I love bait plates!

[Struggler]

Got my cut down plate this morning and fitted it,
i love the look, fits so much more flush with the bumper.
just hope i dont get too much unwanted attention for it!

My front end finally looks the way i want it, and i couldnt be happier!

 

[Edd]

What is the punishment if you get pulled with a plate that is smaller than standard?

 

[guysy]

£30 fine no points IIRC?

Going to get a recessed plate soon, after someone with a toe bar has creased my metal plate.

 

[Hodgins]

i think the number plate fine has gone up to £60

 

[Daniel]

i think the number plate fine has gone up to £60

Indeed it has! (My mate got done yesterday. Infact he's a member on here!)

 

[Rob]

Love it, this is exactly what I want for the ph1!

Apparently you can just about keep the original letter size and just lose the white space around the edge of the text?

 

[PaulBag]

Number Plates and the Law.

DVLA guidelines on how they should be displayed. ​

All registration marks including marks purchased through DVLA's sales scheme must be displayed in accordance with The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 (obtainable from Her Majesty's Stationery Office).
Rules for the display of number plates are set out in law, briefly these are: -

• A number plate must be displayed at the front and rear of motor vehicles (with some exceptions).
• Number Plates must be easy to read and meet the British Standard.
• Lettering should be black on a white plate at the front and a yellow at the rear.
• The background surface should be reflex-reflecting but the characters must not.
• There are separate requirements for traditional number plates displayed on vehicles constructed before 1 January 1973.
• Lettering and spacing must be of a set size. They must conform to one of the groups shown at:- Number plates fitted after 1 September 2001 or Number plates fitted before 1 September 2001. Number Plate Law
  
  The law states that,
  • You must not alter, rearrange or misrepresent the letters or numbers
  • Characters must not be moved from one group to the other (e.g. A242 ABC must not be displayed as A242A BC).
  Offences may result in any or all of the following:
  
  • A fine of up to £1,000
  • The registration mark may be WITHDRAWN
  • The vehicle may FAIL the MOT test
  Full details of the requirements are included in The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001

NUMBER PLATES FITTED AFTER 1 SEPTEMBER 2001

Number plates fitted after 1 September 2001 must display characters that meet the dimensions shown below.
Characters

• Height 79mm

• Width (except the figure 1 or letter l) 50mm

• Stroke 14mm

• Space between characters 11mm

• Space between groups 33mm

• Top, bottom and side margins (minimum) 11mm

• Space between vertical lines 19mm

The character width has been slightly reduced from 57mm to 50mm to accommodate the Euro-symbol on the number plate.


**Found this on the internet. So in theory if you leave 11mm at top, bottom n both sides ou can't get pulled. **
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[jack_kemp]

I got stopped at a police checkpoint thing in my local town, routine stops for drink driving, they didn't mention my 3/4 plate at all.... They wouldn't see the front plate generally, unless they're loking for it.

 

[JonniP]

i done that same sizing on mine ages ago, been pulled over a few times and no issues

 

[Struggler]

Love it, this is exactly what I want for the ph1!

Apparently you can just about keep the original letter size and just lose the white space around the edge of the text?

this is how they come from fancy plates. no BS number or info of the printer so technically theyre completely illegal!
but it doesnt make the car unsafe so im not that bothered, ill drive about until i get stopped, then ill come on here b**ching about it

if you wanted the lettering the same size, youll have to take your custom elsewhere, not sure where though!

also,
clio1.2turbo, do you want to print details of the pre 09/2001 regulations!

 

[JonniP]

tbh i dont think thats really going to bother them, its the people with dodgy lettering and images that scream to be pulled over

 

[littleC18]

dont have to have the bsau reg. numbers if the car is pre 2001 but you still have to hve were it was made! but to be fair i cant really talk as i don t even have a plate on the front of mine!

 

[Goodj]

I was within a payment of getting silver-on-black sticky-plates on my S-plated MX-5, you can do that on pre-2000 motors tho IIRC

 

[Wests Renault]

looks subtle enough to get away with - i never had any probs with my 3/4er plate on the 182

 

[Jason_E]

I just have my plate in the window! Only had a telling off for it too. It's been ignored by the 101 coppers ove seen since I've done it too.

 

[Christopher.]

both time iv been pulled over, they never mentioned my 3/4 plate with one office walking round the car twice looking for defects.

 

[a.jenkin]

I got a producer for my 3/4er plate - had to get it changed and singed off by an MOT centre within 2 weeks - no points or fine ..

 

[Fletcher]

both time iv been pulled over, they never mentioned my 3/4 plate with one office walking round the car twice looking for defects.

Did the Traf Pol in question noticed the wonky stripes?

 

[Christopher.]

Did the Traf Pol in question noticed the wonky stripes?

lol yea there the reason they pulled me hahahha

 

[Fletcher]

^^^LOL :rasp:

 

[Vicky.]

Looks good!

 

[adam172]

looking tidy mate!

 

[Leeshez]

Nice .