51 replies to this topic

[dazzul]

Well done simon lol.

[scoticus]

hmmm bugger... iv gt a sticky on number plate on my bonnet

what do i do now

[yorkshirechris]

hmmm bugger... iv gt a sticky on number plate on my bonnet

what do i do now

The rules haven't changed, just the way the "crime" is processed, so it's upto you if you do something or not.

Who cares?
Just put legal plates on. Not exactly difficult is it?
Jas

No it isn't difficult, it's not a matter of difficulty, more that people like to personalise their Mini and if they want to change the plate for an illegal one then that's upto them and it's the risk they (and me) take. IMO a black & silver plate when the registration letter is on the right hand side looks "right", so thats what I have & am prepared to face the consequences if I'm unlucky enough for some jobsworth copper to pull me for it.

[Shifty]

No offence ment for the peeps who are running the dodgy plates, but I really don't see the point. A late model mini thats running black and silver plates never looks "Right" to me.

They always look nicer on the correct plates. Even better if its the correct period plates.

Even worse are the "show plates", itallic fonts etc, really not my taste!!

[yorkshirechris]

You would say that, you spoilsport!!

I might look into getting some yellow/white plates for mine but the ones that have letters which are raised up, stuck/riveted on? But I haven't seen any anywhere

[Shifty]

You would say that, you spoilsport!!

I might look into getting some yellow/white plates for mine but the ones that have letters which are raised up, stuck/riveted on? But I haven't seen any anywhere

There's various companies that advertise in the back of "Practical Classics" who will make up the correct and period plates for your year of car.

Hell I can actually remember when people were taking the black and silver plates OFF their cars and replacing them with the white and yellow ones because it made them look more modern.

Spoilsport me, pah!!!!

(looks outside at his pre-'73 cars!!)

[rick.spi]

i got pulled after 6 months of having my black ones... just gone back to normal now, no hassle and funny looks from the fuzz!

Edited by rick.spi, 06 July 2009 - 08:51 PM.

[1984mini25]

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, so as my current number plates have the correct legal font and spacing, but have a slogan of what the car is instead of the above, there now illegal?

Which would also suggest that the original number plates I have that date back to 84 would also be illegal as the have square corners (not rounded ones) and only have the dealers name and old phone number.

Might as well drive around with no plates at all, would save all the *cow poo* about what’s legal or not and that the spacing 1 mm out etc.

[blackbelt1990]

Which would also suggest that the original number plates I have that date back to 84 would also be illegal as the have square corners (not rounded ones) and only have the dealers name and old phone number.

They would be part of the "exemption" as original plates can be proved to have been made before the legislation came into force

[mini93]

No offence ment for the peeps who are running the dodgy plates, but I really don't see the point. A late model mini thats running black and silver plates never looks "Right" to me.

They always look nicer on the correct plates. Even better if its the correct period plates.

Even worse are the "show plates", itallic fonts etc, really not my taste!!

where would i put my stick on number plate?

[THE STIG]

so a lot of people seem think its ok to do some thing illegal just becuase it looks nice !!!!!

having been knocked of my bike a few years ago by someone who thought it was ok to change the spacing and add bolts so his number plate read something other than what it should the police could not trace him as he did not bother to stop

drink driving is illegal is that ok as well just becuse someone thiks its ok !!!!!

[Ethel]

You don't need new plates if yours were legal when they were fitted, it says so in the Human Rights Convention.

There are a number of regulations for number plates: standard typeface, spacing, colours & reflectivity to help Big Brother automate the controlling of our lives; making it as convoluted & tedious to buy plates as it is to join the Freemasons so that car ringers have the added inconvenience of obtaining the plates by dodgy means too. It's not surprising that having gone to the trouble of dreaming up these laws they get a bit *rec of the tum* about enforcing them every once in a while.

[Heather&Henrietta]

Oh carp

I didn't fit Henrietta with her plates, previous owner did....I adore my number plate


Mind you haven't been pulled yet for them and I've been driving her around for nearly 2 years (touches wood quick lol) I was even sat in the pick up point at ASDA the other night with a van full of coppers infront of me, and one of em said how much she liked them!!!!

[Teapot]

I borrowed a rally mini once with registration on the bonnet which had been used a weekday shopping car for 2 years without trouble, and after I'd been driving it for about 20 minutes a young copper pulled me over and told me to "get that plate legal or next time I'll report you."







That was in 1972.
So it's always depended on whim, until now, it seems. One more facet of our lives automated, which means that when it goes wrong nobody can stop it.

[Nelson92]

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

i think you'll find thats not true. else halfords sold me an illegal plate.
new car rules must be different to old car rules.
if in doubt just get a set knocked up by a halfords or local garage.
every time i see a girl with italic glitter letters on a black plate on a pos hatch back i feel for the police.