the t@@ts, got a fixed pen for front number plate which is bike spec size, its only been on for 5 yrs and clearly visible , id parked up on layby to tweak my fuel map on mi lappy before a blast down m1,,,, yet they leave all the scotes drivin around my area with no insurance and tax alone tossers:rant:

The bold bit stuffs you fella. Cos you CAN fit UK plates.:cry:

 

 

so can i, but i only chose to have import size on the front, which even the place who made the plate said was legal, otherwise they would not put their postcode on it and wanted me to sign a disclaimer.

its such a vague area !! :(

The bold bit stuffs you fella. Cos you CAN fit UK plates.:cry:

 

Takemetothepub is dead right - if you can physically fit a normal UK size plate to the bumper then the import rule is invalid.

 

its such a vague area !! :(

 

I thought so too - until I got nicked :cry: and looked into it further. Basically it comes down to if you are willing to risk it. It is quite amazing how many plates you see are completely illegal - especially private plates where the numbers and letters are squashed up to spell something.

thats my point, mine are exactly correct for a bike and in bold letter so very clear to see,

yet all these muppets who are using ital fancy letter not spaced out or too close etc seem to get away with it, but hey at least all these imigrants can at least get way with driving with no insurance or tax and test as its too much hassle tracking em with all the paper work :(

thats my point, mine are exactly correct for a bike and in bold letter so very clear to see,

yet all these muppets who are using ital fancy letter not spaced out or too close etc seem to get away with it, but hey at least all these imigrants can at least get way with driving with no insurance or tax and test as its too much hassle tracking em with all the paper work :(

 

Mine was exactly the same as yours but it didn't stop Officer Pedant at the last Box Hill meet !! He even got a ruler out at one point !! :xxx: He nicked Jason Farrow as well ! Shame he wasn't off catching real criminals...

OK my turn. Got pulled last night on the way home. The T5 had seen me driving towards him and thought my plate was illegal due to size and spacing. Well he was right my letters were spaced on my dateless number plate and it was smaller than standard.

 

No problem, even though I explained that it was an Import and the larger plate disrupted air flow to the turbo's ( I almost convinced myself at one point).

 

Got the customary VDRS slip and that was that. The fact that I used to issue these myself for 15 years in my previous job was neither here nor there.

 

The thing that rankles is this. The same day we had two plastic CSO people walking our street delivering letters from South Wales Police telling us that our street was the subject of car crime and cars were getting screwed and windows smashed during the early hours - so 'better not keep anything of value in sight' eh.

 

It would have sat better if the Traffic officers had said, 'we will be keeping obs on your street to catch these varmints and protect your property' instead of picking on stupid plates which they told me 'was all in the fight against terrorism' !!! (he sounded as convinced he was in the fight against terrorism as I was about 'air-flow to my turbo's being disrupted') I couldn't be bothered to tell him the real reason plates are targetted i.e. penalty cameras, as it was useless they were on a mission and nothing was going to deter him.

 

Hey ho - down to the MOT station today with the proper plate that I had prepared earlier but didn't bother to mention................. there's none so blind da de da....