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Old 10-08-2008, 07:33 PM
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white/yellow pressed plates, are they legal?
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Old 10-08-2008, 07:34 PM
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if they have a bs mark yes
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id think as long as they are reflective, normal font and with the correct spacings then they will be legal.
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would they have to have a GB badge? or could they be plain
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if they dont have the british standard mark on them it would fail an mot unless the car was of the age that had them
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Originally Posted by fuzzy
id think as long as they are reflective, normal font and with the correct spacings then they will be legal.
WRONG!!!! They need a BS number and the post code of the maker, I know ive just been to court last thursday due to my old ones
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how did your plate look fella for you to get pulled etc for it...
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WRONG!!!! They need a BS number and the post code of the maker, I know ive just been to court last thursday due to my old ones
and what was the outcome at court?
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It was a waist of my time, took a day off work just for them to tell me i had to write a letter to the police stating my case, They could of told me that in a letter ffs, So its still ongoing tbh i may just pay the fine. As it now taking up more time than this worth.
there are the offending plates...

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the plates dont look any different, look at the people who have mad fonts and smoked that dark you cant see the reg..
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Originally Posted by bonus_boy
the plates dont look any different, look at the people who have mad fonts and smoked that dark you cant see the reg..
Its coz they dont have a BS number or postcode of where they were made. Stupid ehh.
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Originally Posted by RS 5tu
It was a waist of my time, took a day off work just for them to tell me i had to write a letter to the police stating my case, They could of told me that in a letter ffs, So its still ongoing tbh i may just pay the fine. As it now taking up more time than this worth.
there are the offending plates...
thats what i meant in your other thread mate, i know its shite but sometimes its easier and cheaper to take the fine in the first place. i think they deliberately plan things that way just so more will just cough up at the start rather than an expensive drawn out saga where you lose wages each time you go up. .
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Originally Posted by RS 5tu
Its coz they dont have a BS number or postcode of where they were made. Stupid ehh.
ffs is that all, being a bit picky aint they, pricks!
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not long orderd me some aswell...
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Originally Posted by RS 5tu
It was a waist of my time, took a day off work just for them to tell me i had to write a letter to the police stating my case, They could of told me that in a letter ffs, So its still ongoing tbh i may just pay the fine. As it now taking up more time than this worth.
there are the offending plates...

strange as my plates are the same and i got pulled by the police last week for parking in a bus stop

copper was propper cocky but never mentioned the plates at all
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Originally Posted by fuzzy
thats what i meant in your other thread mate, i know its shite but sometimes its easier and cheaper to take the fine in the first place. i think they deliberately plan things that way just so more will just cough up at the start rather than an expensive drawn out saga where you lose wages each time you go up. .
Yeh i know what you meant but seriously when i got i may as well been talking to a brick wall they were less than unhelpful
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Originally Posted by bonus_boy
white/yellow pressed plates, are they legal?

Forget the nonsense....

If your car is old enough to have had pressed steel plates fitted on it when it was new, then they would be legal.

So chances are unless its pretty damn old.....they will be illegal, and must be a modern reflective plate.
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When I was pulled and fined, the copper explained they are illegal as they can be dangerous in a crash.

Crock of shite in my opinion, but thats what I've been told
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have them on my bmw never been pulled an the have the d on the side
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German License Plates are NOT legal on British registered cars on U.K. roads.

All our plates are sold strictly for show use, and for using off public roads.

You will have seen many cars with German Plates on (The M20 is full of them - but they normally are German Cars), but you take the risk of a Ł30 fine if stopped by the police, but no points on your license yet!

The above is for UK cars only, please check in your country what is and what is not Legal before ordering.
The above is from www.german-number-plates.com


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Dubmeister do fully legal pressed plates

http://www.dubmeister.co.uk/
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Well thats nice to know!
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Originally Posted by RS 5tu
Its coz they dont have a BS number or postcode of where they were made. Stupid ehh.
i thought the bs number and postcode were for cars registered after 2001. i just asked the MOT tester at my work n thats what he told me
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