Number Plates

[Charles_Harding]

Try www.createplates.com

Very good service from this lot.

It says 'Not road legal' but if you don't go mad and choose the right text it'll look great.....and it looks legal to me.

Can even bung on 'www.civinfo.com' along the bottom of the plate if you so wish.

[zippybungle]

Hmmm..not sure about the Honda on the left, but the civinfo.com looks good

[Shaz]

I find fancy plates exceptional too ( http://www.fancyplates.com/ )

[TTDegs]

posting some stuff I know was lost:
please excuse me if it's blunt - I took time over the wording last time round


Above plates are not legal because you are only allowed to have a recognised flag (England / Scotland / Wales) where the Honda badge is.

Also, the people who made the plates must put contact details (co name & post code usually) in small letters along the bottom.

Probably not enough for a pull, but a good excuse if mr / mrs copper wants to have a chat with you.

[WoolyCiv]

Remebered my previous post -

If we ordered them from Pottsy we could then legally have CiVinfo on them

And before TT says it - Instead of Honda a picture of Jayne

[TTDegs]

Originally Posted by WoolyCiv

Remebered my previous post -

If we ordered them from Pottsy we could then legally have CiVinfo on them

And before TT says it - Instead of Honda a picture of Jayne

I was going to save your blushes and let that brace of posts fade into the corruption...

[Pottsy]

Originally Posted by TTDegs

I was going to save your blushes and let that brace of posts fade into the corruption...

Jayne has just reminded me that some of the posts lost were the ones of her naked. Oh well.

[TTDegs]

Originally Posted by Pottsy

Jayne has just reminded me that some of the posts lost were the ones of her naked. Oh well.

not a problem - they were the only ones that the rest of us saved


ooooops.....

[WoolyCiv]

Originally Posted by Pottsy

Jayne has just reminded me that some of the posts lost were the ones of her naked. Oh well.

Good job I downloaded all the post's before the crash

[ads]

Originally Posted by TTDegs

posting some stuff I know was lost:
please excuse me if it's blunt - I took time over the wording last time round


Above plates are not legal because you are only allowed to have a recognised flag (England / Scotland / Wales) where the Honda badge is.

Also, the people who made the plates must put contact details (co name & post code usually) in small letters along the bottom.

You can have the Euro flag with GB identifier on it, but it is not stated (by DVLA) that any other flag can be used (such as Scotland, England, Wales etc.) therefore it is most probably (by default) illegal!

It is not required for the company who make up your plates to put contact details on them. If you have been told this then you are being conned into giving free advertising!

The only legal requirements are :

1. You must have the plates made up from a registered number plate supplier. List can be found here

2. You need to provide documentation to confirm identity

3. You need to provide documentation to establish entitlement to registration mark

4. The plate must conform to a set style which can be viewed here

I've had quite a few plates done up in my time, the most recent being less than a year ago when I had to replace a cracked plate. In every instance i've never had the company's logo or name on my plates!

In my experience (and many friend's experience) the police will not pull you over for having 'illegal' plates. In fact many people drive with illegal plates when they alter the lettering/numbering slightly on private plates. They will only pull you over if you a) look like a 'chav' or, b) have a 'chavved' up car.

Therefore you could probably get away with buying these plates and sticking them on your car! If you do get pulled over by the police they will most likely smack you on the wrist and tell you to change them, which of course you won't!!

[TTDegs]

apols ads (et al)

The last plate I had made up was about 2 years ago (before dvla went all 20th century and put the regs in a 'easy to read' PDF doc).

I was 100% certain that you could then display the contry flags (and the Euro one now you mention it) - but hey, that's me and my memory sorry!
(or they may have changed it, dunno )

Bizzarely, it wasn't ever the plate manufacturer that told me about the free advertising, it was a copper I was having a polite conversation with...
When he used the slightly modified* plate on my bike as a good excuse to have a chat

But having perused the DVLA pdf...

The British Standard
The British Standard sets out the physical characteristics of the number plate. This includes visibility, strength and
reflectivity. The British Standard also requires each number plate to be permanently and legibly marked with the
following information:-
1. The British Standard number (currently BS AU 145d)
2. The name, trade mark or other means of identification of the manufacturer or component supplier
3. Name and postcode of the supplying outlet

* right size, right font, no misspacing - just made out of carbon fibre instead of BSI plastic.
He followed me through town traffic, I wasn't speeding or doing anything silly.

I think he actually just fancied a poke around my 916 , but he did use the plate as 'the reason'.

And no, I didn't change it afterwards - although I had to get a proper one made up, take it to my local MOT station and get the vehicle rectification doc stamped

But hey - if you can't do the time, don't do the time, as they say.
'time' being hassle, inconvenience, cost of a new plate and a (from memory) £20 fine.


All that said, the plate on my car was made up by MALPLATES, again with legal fonts etc etc, but without them being mentioned on it anywhere




As an interesting aside - your number plate probably doesn't need to be as big as it is - it's all down to the gaps around the letters

[elfa7]

I've got the England flag on my plates, and no problems with the police-- yet !!

[mexico2]

It is a legal requirement that the number plate manufacturers name and postcode is on the bottom of each plate ( not just for advertising ).This is so the police can trace dodgy mis-spaced plates back to whoever made them.It does not affect you as the owner of the car as you did not make the plates.The companies making the dodgy plates usually leave their name off or put on whatever you want instead.These companies are mostly in N.Ireland so are outside the current legislation anyway , although they are going to remedy that soon!

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[czechplastik]

Originally Posted by ads

In my experience (and many friend's experience) the police will not pull you over for having 'illegal' plates. In fact many people drive with illegal plates when they alter the lettering/numbering slightly on private plates. They will only pull you over if you a) look like a 'chav' or, b) have a 'chavved' up car.

Therefore you could probably get away with buying these plates and sticking them on your car! If you do get pulled over by the police they will most likely smack you on the wrist and tell you to change them, which of course you won't!!

They've changed the law now, I you get issued a FPN 3times for an incorrect number plate (i.e illegal spacing and/or lettering) the DVLNI can actually withdraw the plate and give you an even bigger fine! Number plates are a pet hate of mine and in my experience people get pulled more often than not, its very irritating when you can't see the letters/numbers.

[thiswilldo]

Czechplastic..do you think that people who can afford to have a private plate illegally made up however they want, could not care less about the fine even if they are taken to court? Are the fines 'behind the times' so to speak?

[czechplastik]

Hopefully they'll take notice when the plate is withdrawn, i mean they aren't cheap to buy but you're correct. sometimes fines are absolutely no deterrant, its like giving richard branson a £30 parking ticket, thats small change to someone like him!

[blackhawk]

This is a simpler way to mod one's licenseplates ! available in several languages !

http://www.funliner.nl/nl/home.php

[mexico2]

Originally Posted by czechplastik

Hopefully they'll take notice when the plate is withdrawn, i mean they aren't cheap to buy but you're correct. sometimes fines are absolutely no deterrant, its like giving richard branson a £30 parking ticket, thats small change to someone like him!

If they confiscate the number the fine is £1000 ! Plus they lose the value of the number plate which could be a few grand.


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[neoquip]

use them as 'show plates' your fine. also a 'C' plate car 1984/5 wouldn't of been under the rules for number plates back then so the new lwas wouldn't count lol

[mexico2]

Show plates will be outlawed next year by making them a differnt colour ( Green ? ). A "C" plate car is subject to all the current rules for number plates , you have to go back to 1973 to escape them.


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