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gavin18787
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12th Sep 09 at 17:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What are the guidelines for number plate laws? Cant seem to find anything comprohensive online.

Mine were scruffy and chipped and I got these pressed ones for £10


Same size, clear font and reflective

Reckon they will be ok



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Ellis
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Basically anything other than normal lettering is illegal as far as I am aware.
am4nf
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where did you get them?
am4nf
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not true as long as the lettering and numbers are the same height and thickness and readable its fine
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Originally posted by am4nf
where did you get them?



Some dodgy stand at trax. Was near closing time and I said would you do a set for £10 and he said go on then

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Think Ellis is correct. Basically standard plates is all you are allowed. Obviously the further from standard the quicker you get pulled but anything but standard is illegal. Needs to be correct size correct spacing correct font and have all the markings on it.
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hmm maybe I will keep the tatty ones on then


Whats the penalty? Points?

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am4nf
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Normally just get a warning and have to prove you change them within a certain amount of days
ShEp
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
hmm maybe I will keep the tatty ones on then


Whats the penalty? Points?


Gb sign is illegal too
Daniel_Corsa
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£60 fine.

Depends on the officer stopping you.

Those letters don't look like standard UK font so could get pulled.

Can get legal pressed metal plates from craigsplates.com thats where I got mine.

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keep standards in the car and just use double sided tape if youi need to change at the road side. I GOT TWO NEW NUMBERPLATES OFF EBAY FOR £6

edit; sorry about caps

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gavin18787
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
hmm maybe I will keep the tatty ones on then


Whats the penalty? Points?


Gb sign is illegal too



Whys that?

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am4nf
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12th Sep 09 at 18:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.northumbrianumbers.com/platelaw.php
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quote:
Originally posted by ShEp
quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
hmm maybe I will keep the tatty ones on then


Whats the penalty? Points?


Gb sign is illegal too

The EU GB 'flag' that Gavin has is not illegal as far as im aware, if thats what you mean.
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Needs to have the postcode/BS stamp thing on it too; im led to believe?
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yeah thats a point, it needs to have the BS British Standard number thingy on and the postcode and possibly the name of the company that made them to be legal.

I think you would be unlucky to get done for those though.
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Im quite unlucky though


Think I will play it safe and leave em off

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You'll probably be alright with them mate, I saw someone earlier who has an italic Times New Roman font it looked like It looked hideous, but that's not the point.

You're meant to have the BS149a or whatever it is written on the bottom left and the postcode of the manufacturer, but mine says "corsasport.co.uk" and haven't had anything yet. Think it's pretty easy to get away with though seeing as it's just some tiny lettering at the bottom.

One I saw once said "Matt Berry's MG ZR"

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i have them on my saxo and been pulled countless times and they havent said anything about them, got them from a red van stand at santa pod
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quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa

Can get legal pressed metal plates from craigsplates.com thats where I got mine.


+1, the craigsplates/dubmeister ones are good.
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787


Mine were scruffy and chipped and I got these pressed ones for £1


best thing to do is not buy anoter one and just lump it in the windscreen
i ant been pulled for mine YET !! i say YET because its going to happen soon
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Originally posted by Adam_B
yeah thats a point, it needs to have the BS British Standard number thingy on and the postcode and possibly the name of the company that made them to be legal.

I think you would be unlucky to get done for those though.

You say that. My rear plate is off the net and has no markings but is otherwise legal. Has passed numerous MOTs. The front one did, till I smashed it in and it got replaced by the crash repair centre
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If you've got standard font you're unlikely to have any problems.

I had my private plate done off the net without postcode or BS mark but proper font and correct spacing etc. Not a problem in the two years I had it, and I think you'd have to find an extremely picky copper who would do you for a lack of a BS number.
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quote:
Originally posted by ShEp
quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
hmm maybe I will keep the tatty ones on then


Whats the penalty? Points?


Gb sign is illegal too


nope its not. you can have GB and the EU stars, or welsh flag (with cmy) or scotish flag (with SCO).

I have ENG with the EU stars, which is illegal, but ive passed mots with them on before
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If you want to know the legal requirements for road legal plates then please visit the DVLA website.

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