Number Plate spacing

Dippypud

thenudeone wrote: »

You fill in the back and ask to be taken to court. Then take the plate in to court to show the magistrates. If you are right, you will win. If you are wrong, expect a hefty set of costs on top of the fine. Simples!

If you do this go, on the bus, cos if you take your plates into court you'll have none on your car and you'll get nicked...:D

cyclonebri1

Dippypud wrote: »

Thats a load of old carp, rubbish, falsehood, fib and incorrect info. :D

The following is from the DVLA website...

When replacing your number plate you should make sure that the correct material has been used to manufacture the plate. It should be made from a reflective material. Front number plates must display black characters on a white background and rear number plate must display black characters on a yellow background.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is not aware of any self-adhesive number plates that meet the British Standard requirements.
Characters on a number plate can be 3D, providing they meet all the other requirements, but honeycomb or other background patterns are not allowed.
Also, the characters on a number plate need to be a standard height and width.

Your number plate should show the correct:

• character height - 79 millimetres
• character width - 50 millimetres (except the figure 1 or letter I)
• character stroke - 14 millimetres
• space between characters - 11 millimetres
• space between groups - 33 millimetres
• top, bottom and side margins - minimum 11 millimetres
• space between vertical lines - 19 millimetres

I goes a whole lot deeper than that tho', honey comb/shadow/ 3d effects outlawed.

Obviousely only a very few type faces allowed.

Only one emblem allowed, (never could understand that one), and again restricted range.

Under text or signature is also limited, etc etc etc

With regard to the use of stick on plates, theres another quirky situation. The number plate by law has to be fixed to the 1st available vertical surface on the car, same front and rear.

There are specialist cars that do not have such a position on which to fix a plate, hence in the case of Westfields, Lotus 7s and such like it is common to have a stick on plate accross the bonnet to the front.
Very few infact none at all club members had had an issue with the police with this, hopefully an example of the law being reasonable under the circumstances where a none standard plate is NOT being used to deceive, which is what this farce is all about anyway, ANPR

Dippypud

Dippypud wrote: »

Thats a load of old carp, rubbish, falsehood, fib and incorrect info. :D

The following is from the DVLA website...

When replacing your number plate you should make sure that the correct material has been used to manufacture the plate. It should be made from a reflective material. Front number plates must display black characters on a white background and rear number plate must display black characters on a yellow background.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is not aware of any self-adhesive number plates that meet the British Standard requirements.
Characters on a number plate can be 3D, providing they meet all the other requirements, but honeycomb or other background patterns are not allowed.
Also, the characters on a number plate need to be a standard height and width.

Your number plate should show the correct:

• character height - 79 millimetres
• character width - 50 millimetres (except the figure 1 or letter I)
• character stroke - 14 millimetres
• space between characters - 11 millimetres
• space between groups - 33 millimetres
• top, bottom and side margins - minimum 11 millimetres
• space between vertical lines - 19 millimetres

This was mentioned methinks....

cyclonebri1

Dippypud wrote: »

This was mentioned methinks....

Chap you are correct as far as your 1st post.

But now go and lie down, :think::silenced::silenced:

All the other stuff is a legal requirement.

Dig deeper than a quick google and you will find it, (shows ar!! emoticon), :wall::wall::wall:

thenudeone

Enfieldian wrote: »

Was the Policeman who issued the ticket wearing his hat....?

If not then the ticket doesn't count.......

One of the oldest urban myths in the book. Thrown out decades ago.

King_Nothing

thenudeone wrote: »

One of the oldest urban myths in the book. Thrown out decades ago.

I think you need to take your sarcasm detector in for a service, it seems to be on the blink

Trebor01

Woody, I haven't posted back because of the junk that gets posted on here, only a few people actually make any sense and answer the question and I have thanked them.....but thanks for your interest !!!

Woody._2

Trebor01 wrote: »

Woody, I haven't posted back because of the junk that gets posted on here, only a few people actually make any sense and answer the question and I have thanked them.....but thanks for your interest !!!

So? what's the outcome?

Lum

Woody. wrote: »

No it's not, it doesn't comply to the regs so it's not a number plate. The fact the road is closed means it don't need one.;)

So it's a show plate then.

Perfectly legal when used off the public highway

cyclonebri1

thenudeone wrote: »

One of the oldest urban myths in the book. Thrown out decades ago.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Just reread the post and whilst thinking of helmets got;


"t urban myths", :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: