Rob B
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Little thing a mate told me tonight , i got pulled by the police and said my plate was illegal because of the F but the font was fine or something, my mate who has a mk3 VR6 said there is something that if your car is registered before 2001 (51 plate) you can have a F, D, PL, or EU etc on your plate... anyone else heard of this, got him out of trouble a fair few times, hes close to having his for 3 years now his plates that is ...
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Martin_C
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the font isn't fine.
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Rob B
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It is, there are 7 legal fonts apprently aswell, and its a copper that told me this, one that we speak to very often.
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Martin_C
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i dont believe you.
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Rob B
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ok just saying what the policeman told me, as i say he's a mate of ours so there would be no reason for him to lie about it.
Edit:- this is before 2001 by the way, any plates after using this font are deamed illegal like you say, its before 2001 there were 7 legal fonts
[Edited on 02-05-2007 by Rob B]
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Ben G
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he's not asking about whether his font is legal though as the police officer said it was?
i would say it is fine as the plate is still english and it's just and F
but it might be because it's a logo which isn't one of the normal eu logo's. like when people have silly football ones etc.
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Rob B
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exactly, he said anyone with italics, vauxhall etc thats illegal straight away, but because i have the gold stars and a F and the car is a 2000 so before 2001 apprently its 100% legal.
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Ben G
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when i bought plain standard font plates on a website before, there was something on there sayig that any car before 2001 must have a font which RESEMBLES the uk standard legal font but would not have to be exact.
any car registered in/after 2001 must have the standard uk font.
that's what i read.
basically saying no italics, but as long as it's easily read by speed camera's etc.
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Rob B
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Yeah this is the thing i heard and was told, that this font people have on the german plates etc was one of the 7 legal fonts before the year 2001 which makes the plate legal as long as the spacing and size meets the requirements etc...
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Doug
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Any proof of this law with some written evidence. If it does exist then I am ordering some german plates and keeping a printout in the car
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Dom H
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quote:
Originally posted by Doug
Any proof of this law with some written evidence. If it does exist then I am ordering some german plates and keeping a printout in the car
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MatG
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lad at work has had these one for a little while and seems to get away with it - but could also be luck!
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Doug
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Any further on finding the law?
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Rob B
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ill ask my mate tonight for the document and ill photocopy it at work if hes out.
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Doug
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That would be ace.
Beacuse the police round here are really clamping down on them at the moment!
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All Torque
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I'd also really like this information to print out.
I'm ordering French plates soon and Police in my area are having a crackdown 
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Kano
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There not legal straight away because there not reflective, the font ISN'T legal, the F or D etc at the beggining isn't legal. There not BS stamped so not legal.
In conclusion there illegal.
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ed
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If the car is registered in GB then it is allowed an EU flag and GB printed on the left side of it. Football clubs, paki writing, French flags and St Georges crosses are all illegal.
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Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by Kano
There not legal straight away because there not reflective, the font ISN'T legal, the F or D etc at the beggining isn't legal. There not BS stamped so not legal.
In conclusion there illegal.
It is reflective, has VIN marking thingys on it aswell.
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ed
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But no BS mark?
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Ben G
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my plates are just plain with no BS mark, just the 7 letters and numbers in standard UK font... but i've never been pulled for them and went through MOT fine.
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ed
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But you are not attracting attention to them though.
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Robin
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They don't need a BS mark to pass an MOT Ben, but the Police won't be pleased with them.
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ed
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Need to have some number on them and the manufacturers post code too or something like that too...
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Jake
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thats after a certain year, I think 2001?
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