IS MY NUMBER PLATE LEGAL, OR DO I HAVE TO WATCH OUT....????
14-09-2005, 10:14 PM
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IS MY NUMBER PLATE LEGAL, OR DO I HAVE TO WATCH OUT....????
Looks so much better though, and lets the intake vent in the front bumper do what it was designed for.
14-09-2005, 10:19 PM
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Guess I'd better keep the original in the boot then, with some blue tack on the back. Probably better just to accept that eventually I'll get a pull.
What do you get.... A warning, A Set Fine, Points ????
What do you get.... A warning, A Set Fine, Points ????
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14-09-2005, 10:32 PM
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never been pulled for the size of the plate yet. i did got pulled for running without one altogether (well tim was driving my car id run it like that for 6 months pull free pmsl) and we easily blagged that as the copper appreciated the car
15-09-2005, 08:18 AM
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Legally it depends on how far the letters are apart and how much gap there is too the edge of the plate...
ive had a 30 quid fine for a small plate, got loads of tugs but living in central london so supose its expected tbh
but since i got the fine i took me plate off and ive only had 1 other tug since and for that i got a vehicle defect rec form, basicly 7 days to fit a plate and get a mot place to stamp it
not even a fine but if ya dont know a mechanic its gonna cost 10 quid for it
lucky that the mot testers at work will do that for me, wont give me a moody mot though
15-09-2005, 08:43 AM
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personally small plates look the dogs but cost Ł30 a time and after 3 strikes they threaten you with the dreaded q plate i got a few Ł30 licks with my old gti
15-09-2005, 10:18 AM
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i got a Ł30 fine for mine being the same size as yours!
didnt mike r say on here he does have a front plate at all and just pleads ignorance when/if he gets pulled? surely thats the better option than showing an illegal plate!
didnt mike r say on here he does have a front plate at all and just pleads ignorance when/if he gets pulled? surely thats the better option than showing an illegal plate!
15-09-2005, 11:56 AM
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surely thats the better option than showing an illegal plate!
not when everyone clocks onto it and then they will nick people just like they do for small plates now
guys you all stick to ya tiny 30quid fine jobbys
15-09-2005, 01:16 PM
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The law States, Legal size and font required and Legal Spacing and reflective background.
Thats all. You can trim the plate right down to the letters if you want as long as all of the above stay the same.
Anything other than this should be a fine, by the book.
Some cops make a train crash out of plates, some dont.
If you are logged by the DVLA 3 times then your log book will be put onto a new Q reg and you will have no say in the matter so peeps beware.
If you are polite to the Mr Policeman half the time they will just say to change them. So its swings and roundabouts really.
Thats all. You can trim the plate right down to the letters if you want as long as all of the above stay the same.
Anything other than this should be a fine, by the book.
Some cops make a train crash out of plates, some dont.
If you are logged by the DVLA 3 times then your log book will be put onto a new Q reg and you will have no say in the matter so peeps beware.
If you are polite to the Mr Policeman half the time they will just say to change them. So its swings and roundabouts really.
15-09-2005, 03:43 PM
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so ya stop breaking the law, otherwise the rich will keep paying the 30 quid fines as thats ment to be severe enough to deter ya from breaking the law
why do ya thing its too harsh,,,,,,, or does it make ya think twice about fitting illegal plates ????
why do ya thing its too harsh,,,,,,, or does it make ya think twice about fitting illegal plates ????
