Graham88

Anyone get any agro for this? Found a private plate I quite like but it'd have to be spaced differently, I'd still get it in standard font etc.

Some people say they have nothing but agro but others say they've had it for years and not been pulled for it. Just wondered on some more personal experiences

Just struggling to find a decent plate that says something in the way it's meant to be displayed for a not so ridiculous price

taz1787

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its m o t fail now if its spaced wrongly or incorrect marking on the plates etc unless they show plates

Rick Astley

Spacing isn't usually given much notice round here, only really fiddling with the characters to make them look like other characters, small plates and fancy fonts.

Lots of people I know have moved characters from one block to another and it's been on their cars like that for years.

At the end of the day, it is illegal so you do it at the risk of being asked for ££. Just don't cry like a baby when PC Plod rims you.

Rossco

If any part of the reg has been spaced diferently it is illegal, you will also will be missing the makers details from the bottom of the plate which also makes it illegal. I wouldnt go there IMO.

Rax

iTrader: (1)

Is it a legal requirment to have the makers details at the bottom of the plate and the bs number,or does that just apply for vehicles registered since 2001.

Elvis

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i have never had any borther with spacing.
i assume its when you use differant fonts and bolts etc to make your plate read something diferant is when the old bill have a problem.

just dont take the piss and if your reg and be read as easy as a std most coppers wont give you a tug. i have a plate ELV 15*X and a have it spaced ELV15 *X never ever had a tug.

Psycho Warren

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its plates fitted since 2001. so even if its an old car and you replace the plates then technically youd have to fit plates to latest spec.

Although id like to know how they could prove youve got new plates on if you get a set made up to the old standards.

dojj

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plod like to dish out £60 fines for illegal plates now

zetec-Sam

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Coppers round here'll do anyone for anything numberplate wise. And there's been DVLA cars parked up looking for things like this. IMO its not worth it for a numberplate, personalised ones normally make you look pretty sad aswell (name ones anyway) so no reason risking it. They can give you points now aswell iirc.

studabear

I fail them on mot's, if I don't vosa shaft me

timrud

Expect to get pulled and IMO you look a real cheesburger with plates done like that.

Don't bother.

dazoriginal

i had mines spaced
got £60 fine, so i would not bother
more hassle than anything else easy target

Lambchop

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Can ruin a nice car having shite plates on it!

tabetha

I think it also depends on how much the police dislike you, they wanted to give me a ticket for characters 2mm too narrow, the bike cop actually measured them with the std issue 6" steel rule, mind I was being a complete arse at the time.
tabetha

jammerrs

if its been obviously changed than id expect you get pulled, put like Elvis says if its not too obvious you might be ok

i think they look pretty shite and sad though tbh

studabear

they look desperate

jammerrs

i hate them with less than 7 digits aswell lol

standard number plate ftw

damian harris

Are privet plate's not just standard plate's?????
Privet plate's give you your own recognition and i do not think people with these plate's are sad ect as commented on here,

I have never been pulled and keep a correct reg in the boot just in case and also M.O.T.

studabear

A proper private plate is good imo, its the badly spaced and uncovered screws/bad positoning of screws etc that I don't like

I also hate it when I fail a car and then they produce plates from the boot and expect me to fit them

fuzzy

anything other than standard font, standard sized and spaced and the proper colours and reflective is illegal and making you a target for any bored copper.

dojj

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privet plates stop your hedges from overgrowing onto your path don't they?

besides, ford call them vanity plates

Graham88

People actually take it for an MOT with it spaced illegally, are they dumb?

I have been offered the private plate as a present but finding one I like is hard enough never mind finding one that says what I want it to say without spacing it illegally.

The one I was looking at what G8 SBO, everyone calls me G, and then Asbo, some may call it chav but I love it So G 8SBO. But it's then persuading my Mum to buy me that plate

Just very little available. I would have a plate that says something funny but I'm on a £500 limit and the funny ones are £2k+. I don't want a car specific plate either as I want to be able to keep it and transfer it to different cars. Why can't I be called Gavin, there's load of Gav plates

studabear

I want STU 176L style as an example, about £1200 minimum, but won't need anything dodgy doing to it

Graham88

Yeah see thats alright for you, but I can't shorten Graham to 3 letters

I would prefer 5 letters because it looks like a proper private plate then, but I'm not too fussed I just like not many letters

biglee

i had got rid of the space on my m3 plate and luckly enuf i had the original plates in the boot. so wen i got pulled i had a copper that let me get away with it wen i said well i could change them for you right now if you like?

biglee

G84HAM

Graham88

Not available!

I'm surprised they let you get away with putting the standard one on, I'd have thought they'd be annoyed you didn't just do it in the first place as you know it's illegal, suppose it depends on the copper.

RONNIE AMIS

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What about.

S10 BOY.

stevieturbo

The Police here are being sad desperate wanks about plates too. They need fonts that their ANPR cameras can read so they can trace everyones movements, and dish out fines for random nothings at a whim.

Dan F

Surely you can shorten it to Gra?

Graham88

Ron How about GR455 for yourself?

Stevieturbo: Thing is I can understand where they are coming from with different fonts. If the ANPR can't pick it up, if it gets stolen they won't be able to trace it so more fool the people who have fancy fonts. I personally think anything other than standard looks tosh anyway.

Dan, could do, but wasn't overly fussed on names was just the fact I could have 'G' which is what all my mates call me. As it's a present I am gonna get one otherwise I'd just be leaving it as I can't find anything I like. The hunt continues!

timrud

ANPR can read pritty much anything, don't believe the fud the police say!

stevieturbo

That is something many cops will try and have you believe. Given it seems that most wont bother their arse going near any stolen cars here, and they get burnt within a few hours. I see no merit in that reason for perfectly legal plates.

The police know exactly where about 80% of stolen cars end up here, and no doubt who is stealing them. Does that stop it happening ? NO.

So you can bet your life legal plates wont make one bit of difference to car thefts, or the police's recovery rates of stolen cars.

mechanic28

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as above the anpr can pick nearly any font up

stevieturbo

my point was. They do not use ANPR here to pick up stolen cars, they use them to track everyones movements.

There are literally hundreds of ANPR cameras here, outside most police stations, airports, and various other main routes.
They record every vehicle passing. They cannot read all fonts, but do have a good try. Although even on nromal fonts it can sometimes make errors too.

But they are purely for tracking purposes, not to catch stolen cars. Because they've proven that even when they know where stolen cars are, they still wont go near them to make arrests.

They'd sooner slap a fine on you for illegal plates as cars get stole and pensioners get robbed in their homes.

Graham88

Fair play, you make a good point