French plates illegal or not?

[furio_beno]

long story short got pulled over last night by a traffic police man and woman and they looked round my car and said that my plates are not upto the right standards i.e. no BS mark but my old plates did not have the BS mark on them and they where original ones and ive searched the DVLA website and found before 2001 they do not need a BS mark and now ive got to talk to the guy that pulled me over tonight to sort summit out am well pissed off because they are legal legal lettering legal reflectors legal spacing everything and ive heard somebody had an e mail from the DVLA specifing that they where legal on all pre 2001 cars and mines a W reg so if anyone has anything to help please post and if someone has the e mail please send to dre695@hotmail.com any replies greatly appriciated

[Predator_R32]

yep thats right mate there ok up to a 2001 plate, so cars after the 2001 plate are classed as illegal

[mtpagey]

ive got 97 plate vtr with a private reg on it... so in theory i could put french plates on it then and wouldnt get nicked for it?

[furio_beno]

i thought i was right i just said they where on when i got it and before 2001 and he kept saying they have to have a BS symbol but ive got DVLA prrof now anyway so see what he says later then lol pathetic pulling you over for plates that you can read and that are legal and these where traffic cops

[Predator_R32]

its stupid a know, theres people out there not paying for tax and insurance for gods sake and there bothered about a bloody plate, but on cars before 2001 it should be ok, depends what writing style it is also

[saxochap]

they must have better things to do

[Dan-Subtle]

sorry for thread hijacking but where can i get some of these french plates from and how much are they? Cheers

[Predator_R32]

www.dubmeister.co.uk

15 pound a plate, so 30 pound then your postage on top of that

[Dan-Subtle]

it says on the website that they are show plates only?? these are obviously legal yeh?

[mtpagey]

:bump:
wana know if i can get french style plates as my car was registered well before 2001... :y:

[Predator_R32]

says show plates on the site but i have definately read somewere about if the car is before 2001 it should be ok as long as you get the german font i think

theres been a lot of arguments about them, i havent been stopped for mine yet

[mtpagey]

sounds good. fife police are w***ers when it comes to plates but theres was a vtr parked jsut down from me when i went to get some food last night that had french plates on and it caught my eye. just flicked through your progress thread predator and car looks mint... gave me a few good ideas :) im in the middle of doing the same sort of thing as you did with the mdf for your ipod. mine is going where the centre fan is though as i have the immobiliser where yours is.

[craig180]

The plates are illegal. The font is not a standard font pre/post 2001, and pressed plates have been illegal in the UK since the early 70's!

You car won't pass an MOT with these illegal plates and at the end of the day the police were just doing their job!

[Predator_R32]

yeah some people actually use some fibreglass on the keypad immobiliser to make on :)

my plates have been on 6 month and i havent had any problems plus i know the mot tester so he just turns a blind eye :p

[vipergfx]

There was a thread in general, Damo passed his with no problems at all

[Donphan]

You need the BS mark if the plate was made after 2001, it has nothing to do with the age of the car! obviously if the car is 2001 or older you could claim that the plate has been on the car since before 2001.

[furio_beno]

i tried that and no they are still illegal need a BS mark and the company that made them i.e. halfords etc and this was from the traffic cop that stopped me so no complaints they where illegal and got caught fair is fair got some new ones anyway fully legal french ones deffo goin back on at FCS 2007 so all in all dont buy french plates they are illegal no matter what

[Rosstafarian]

i emailed the dvla and they said that if the plate was bought before 2001 it was ok, but after then the plates have to be matching the country of registration. for the F/GB band anyway

hope that helps

im planning on getting some pressed plates with the uk font and no band on the left.:y: