Illegal Number Plates

[liam-o]

Just a quick question (no need to flame or abuse me :P )

I know theres people on here who have illegal number plates, either spacing, F badge, or something similar...

If you have them, how often do you get pulled and fined?

that is all, thanks

[KINGVTS]

two friend of mine both have stupid French plates

one drives like an idiot, the other is very sensible

the idiot gets pulled a lot, they use the plates as an excuse

as long as they are ok to read you shouldnt have too many issues

Please do not put stupid comments at the bottom of your post....it will just cause more problems.

[Azza-VTR]

I haven't been pulled with my plates yet but all the lettering is to legal requirements - the only thing with my plates is I have a personal message on the botton of the plates, a red border and citroen sport badge :y:

KingVTS - its when you put that comment on the bottom that provokes people - just don't keep mentioning it and it may blow over :clapping:

[KINGVTS]

I haven't been pulled with my plates yet but all the lettering is to legal requirements - the only thing with my plates is I have a personal message on the botton of the plates, a red border and citroen sport badge :y:

KingVTS - its when you put that comment on the bottom that provokes people - just don't keep mentioning it and it may blow over :clapping:

i found so far its worked well, if i dont put it people forget that i am allowed an opinion and start getting abusive, but yeah i will stop doing it until i get abuse again, cheers azza

[brogan5050]

if you attract attention to yourself, officers will pick at things, if you drive sensible and not like a twat im sure you shouldnt have too much bother.

[mik]

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss303/mik808/27102007011.jpg
legal or not

[KINGVTS]

if you attract attention to yourself, officers will pick at things, if you drive sensible and not like a twat im sure you shouldnt have too much bother.

summed it up well here


just a shame that a lot of planks seem to drive em!

[SneakyVTR]

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss303/mik808/27102007011.jpg
legal or not

Fairly sure thats illegal. Size and spacing are to small :y:

[KINGVTS]

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss303/mik808/27102007011.jpg
legal or not


too small to see, but is it lit?*

*this is just a question, lol

[brogan5050]

i did get a £60 fine for a velcrow mars bar number plate on my bike tho! :(

[KINGVTS]

i did get a £60 fine for a velcrow mars bar number plate on my bike tho! :(

wtf is that? LOL

[brogan5050]

i had a number plate the size of a mars bar, and it was velcrowed on to my number plate bracket lol

[Azza-VTR]

The plate on the bike is 100% illegal - the lettering and spacing appears to not be within legislation :y:

Well if ya don't generally drive like a plonker and make sure that all your lights/indicators/etc. work then they should never have a reason to pull you unless your exhaust is stupidly loud but dropping it in 4th or 5th in a 30 will quiet that down if that was the case :y:

[KINGVTS]

i had a number plate the size of a mars bar, and it was velcrowed on to my number plate bracket lol

fun, normal, duo or king?

[brogan5050]

haha just a normal mars.

[CHIP]

if you attract attention to yourself, officers will pick at things, if you drive sensible and not like a twat im sure you shouldnt have too much bother.

Not alway's the case. I was followed by an undercover copper once. I had illegal plate's but they were VERY easy to read, ex-workmate who had bad eye sight said it was easier for him to read than a standard plate. I drove completely sensible but didn't drive suspiciously innocent looking either.

Still got pulled. He was alright about it but still, he pulled me. If you've got illegal plate's, they will pull you eventually, only a matter of time.

[JamesR]

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss303/mik808/27102007011.jpg
legal or not

Bikes have to have 9X4 inch plates to be legal iirc

So I would imagine yours in illegal as it's far too small :geek:

[Chin]

Looks fooking awesome though. ^

[Jay_]

i want that bikes sized plate on the front of my VTR...but think it may cause issues with the local police....

[Kelvin]

if you know its illegal then why put it on there, does it really make the car look that much better having letters slightly smaller, and then the worry and risk of maybe being pulled over everytime you see a police car and getting hit with a fine for it?

[sexylittleass]

I never got pulled when i had mine on, my other half did though whenever he was driving :(

[Jorge-]

I had no numberplate on the front of my Saxo for over 6 months without being stopped. My friend has a plate the same size as that bike on the front of his 'teg too, never been pulled either, had that on for a year and half. Just depends where you live.

[raul0]

So whats the rules with number plates. Can you have a side picture on it of what you want. I heard you have to have where it comes from on the bottom of it. I know about the size and everything. Wanted to get one of the bay but not sure what to look out for.

