Fixed Penalty for Carbon 3D Number Plates
Discussion
Hi,
Long time since I have posted but have a bee in the proverbial with this one.
I know that Strathclyde's finest pretty much issue tickets left right and centre to young drivers and even when issued in error there can be a reluctance to accept they may have made a mistake.
So......
A friend of my son's gets stopped on Thursday night and Traffic Officer gives him a fixed penalty for 'illegal' number plates.
When asked to clarify the officer says, there is no BS mark or Postcode etc on the plate (there is) and also states they are illegal as they are 3D.
Then on Saturday, he gets stopped again for a routine check by other Traffic officers who find nothing wrong with his car and he specifically asks about the legality of his number plates and he is told they are fine. ? ??
Ok ............... why am I concerned, well first I think it is nonsense the way some deal with young drivers and secondly I have a set of the 3D plates on one of my cars.
So the plates were sold as road legal compliant plates with BS and identifier marks of postcode, reflective backgrounds etc
The gov.uk info website clearly states 'characters on a number plate can be 3D' and a check at an MOT station today shows they would pass an MOT.
A traffic Sgt I spoke to today gave me waffle that if a car is fitted with a number plate different from the one it was fitted with at manufacture then it was likely illegal - WTF? what about all the options you still have in Halfords etc re 3D, highline, carbon as well as many other companies offering carbon and black Gel 3D plates that are road legal.
Am I missing something here or should these officers get some retraining in what they are doing and trying to fob off to the public?
Long time since I have posted but have a bee in the proverbial with this one.
I know that Strathclyde's finest pretty much issue tickets left right and centre to young drivers and even when issued in error there can be a reluctance to accept they may have made a mistake.
So......
A friend of my son's gets stopped on Thursday night and Traffic Officer gives him a fixed penalty for 'illegal' number plates.
When asked to clarify the officer says, there is no BS mark or Postcode etc on the plate (there is) and also states they are illegal as they are 3D.
Then on Saturday, he gets stopped again for a routine check by other Traffic officers who find nothing wrong with his car and he specifically asks about the legality of his number plates and he is told they are fine. ? ??
Ok ............... why am I concerned, well first I think it is nonsense the way some deal with young drivers and secondly I have a set of the 3D plates on one of my cars.
So the plates were sold as road legal compliant plates with BS and identifier marks of postcode, reflective backgrounds etc
The gov.uk info website clearly states 'characters on a number plate can be 3D' and a check at an MOT station today shows they would pass an MOT.
A traffic Sgt I spoke to today gave me waffle that if a car is fitted with a number plate different from the one it was fitted with at manufacture then it was likely illegal - WTF? what about all the options you still have in Halfords etc re 3D, highline, carbon as well as many other companies offering carbon and black Gel 3D plates that are road legal.
Am I missing something here or should these officers get some retraining in what they are doing and trying to fob off to the public?
Hi, thanks for all the replies so far.
Yes, the characters are similar to the one shown in an earlier post in this thread.
Yes, two different traffic crews have interpreted it differently.
Yes the plates are supplied from an outlet licenced to make and supply them and they have said they are road legal and have not made anything which could affect removal of their licence.
Here is DVLA link which does state characters can be 3D
https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/rules-...
And also a link to VOSA Special Notice 3 from 2010 where section 6.3 shows what can be allowed.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/repository/Special%20No...
The police have simply handed the lad a leaflet from DVLA showing same information.
So I have now asked for clarification from the Professional Standards Dept of the force concerned.
Cheers and thanks so far for replies.
Yes, the characters are similar to the one shown in an earlier post in this thread.
Yes, two different traffic crews have interpreted it differently.
Yes the plates are supplied from an outlet licenced to make and supply them and they have said they are road legal and have not made anything which could affect removal of their licence.
Here is DVLA link which does state characters can be 3D
https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/rules-...
And also a link to VOSA Special Notice 3 from 2010 where section 6.3 shows what can be allowed.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/repository/Special%20No...
The police have simply handed the lad a leaflet from DVLA showing same information.
So I have now asked for clarification from the Professional Standards Dept of the force concerned.
Cheers and thanks so far for replies.
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