15-09-2005, 03:50 PM
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fookin number plates and coppers do not mix
A few of you will know I had two coppers who pulled me twice in about as many weeks for my plates and they confiscated them. Eventually got them back and didnt get a fine, but it was a pain in the ass as i had to get "legal" plates made
Then i was driving the car last sat and got pulled for my plates in the fookin rain. Needless to say i didnt get out and the coont got soaked Started saying its a 30 quid fine per plate, blha, blah. I stated I have the original plates at home and will put them on asap to which he let me go
Today I had to drive the cossie into work and rather than risk getting pulled i simply cable tied my "Legal" rear plate onto the fancy one
front plate still looks like this but i have the proper one in the boot
A few of you will know I had two coppers who pulled me twice in about as many weeks for my plates and they confiscated them. Eventually got them back and didnt get a fine, but it was a pain in the ass as i had to get "legal" plates made
Then i was driving the car last sat and got pulled for my plates in the fookin rain. Needless to say i didnt get out and the coont got soaked
Started saying its a 30 quid fine per plate, blha, blah. I stated I have the original plates at home and will put them on asap to which he let me go Today I had to drive the cossie into work and rather than risk getting pulled i simply cable tied my "Legal" rear plate onto the fancy one
front plate still looks like this but i have the proper one in the boot
15-09-2005, 03:51 PM
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Better to just keep a broken normal size plate in the boot and just not run one IMO. This way you can just say it fell off and you'll get it fixed, prob less likely to get into trouble. If you run a small one, you are intentionally breaking the law and are more likely to get fined. Pretty sure thats the way the police would see it anyway.
All IMO of course.
All IMO of course.
15-09-2005, 04:17 PM
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The law is quite clear here - you are not allowed to use anything other than the standard lettering and sizes stipulated by DVLA. What some do is use the standard sizing and spacing but cut the edges off so the plate is the size of the letters / numerals. Nowt illegal about that and has the same effect.
15-09-2005, 05:20 PM
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i got a pull on sunday night 
copper says" do you know why we have stopped you son"
Me "er no
Copper" every one else has em in yellow and black"
Me "ah,just been to a show and forgot to change em"
Copper "you have the originals then ?put em on."
Straight in the boot, plate out and a bit of 3m to stick it on with
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They didnt go round the front to see the black and silver 9" front one thank fuck
copper says" do you know why we have stopped you son"Me "er no
Copper" every one else has em in yellow and black"
Me "ah,just been to a show and forgot to change em"
Copper "you have the originals then ?put em on."
Straight in the boot, plate out and a bit of 3m to stick it on with
.They didnt go round the front to see the black and silver 9" front one thank fuck
15-09-2005, 05:45 PM
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If they have nothing better to do the you might get pulled - more so if the rear plate was miniscule..........
They would give you a warning first (and put it on their Intel system to that effect) and if you got pulled again then you'd be given a fine.
The link below gives the details of the specification of the registration plates that need to be displayed. Covered by the The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001.
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regm...htm#before2001
They would give you a warning first (and put it on their Intel system to that effect) and if you got pulled again then you'd be given a fine.
The link below gives the details of the specification of the registration plates that need to be displayed. Covered by the The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001.
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regm...htm#before2001
15-09-2005, 06:43 PM
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[quote="righthooker"]i got a pull on sunday night copper says" do you know why we have stopped you son"
Me "er no
Copper" every one else has em in yellow and black"
Me "ah,just been to a show and forgot to change em"
Copper "you have the originals then ?put em on."
Straight in the boot, plate out and a bit of 3m to stick it on with .
They didnt go round the front to see the black and silver 9" front one thank fuck[/quote
noughty bay you should have known better .was it a good night
copper says" do you know why we have stopped you son"Me "er no
Copper" every one else has em in yellow and black"
Me "ah,just been to a show and forgot to change em"
Copper "you have the originals then ?put em on."
Straight in the boot, plate out and a bit of 3m to stick it on with
.They didnt go round the front to see the black and silver 9" front one thank fuck
[/quotenoughty bay you should have known better .was it a good night
15-09-2005, 06:54 PM
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my mate got pulled with a smaller plate and the copper told him if he surendered the plate to him there and then he would let him off ,so he did and the copper let him on his way with no plate on at all 
15-09-2005, 07:04 PM
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If they have nothing better to do the you might get pulled
They do an admirable job in cracking down on scum like us so the streets are safe for muggers, druggies and thieves to go about their business.
15-09-2005, 08:30 PM
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TBH all of the above plates seem to have a certian size recess for your plates,
so any smaller plate u put on looks out of place IMO this is my plate
so any smaller plate u put on looks out of place IMO this is my plate