[Jorge-]

Has to be standard font, correct spacing, only allowed GB or EU flags. Maybe England? No text on the bottom except the dealer I think, and the dealers postcode in the bottom right.

[raul0]

So you can't have a picture of a cartoon or anything on the left it has to be a flag ?

[Slammed_Posi_Vtr]

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss303/mik808/27102007011.jpg
legal or not

I really don't like that plate, or the bike tbh!

[Mochachino]

I wouldnt bother getting any illegal plates if you were intending to. French ones etc

Your gonna pay to get some plates that will get you fined £60 not only are they fining you becouse theyre illegal, but also becouse they look cheap n tacky. Any Fonts etc look rediculously tacky aswell.

[Jorge-]

Cartoon picture? Lolz. That will look shocking.

Smooth plates, no logo, no border, no text will alwayss look best.

[Mochachino]

Cartoon picture? Lolz. That will look shocking.

Smooth plates, no logo, no border, no text will alwayss look best.

As plain and minimal as possible, agree with ya :y:

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg33/dan_sax/Projekts%20Black%20Edition%202009/DSC00056.jpg

[Jorge-]

I did mine the cheap way. I got out the hacksaw and cut off the flag on my front plate. Has a border though. Still passed MOT without comment so its all good.

[raul0]

haha i was just sayin cartoon pictures as an example lol. Might get a personlised one.

[D8N_LL]

Had this one on my saxo for 8 months. Illegal font, illegal 3D, Illegal Picture on the side and an illegal message on the bottom..
was pulled one night as i was going a bit fast up the main road, nice copper advised me to change them as i might get another officer that was not as nice as him, so i went back to normal plates, and tbh, it looked better lol...
http://i34.tinypic.com/27y528m.jpg
back to normal..
http://i43.tinypic.com/fmndlc.jpg

I now have a personalised plate which is illgeally spaced like so...
http://i48.tinypic.com/15dt9x4.jpg

however, there are hundreds of cars with illegally spaced plates and i think aslong as you drive sensible and dont act a twat, they'll let you off. im always driving through town which is full of cops and none of them batter an eyelid to it..

[Rach125]

i have 3d letters on my reg they are 2 tone aswell, and i also have my name on the bottom, havent been pulled or nothing so its all good

[Hazmanscoop]

I didnt even realise that the plates on my quiksilver were illegal! lol

Standard spacing and font, but had a quiksilver badge on the left, with a border and the name blondie on the bottom, never got pulled once in the year i owned it

my saxo has french plates, had them on when i bought it, im not shelling out to replace them unless i get stopped, simple as that. Havent been stopped yet like

[Tommo87]

Also it's illegal to have square plates on a non JDM/USDM car,this is also very easy to check for all the Honda fans with UKDM cars with square plates as the VIN numers on JDM cars are shorter.

I got stopped for having square plates on my civic and had to spend 20 mins explaining to the copper it was legal as the car was an import.

[Tommo87]

Also it's illegal to have square plates on a non JDM/USDM car,this is also very easy to check for all the Honda fans with UKDM cars with square plates as the VIN numers on JDM cars are shorter.

I got stopped for having square plates on my civic and had to spend 20 mins explaining to the copper it was legal as the car was an import.

[CampDavid]

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss303/mik808/27102007011.jpg
legal or not

Comicaly illegal.

I don't see the point. Mis spaced or 3D/italic etc plates are just an excuse to get pulled over as well as looking tacky

[bfc2dabone]

ive gots these on my car and no problems at the last mot
http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac116/bfc2dabone/DSC00101.jpg

[alexsmith]

I had french pressed plates with the "f" on the side got pulled once in 6 months and a £30 fine and that was because in my town they having a crackdown on boyracers and have now closed the road off.

[webby]

mine are illigal because they have no bsau mark on them. they are standard font and spacing just pressed alloy.

[D8N_LL]

ive gots these on my car and no problems at the last mot
http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac116/bfc2dabone/DSC00101.jpg

i really dont mean to cause any offence, but how come you decided to have that on a cars numberplate?

[adeluxi]

^Maybe he and his dad had a really good relationship? *shrugs*

[bfc2dabone]

i really dont mean to cause any offence, but how come you decided to have that on a cars numberplate?

no offence taken, its just in rememberance of my old man that passed away in 2008, its sort of like a little st christopher to me, it nices to feel that he is with me when im driving around, maybe keeping an eye on me from up there,hope that dont sound to sad lol