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Number plate law

JustAnotherSaver
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I saw a video the other week discussing 4D plates and how there's new legislation coming in which said they'll not be road legal from about September way (certainly some time in the second half of the year at least). Now if the video I saw was correct (and it was a guy who appeared to be a copper) then does this mean everyone who has these plates will need to remove them and get different plates?
My plates on my car are pretty tatty and could do with renewing. I had metal pressed plates on my last car which never caused a bother. I never got stopped from them and in fact I know that speed cameras pick them up perfectly fine because I got a letter telling me so.
Yes I could get the standard plates you see on the majority of cars but I prefer the pressed plates to those. Not sure if ruling changes affect these plates also.
I know some of you seem to know about the ins and outs on motoring law so wondered if you knew about this & what the actual situation was?
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If you're driving something over 40 years old they're legal.0
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williamgriffin said:If you're driving something over 40 years old they're legal.
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You seem to be talking about at least two different things.
4D reflective plates, which will become definitely illegal from September, as opposed to probably illegal as they are now.
Pressed metal plates in black and white or silver which, if my memory serves me well, were only ever legal on cars registered when black and white or silver plates were the norm.Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.1 -
JustAnotherSaver said:williamgriffin said:If you're driving something over 40 years old they're legal.1
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EssexExile said:You seem to be talking about at least two different things.
4D reflective plates, which will become definitely illegal from September, as opposed to probably illegal as they are now.
Pressed metal plates in black and white or silver which, if my memory serves me well, were only ever legal on cars registered when black and white or silver plates were the norm.
Plates that will be illegal post September are already illegal. The main change is that there will be points, instead of just a fine.
The rules for what's actually a legal plate aren't changing. The current rules apply to everything 2001 and later.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/955014/vehicle-registration-numbers-and-number-plates-inf104.pdf
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I think the OP is talking about pressed metal plates in standard colours yellow and white background with black lettering. I don’t believe anything in the changes makes these illegal.I have them on 2 cars very durable.0
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MX5huggy said:I think the OP is talking about pressed metal plates in standard colours yellow and white background with black lettering. I don’t believe anything in the changes makes these illegal.I have them on 2 cars very durable.OP is likely referring to these https://www.utopiaplates.co.uk/
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molerat said:MX5huggy said:I think the OP is talking about pressed metal plates in standard colours yellow and white background with black lettering. I don’t believe anything in the changes makes these illegal.I have them on 2 cars very durable.0
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MX5huggy said:molerat said:MX5huggy said:I think the OP is talking about pressed metal plates in standard colours yellow and white background with black lettering. I don’t believe anything in the changes makes these illegal.I have them on 2 cars very durable.
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BS145e doesn't change existing plates, just new ones supplied after 1st Sept.
BS145d still applies to all plates supplied between 2001 and 2011.
So what's actually new in BS145e?
https://www.bnma.org/advice-centre/the-new-rules-british-standard-bs-au-145e/
"4D"* plates will be actively barred for new plate supply, whereas they were merely iffy and implicitly barred before.
They were always explicitly tasteless anyway.
Pressed metal plates? We'll have to see if anybody can make them that conform to BS145e. But, if they can, they'll be pretty much visually identical to perspex ones...
* don't start me... The fourth dimension is time. If the plates don't change over time, they aren't 4d. Plates that change over time aren't new...
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