurry said:
Mrs M got pulled. The plate was correctly spaced, and in correct font (charles wright)
The offence? Not having a garage postcode on the bottom...
In a world of pathetic policing, that just about takes the biscuit. Nice PR
But
www.tinyurl.com/m7v5
tells you in great details and that the plate must conform to this and British Standards.
Surely Blair Out you should realise that in today's society you MUST CONFORM ------ OR ELSE.
DVD
PS Dont blame Plod. Blame yourself.
Why?
He didn't make the law and remember too its you that pays him to enforce the law.
(exits cackling madly)
>> Edited by Dwight VanDriver on Monday 16th May 13:45
mcflurry said:
Mrs M got pulled. The plate was correctly spaced, and in correct font (charles wright)
The offence? Not having a garage postcode on the bottom...
AFAIK, it is not an offence to use plates without a postcode, and has nothing to do with the age of the car. It is just that all *new* plates must have the maker's postcode on them. If your plate was made up before this rule came into force, then you are ok.
Big fan of private plates here, so here we go:
L is letter N is number,
I have a plate saying LN LLL which I have put together as LNLLL and have not had a single problem in 3 years.
Another is LLL 1S which I have as LLL1 S and have not had a single problem (2 years). This is on a ridiculously attention grabbing bright car as well!
I have a plate saying LL51 LLL which I have respaced to be LL5 1LLL, which also makes 1LLL spell out my name hence turning the 1 into an I.
This is the only one I've had a problem with - only once - and in Hyde Park. Huge queue of traffic, suddenly I see lights and sirens and a marked-up police car snaking through making people get out of the way behind me. It gets to me so I pull out of the way, it pulls in behind me, I get out of the way in the other direction, it pulls in behind me. At this point I'm confused since I still think he's trying to get past me. I stick my head out of the window and shout - what ME but I'm just sitting in traffic??? Everyone walking along cracks up at this.
Proceed to get the whole keys off step out of the vehicle routine, checks where its registered etc. Finally says do you know why I've pulled you, and gives me a 10 minute lecture on incorrect spacing. I obviously pretend I didn't know and talk about all the other cars in london with misspaced plates.
He then takes a photo, tells me to get it sorted and lets me go. Haven't heard anything since, didn't have to get an MOT slip or anything - the number plate's are still the car the way they were. More importantly - when he drove away I saw his car said "Park Police" - they must get properly bored
Apart from that I haven't had any other problems with the number plates - and I've been regularly pulled over in all 3 cars for loud exhausts, bus lanes, etc.. The proper traffic policemen don't give you any grief as long as your number plate cannot possibly be confused for a different one - especially by all the automatic systems. If you change a letter to a number, or change the font, or do anything at all to make the plate hard to read - you will get pulled, and there's a serious possibility of a 1k fine and the number plate being stolen from you for the DVLA for good! A good example is a guy that's just bought V1 EUO, and has changed the U to a V (evo 6). It's a very minor alteration to the letter, but the police will see it as an attempt to put the wrong plate on the car and will definitely give him grief!
Btw there's a photo of the 3 cars with their plates on page 36 of the "real good numberplates" thread
L is letter N is number,
I have a plate saying LN LLL which I have put together as LNLLL and have not had a single problem in 3 years.
Another is LLL 1S which I have as LLL1 S and have not had a single problem (2 years). This is on a ridiculously attention grabbing bright car as well!
I have a plate saying LL51 LLL which I have respaced to be LL5 1LLL, which also makes 1LLL spell out my name hence turning the 1 into an I.
This is the only one I've had a problem with - only once - and in Hyde Park. Huge queue of traffic, suddenly I see lights and sirens and a marked-up police car snaking through making people get out of the way behind me. It gets to me so I pull out of the way, it pulls in behind me, I get out of the way in the other direction, it pulls in behind me. At this point I'm confused since I still think he's trying to get past me. I stick my head out of the window and shout - what ME but I'm just sitting in traffic??? Everyone walking along cracks up at this.
Proceed to get the whole keys off step out of the vehicle routine, checks where its registered etc. Finally says do you know why I've pulled you, and gives me a 10 minute lecture on incorrect spacing. I obviously pretend I didn't know and talk about all the other cars in london with misspaced plates.
He then takes a photo, tells me to get it sorted and lets me go. Haven't heard anything since, didn't have to get an MOT slip or anything - the number plate's are still the car the way they were. More importantly - when he drove away I saw his car said "Park Police" - they must get properly bored
Apart from that I haven't had any other problems with the number plates - and I've been regularly pulled over in all 3 cars for loud exhausts, bus lanes, etc.. The proper traffic policemen don't give you any grief as long as your number plate cannot possibly be confused for a different one - especially by all the automatic systems. If you change a letter to a number, or change the font, or do anything at all to make the plate hard to read - you will get pulled, and there's a serious possibility of a 1k fine and the number plate being stolen from you for the DVLA for good! A good example is a guy that's just bought V1 EUO, and has changed the U to a V (evo 6). It's a very minor alteration to the letter, but the police will see it as an attempt to put the wrong plate on the car and will definitely give him grief!
Btw there's a photo of the 3 cars with their plates on page 36 of the "real good numberplates" thread
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