Got my car back last night........new brakes, fully serviced, soooo good to drive.

 

On the way home the police stopped me for having an illegal number plate. FFS !!! The characters are too small apparently. I started to mention the regulations surrounding imported vehicles and he said that we'd all got it wrong and there was NO alternative to the standard size. I mentioned that a standard size wouldn't fit so he suggested sticking it on the bumper !

 

So instead of telling me to get it changed and sending me on my way I got fined !! What ever happened to warnings and 'producers' ?

 

Kind of took the shine off the evening :(

 

Still at least I've got the Z back and it's sooooooooo good !

 

Mark

It's not usually a good idea to argue with the plod, even if they are wrong.

I would tell them to shove their fookin fine up their arse.

 

How are you suppose to get a UK plate on the rear of a Jap?

 

I would take it as far as I could. It takes the p1ss. :mad:

If it passed its SVA and its MOT then I dont see how they can do anything. Are the letters standard size compared to other import registration plates?

If your plate conforms to these spec:

 

Display of Vehicle Registration Marks on Imported Vehicles

(which have a restricted space for a standard sized number plate)

 

Certain imported vehicles may be permitted to display number plates with smaller characters if:

 

*

The vehicle does not have European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval

 

AND

 

* The vehicle's construction/design cannot accomodate standard size number plates

 

Specifications for smaller sized plates (for certain imported vehicles)

 

Character Height 64mm

 

Character Width 44mm

 

Character Stroke 10mm

 

Space between characters 10mm

 

Then you're okay, and I would fight it.

 

Here's the web page m8: http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regmarks/reg_marks_current_requirements.htm

 

Tim

Originally posted by Herman Munster

It's not usually a good idea to argue with the plod, even if they are wrong.

 

Yeah, I mean they have huge ego's don't they & you have to pander to that :mad: Bast@rds