Running without a front number plate
Discussion
Im getting my front bumper repainted and was thinking about getting rid of the mounting and either running a smaller stick on plate or no plate at all.
How many do this?
Do you have any problems with plod?
I know the legalities of it so don’t bother telling me them.
Just real world stuff please.
How many do this?
Do you have any problems with plod?
I know the legalities of it so don’t bother telling me them.
Just real world stuff please.
Many have run no plates for months on end with no issue - it depends on whether you are in darkest Scotland, doing 500 miles a week on motorways, or cruising Bradford city centre every night.
Things may have changed, though. I seem to recall some on here noting a lot of known mis-spaced plates being fixed recently, so it is possible they are cracking down.
Not an endorsable offence (at the moment) either way, so if you are comfortable with a 100? 200? quid fine if caught, and that a personal plate might risk confiscation in a worst case scenario (e.g. if the rear one is mis-spaced and plod thinks you are taking the total piss
) and that you will be mocked by whiter-than-snow PH Directors who have never done a single thing wrong in their entire lives 
then you could proceed with the experiment.
Things may have changed, though. I seem to recall some on here noting a lot of known mis-spaced plates being fixed recently, so it is possible they are cracking down.
Not an endorsable offence (at the moment) either way, so if you are comfortable with a 100? 200? quid fine if caught, and that a personal plate might risk confiscation in a worst case scenario (e.g. if the rear one is mis-spaced and plod thinks you are taking the total piss
) and that you will be mocked by whiter-than-snow PH Directors who have never done a single thing wrong in their entire lives then you could proceed with the experiment.RSTurboPaul said:
and that you will be mocked by whiter-than-snow PH Directors who have never done a single thing wrong in their entire lives then you could proceed with the experiment.
Plenty have done plenty wrong and also been called out about it then you could proceed with the experiment.
My best effort was being out on bail on two separate charges in the same week
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
RSTurboPaul said:
and that you will be mocked by whiter-than-snow PH Directors who have never done a single thing wrong in their entire lives then you could proceed with the experiment.
Plenty have done plenty wrong and also been called out about it then you could proceed with the experiment.My best effort was being out on bail on two separate charges in the same week
RSTurboPaul said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
RSTurboPaul said:
and that you will be mocked by whiter-than-snow PH Directors who have never done a single thing wrong in their entire lives then you could proceed with the experiment.
Plenty have done plenty wrong and also been called out about it then you could proceed with the experiment.My best effort was being out on bail on two separate charges in the same week
). The GBH charge didn't serve me well though 
I personally think cars just look wrong without a number plate, in the correct location. Obviously that largely due to the fact that 99.9% of cars conform to the regulations so its what I'm used to seeing. I find the offset positions, like on some Alfa Romeos look somewhat wrong too.
Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff