£30 for registration plates

C_Ronaldo

It was in the news about the police cracking down on the number plates due to the font size, i would have payed there and then,

Conor_3

diesel9181 wrote: »

however i was so annoyed at them wasting their time and mine

diesel9181 wrote: »

should i just pay it? or wait to see if it goes to court and maybe save myself £30, or possibly incurr an even larger fine?

What was that about wasting time?

DealDrivers_company_representative

Nice one Conor!

This is 'money saving' advice, not the 'can I get away with it' forum.

As the actress said to the bishop (and as a previous poster has said!), 2cm is a significant size difference and the point is they should be standard and identifiable. The police have already had their time wasted by having to stop and deal with your car.

Take the advice given by others, pay your fine and get legal plates.... 'private fonts' look more chav, than charm, anyway.

Conor_3

catz1ct wrote: »

Can't say i've ever heard of that

That's because it's rubbish. Vehicles have to comply with what the law said at the time of registration or meet the requirements of later rules.

So for example on a late 1950's car, silver lettering on black background is still legal to use on that vehicle but so would the latest black letters on yellow/white.

Conor_3

diesel9181 wrote: »

they seemed to take in a new font a couple of years back when the new style registrations came out so prior to 51 plates most of them are illegal!

Utter tosh.

If you have a car registered after the change of font/typeface/background colour, you can't use an earlier style of plate but if you have an earlier registered car, you can use the style that was made the requirement at the time plus any subsequent ones.

david29dpo

my brother in law has just been done. his plate should be S4 OTU he had made it look like SHOT U and this is in a black range rover with blacked out windows!!!!!! AND driving through a well known place where drugs are sold!!!!!! i hate saying i told you so but i did!

MrsTinks

david29dpo wrote: »

my brother in law has just been done. his plate should be S4 OTU he had made it look like SHOT U and this is in a black range rover with blacked out windows!!!!!! AND driving through a well known place where drugs are sold!!!!!! i hate saying i told you so but i did!

I'd say being done by the police would be the least of his worries driving through some areas in that car, with that plate AND blacked out windows...

diesel9181

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

It was in the news about the police cracking down on the number plates due to the font size, i would have payed there and then,

i tried that at the time but they cant take money, needs to go through official lines. the reg doesnt read anything but what it is, and is not intended to. i just though i was gettnig the plates cheaper off the net and not realising they werent legit. i appreciate any comments but not when somebody takes the moral and has teh attitude of "i told you so" mistakes happen, if it wasnt for them half of us wouldnt even be here!:p

dzug

You could try getting the money from whoever sold you the illegal plates if they are still trading.

Going to court with the line 'I bought them in good faith and didn't know they were illegal' MIGHT get you a lesser penalty. OTH it might not.

g_attrill

The only thing I will add is that if you have an import vehicle where the space for the registration plate is physically too small to display a regular sized plate (eg. Japanese or American), you can use smaller (64mm) digits and a smaller physical plate size:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si2002/20022687.htm