Leagal number plates?

[CuffiaDB]

A collegues son was stopped by the local bobbies because...The small writing at the bottom of the plate was not appropriate....(It said the lads name,nothing rude/silly). The boys in blue said it needed to be the name of a garage that suppied the car.

Question...Is this tosh??
I have a private plate with nothing other than the registration on it. Is this illegal now??

Any thoughts??

Cuffia.

[blackiepaul]

CuffiaDB said:

A collegues son was stopped by the local bobbies because...The small writing at the bottom of the plate was not appropriate....(It said the lads name,nothing rude/silly). The boys in blue said it needed to be the name of a garage that suppied the car.

Question...Is this tosh??
I have a private plate with nothing other than the registration on it. Is this illegal now??

Any thoughts??

Cuffia.

The bobby was right. If you have plates made they must say who made them or the dealers name and number that supplied them. This has been the case for a while but not sure how long this has been in force or if this rule is the same for older cars.

[tejr]

I thought that rule was for cars of a certain age only? Ie. New-ish cars?

[Mr MoJo]

tejr said:

I thought that rule was for cars of a certain age only? Ie. New-ish cars?

The plate must identify who supplied/made it, this has been the case for the last few years at least. We used to have our website address at the bottom of our plates but were informed that we could only have the dealership name some time ago. Not sure the ins and outs of internet supplied plates like Fancyplates etc although they may get around the legal side by just stating the plates are for show purposes only.

Not sure if this is only plates made after a certain date or all plates. My rear plate on the Griff is a Fernies plate but my 3/4 front plate just has the TVR badge on the bottom. Passes its MOT every year with it on (although the full sized Fernies front plate is always in the boot just in case).

eta having read the post below its more than a few years then, although we only stopped putting the www.com on our plates a year or so ago !!

Edited by Mr MoJo on Friday 17th December 15:07

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I got an advisory on an mot once for completely plain plates. Never got mentioned again though.

[das2000m]

What the self adhesive type number plates on a bonnet, are they still legal as they are supplied on a DIY basis?

[Munter]

das2000m said:

What the self adhesive type number plates on a bonnet, are they still legal as they are supplied on a DIY basis?

Grey area. How old's the car?

Lets take post 2001.
They have to have makers name and postcode on them.
They have to be reflective to a certain standard....a lot of stickers are non reflective.
And they have to meet certain rigidity requirements....stickers ain't that rigid.

Before that you don't need the name and post code. Still need to be reflective I think and possibly rigid.

That said. Never had a problem at the MOT. And plod have even used a non reflective sticker to read so they can call in the reg to check my insurance (car pre 2001).

[miniman]

das2000m said:

What the self adhesive type number plates on a bonnet, are they still legal as they are supplied on a DIY basis?

Basically no they are not legal. It's important to abide by these valuable regulations.


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[phillpot]

Munter said:

das2000m said:

What the self adhesive type number plates on a bonnet, are they still legal as they are supplied on a DIY basis?

Grey area. How old's the car?

Very grey I'd say, not the fact they're adhesive but number plates should be near as damn it vertical I believe ?

No idea what the "law" actually says but think old cars (pre and early 60's ?) are exempt but probably pushing you're luck with any thing that requires reflective plates .

Like a few other things depends on the mood the officer is in, likes cars or doesn't, jealeous or appreciative of your p and j etc. etc.

[P7ERM]

I have just paid a £60 fixed penalty because my business name was on the plate not the plate maker !!
Sad really but im sure our police forces would rather be dealing with more important matters NOT

[das2000m]

Car is a 1974 3000M fitted with a Cossie engine so I am going with a bonnet mounted adhesive plate to get the maximum air flow through the front grill.The only non compliance that I am aware of is that the plate won't be mounted vertically (won't be horizontal either!!!!)

[Druid]

P7ERM said:

I have just paid a £60 fixed penalty because my business name was on the plate not the plate maker !!

It certainly seems a bit harsh, were you stopped by traffic or divisional bobbies? Either way they are, I suppose doing their job which is in some circumstances an interpretation of a poorly understood law.

My latest snippet of counter intelligence suggests a hand written number on the rear of a trailer would certainly fall foul of misrepresentation due to spacing, letter dimensions etc. This attracting an FP of £60. Failure to display the registration at all would cost you £30, work that one out!