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Tattooboy said:
not the one i was after, but this is handy, cheers Ian.Dont worry about a thing, just be very legal!!! even if its 1mm short (they will check with a digital vernier) they will do you £60
The police are in debt, they spent a fortune on speed cameras and are getting very little income to cover the costs, they are now getting revenue from the very slightest of misdemeanors on the motorists side.
Have you heard about the guy who was blowing his nose at a set of traffic lights he was stationary in traffic, but the police fined him £60 and points, I am glad to say the guy is taking the police to court, but I bet he gets his fine trebled and a ban!!!
The police are in debt, they spent a fortune on speed cameras and are getting very little income to cover the costs, they are now getting revenue from the very slightest of misdemeanors on the motorists side.
Have you heard about the guy who was blowing his nose at a set of traffic lights he was stationary in traffic, but the police fined him £60 and points, I am glad to say the guy is taking the police to court, but I bet he gets his fine trebled and a ban!!!
Bit of info found somewhere else -
The Road Vehicles ( Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) regulations 2002 SI no. 2687 came into force in November 2002.
These amendment regulations introduce a new regulation 14A, making special provision in relation to the size and spacing of characters in the registration number of some imported vehicles. These regulations also include the display of motorcycle sizes number plates on imported vehicles. The provision only applies to vehicles imported into the UK which do not have European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval, and are so constructed, that the area available for the fixing of the registration plate precludes the display on the plate of a registration number in conformity with the requirements of regulation 14.
Also contained is an amendment to regulation 3, to prohibit the use of a number plate on which the background is patterned or textured, or gives that appearance.
Where a vehicle has been allocated a UK registration number, the number plate must comply with the specification and standards laid out in the Road Vehicles ( Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001, as amended. Certain imported vehicles may be permitted to display numberplates with smaller characters if the vehicle does not have European Community Vehicle Type Approval and the vehicle's construction/design cannot accommodate standard size numberplates.
The dimensions for the smaller sized plate are:
• each character in the registration number must be 64mm high
the width of each character of the number, other than the letter 'I' and the figure '1' must be 44mm
• the width of every part of the stroke forming a character in a number must be 10mm
the spacing between any two characters within a group must be 10mm
• the vertical spacing between groups of characters must be 5mm
• the width of a margin between the number and the top and lateral sides of the numberplate must be not less than 5mm
• the space between the bottom of the number/character and the bottom of the plate must not be less than 13mm, but within that space, the space between the bottom of the number and the top of the name and postcode of the person the plate was supplied must not be less than 5mm.
The Road Vehicles ( Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) regulations 2002 SI no. 2687 came into force in November 2002.
These amendment regulations introduce a new regulation 14A, making special provision in relation to the size and spacing of characters in the registration number of some imported vehicles. These regulations also include the display of motorcycle sizes number plates on imported vehicles. The provision only applies to vehicles imported into the UK which do not have European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval, and are so constructed, that the area available for the fixing of the registration plate precludes the display on the plate of a registration number in conformity with the requirements of regulation 14.
Also contained is an amendment to regulation 3, to prohibit the use of a number plate on which the background is patterned or textured, or gives that appearance.
Where a vehicle has been allocated a UK registration number, the number plate must comply with the specification and standards laid out in the Road Vehicles ( Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001, as amended. Certain imported vehicles may be permitted to display numberplates with smaller characters if the vehicle does not have European Community Vehicle Type Approval and the vehicle's construction/design cannot accommodate standard size numberplates.
The dimensions for the smaller sized plate are:
• each character in the registration number must be 64mm high
the width of each character of the number, other than the letter 'I' and the figure '1' must be 44mm
• the width of every part of the stroke forming a character in a number must be 10mm
the spacing between any two characters within a group must be 10mm
• the vertical spacing between groups of characters must be 5mm
• the width of a margin between the number and the top and lateral sides of the numberplate must be not less than 5mm
• the space between the bottom of the number/character and the bottom of the plate must not be less than 13mm, but within that space, the space between the bottom of the number and the top of the name and postcode of the person the plate was supplied must not be less than 5mm.
I would of thought these cars would not be considered imports in relation to the Gov guidelines, I assume the imports they mean are the grey imports, ie, a vechicle that has prev been registered in another country. I would not want to put any other sixed number plate on than the UK legal standard, you will get tugged and you will get a £60 fine.
What the BIB check is the ANPR back office, if your number has not been picked up for a while or you try and make your reg look any thing other than what it is suppose to be, you will get the fine ! They will let small things slide, different side badges / writing on the bottom of the plate etc, unless you get a job's worth!
Oh, and if you get a few £60 fines and still repeat offend, you will prob end up in court with up to a £1,000 fine and if they are really feeling up to it, they can take your reg away for which you will need to reapply for a reg via the SVA test.
is it worth it???
What the BIB check is the ANPR back office, if your number has not been picked up for a while or you try and make your reg look any thing other than what it is suppose to be, you will get the fine ! They will let small things slide, different side badges / writing on the bottom of the plate etc, unless you get a job's worth!
Oh, and if you get a few £60 fines and still repeat offend, you will prob end up in court with up to a £1,000 fine and if they are really feeling up to it, they can take your reg away for which you will need to reapply for a reg via the SVA test.
is it worth it???
I think if you stick to the 64mm letters then you'll be fine, I don't think they'll be bothered as it will look OK.
You can fit a 7 character plate into the front space on a Monaro with that, you can't have the Euro badge at the end though.
My car had 50mm letters on it when I bought it and it was just asking for trouble so I changed it to the 64mm ones.
The itallic letters and things like that are the ones that are just asking to be tugged.
You can fit a 7 character plate into the front space on a Monaro with that, you can't have the Euro badge at the end though.
My car had 50mm letters on it when I bought it and it was just asking for trouble so I changed it to the 64mm ones.
The itallic letters and things like that are the ones that are just asking to be tugged.
snowwolf said:
Dont worry about a thing, just be very legal!!! even if its 1mm short (they will check with a digital vernier) they will do you £60
The police are in debt, they spent a fortune on speed cameras and are getting very little income to cover the costs, they are now getting revenue from the very slightest of misdemeanors on the motorists side.
Have you heard about the guy who was blowing his nose at a set of traffic lights he was stationary in traffic, but the police fined him £60 and points, I am glad to say the guy is taking the police to court, but I bet he gets his fine trebled and a ban!!!
Snotty bThe police are in debt, they spent a fortune on speed cameras and are getting very little income to cover the costs, they are now getting revenue from the very slightest of misdemeanors on the motorists side.
Have you heard about the guy who was blowing his nose at a set of traffic lights he was stationary in traffic, but the police fined him £60 and points, I am glad to say the guy is taking the police to court, but I bet he gets his fine trebled and a ban!!!
ds.MyM8V8 said:
snowwolf said:
Dont worry about a thing, just be very legal!!! even if its 1mm short (they will check with a digital vernier) they will do you £60
The police are in debt, they spent a fortune on speed cameras and are getting very little income to cover the costs, they are now getting revenue from the very slightest of misdemeanors on the motorists side.
Have you heard about the guy who was blowing his nose at a set of traffic lights he was stationary in traffic, but the police fined him £60 and points, I am glad to say the guy is taking the police to court, but I bet he gets his fine trebled and a ban!!!
The police are in debt, they spent a fortune on speed cameras and are getting very little income to cover the costs, they are now getting revenue from the very slightest of misdemeanors on the motorists side.
Have you heard about the guy who was blowing his nose at a set of traffic lights he was stationary in traffic, but the police fined him £60 and points, I am glad to say the guy is taking the police to court, but I bet he gets his fine trebled and a ban!!!
Snotty Bastards.
Very good 
Really i cant believe the police fined that guy. Bastards
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