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big eck

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5th Feb 13 at 20:39

I get what you mean. They won't be legal if its the standard 7 digit size.

Chris

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5th Feb 13 at 22:56

ANPR should be able to read mispaced,

jonnysri

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6th Feb 13 at 17:53

i can confirm that im getting rid of my small plates.

ive changed J3 XJH to J3X JH. the plate is the same size as the seat above. had the plate on 3 cars and not been pulled for about a year.

however, i recieved a letter through the post TODAY stating my car has been clocked with these illegal plate (not a leg to stand on obviously) no news of a fine but i have 28 days to get the standard plates back on or face my plate being seized.

not just that, but when i was pulled over last year for them i had to pay a £60 fine. i was told by the rozzers that it would double to £120 if caught again.

lesson learnt i think, im getting rid

Ben G

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6th Feb 13 at 18:19

So the letter is because of the illegal spacing rather than the size of the plate?

The plate on the leon is legal.

Mark.W

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6th Feb 13 at 18:48

Thinking twice about this now Jonny,not sure if it's worth the hassle.

Iv only ever had been pulled once for pressed platesi had on in the 3 years i had them,took them off because i didn't want the hassle.

big eck

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6th Feb 13 at 19:09

As long as the letters are legally spaced you can put any sized plate on.

Mark.W

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6th Feb 13 at 19:30

Yeah i understand that but the plate im looking at id want the last letter spaced like Shaun's.

jonnysri

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6th Feb 13 at 21:33

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
So the letter is because of the illegal spacing rather than the size of the plate?

The plate on the leon is legal.

ben its not legal. my plate is exactly the same bar the spacing and all the police did was list what was wrong with it. a standard plate has to have:
1. standard font with no messing with the spacing
2. a bar code so they can trace where the plate came from
3. and it has to be a standard sized plate and not cut down.

r.e my previous post. ive got 28 days to return to standard and send back photographs to the DVLA for proof. plus i have to send a link of proof of where i bought my small plates from so they can clamp down on it.

John

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6th Feb 13 at 21:35

3 is incorrect.

The legal spacings are available. Just has to have a certain margin basically, plate doesn't have to be certain dimensions.

John

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6th Feb 13 at 21:38

http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/forms/~/media/pdf/leaflets/V796.ashx

Ben G

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6th Feb 13 at 22:05

quote:
Originally posted by jonnysri

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
So the letter is because of the illegal spacing rather than the size of the plate?

The plate on the leon is legal.

ben its not legal. my plate is exactly the same bar the spacing and all the police did was list what was wrong with it. a standard plate has to have:
1. standard font with no messing with the spacing
2. a bar code so they can trace where the plate came from
3. and it has to be a standard sized plate and not cut down.

r.e my previous post. ive got 28 days to return to standard and send back photographs to the DVLA for proof. plus i have to send a link of proof of where i bought my small plates from so they can clamp down on it.

as john said, and as kyle-t told me.

the plate only needs 11mm margin between standard sized digits and the edge of the plate. therefore, if you have a 5/6 digit plate then the overall plate size will be smaller than a normal 7 digit plate.

this is half legal, in the sense that it has the 11mm margin, but doesn't have the postcode on it.

this is illegal as it doesn't have the margin, nor the postcode.

this is legal.

obviously whatever you have, the spacing will make it more obvious that it's illegal, which is where the issue lies.

richc

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7th Feb 13 at 08:54

Bottom one looks miles better

Ben G

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7th Feb 13 at 09:08

Ok.

Brett

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7th Feb 13 at 09:15

Got busted and fined for this one

So far so good with this one

pow

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7th Feb 13 at 09:31

I'm tempted to put a cutdown plate on the front of mine... but don't want to attract attention!

7unner172

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7th Feb 13 at 12:35

60 fine bud had one on gte other month lol

mine was to small

Corsa_Sport21

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7th Feb 13 at 12:51

I was once told by a traffic copper that they don't have an issue with plates that don't have the BS marks and what not. As long as the font is correct, and it has the legal spacing. Purely just for ANPR reasons.

baza31

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7th Feb 13 at 13:22

Why bother. If the plate is shit enough to need to illegally space or adjust it then its not worth owning . I think they look shite and tacky. That's why decent plates come at a cost

whitter45

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7th Feb 13 at 13:49

quote:
Originally posted by big eck

quote:
Originally posted by whitter45
£60

3 times and DVLA recover plate

Wrong

do you believe me yet

Baskey

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7th Feb 13 at 14:24

quote:
Originally posted by baza31
Why bother. If the plate is shit enough to need to illegally space or adjust it then its not worth owning . I think they look shite and tacky. That's why decent plates come at a cost

Too right, most the plates in this thread look dreadful

John

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7th Feb 13 at 16:37

I agree with baza

Dave

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7th Feb 13 at 16:43

quote:
Originally posted by baza31
Why bother. If the plate is shit enough to need to illegally space or adjust it then its not worth owning . I think they look shite and tacky. That's why decent plates come at a cost