Stick on number plates.
Discussion
Hello folks...
A question for all that have self adhesive front number plates.
Have you been 'pulled', has your car failed an MOT and should I be overly worried about putting one on my MK1.
I know the points of law and understand that they are illegal.
I was just wondering if anyone has any bad tales.. ??
A question for all that have self adhesive front number plates.
Have you been 'pulled', has your car failed an MOT and should I be overly worried about putting one on my MK1.
I know the points of law and understand that they are illegal.
I was just wondering if anyone has any bad tales.. ??
digger the goat said:
Hello folks...
A question for all that have self adhesive front number plates.
Have you been 'pulled', has your car failed an MOT and should I be overly worried about putting one on my MK1.
I know the points of law and understand that they are illegal.
I was just wondering if anyone has any bad tales.. ??
If you knw the law and know this to be illegal why actually break the law? I have known of a number of such plates pulled. Equally I have known of a number not pulled. Entirely up to you.A question for all that have self adhesive front number plates.
Have you been 'pulled', has your car failed an MOT and should I be overly worried about putting one on my MK1.
I know the points of law and understand that they are illegal.
I was just wondering if anyone has any bad tales.. ??
digger the goat said:
Yes, it is up to me.
Thanks for your input. Do you have any experience of being on the 'wrong end of the stick' yourself ?
Many classic cars also display these 'plates but are never questioned on the road.
Having owned innumerable kit cars and classic cars over umpteen years I have had the odd incident with the Police. Mostly to stop me and ask what car this is this time. I tend to stay legit because I am too fat to hide behind lamp posts. Huge numbers of drivers use various illegal modifications on virtually every aspect of cars. I personally do not though I doubtless make errors and mistakes but generally have a paeceful drive. I think trouble is best avoided but many others clearly disagree.Thanks for your input. Do you have any experience of being on the 'wrong end of the stick' yourself ?
Many classic cars also display these 'plates but are never questioned on the road.
I have a counter view. I've had a stick on plate on my car since around 2005 and have never had a problem. I've had the car at a PH meet at Virginia Water where the police turned up specifically to ticket cars for illegal number plates but only those with the wrong size plate/letters, spacing, font, colours etc. got ticketed. They didn't care about mine. I've asked a traffic cop about it and he confirmed that as long as the size/spacing/font was correct so speed & ANPR cameras could read it they would ignore it.
digger the goat said:
Hello folks...
A question for all that have self adhesive front number plates.
Have you been 'pulled', has your car failed an MOT and should I be overly worried about putting one on my MK1.
I know the points of law and understand that they are illegal.
I was just wondering if anyone has any bad tales.. ??
DVLA rules on number plates doesnt cover stick ons https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/rules-...A question for all that have self adhesive front number plates.
Have you been 'pulled', has your car failed an MOT and should I be overly worried about putting one on my MK1.
I know the points of law and understand that they are illegal.
I was just wondering if anyone has any bad tales.. ??
Ive had mine on the front of my car for 10 months now. Passed MOT no bother. Ive been at the services filling up and 3 police cars doing the same - no problems.
Afaik, its a potential but very rare MOT failure, BiB more interested in how clearly visible the reg is. My 5 survived stick on plates for 10 yrs in London without question & I still frequently see 5s on the road with them. Can't believe its more than an insignificant chance to take.
Plenty of times i've had the whole slightly stupid issue of having to create 'dodgy' stick on to replace a legal one for the front of a car that had one when new, drives me a bit nuts.
Can anyone clarify exactly when stick-on plates were outlawed, as it importantly allows the potential to argue that one's stick on plate might have been fitted before that date?
Can anyone clarify exactly when stick-on plates were outlawed, as it importantly allows the potential to argue that one's stick on plate might have been fitted before that date?
It was during the early 70s when a reflective background requirement that is hard or impossible to achieve in a stick on plate was introduced. Thats the reason I understand them to be a potential risk from a legal perspective. Think its pre 72 or 73 you would looking at for a vehicle to wear them 100% legally.
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