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EU Licence Plate
« on: 10 November 2009, 12:16:48 »
Going to Belgium. I have an EU band thing on my number plate with the stars but with ENG. Should i get one of them stickers with the stars and GB on it, or will i be ok with ENG?
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #1 on: 10 November 2009, 12:51:28 »
Your current plate is illegal and to be 100% legal you should have GB on your plate not ENG for driving abroad or have a seperate GB sticker
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #2 on: 10 November 2009, 13:10:50 »
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Your current plate is illegal and to be 100% legal you should have GB on your plate not ENG for driving abroad or have a seperate GB sticker

Plus there is no BSAU or maker's postcode on plates-best to just get a new rear plate with GB strip.
For a cheap fix you can buy a Blue EU+GB sticker strip on ebay which will stick over your existing strip on teh face of the plate.

Need to get GB sticker myself, too...
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #3 on: 10 November 2009, 13:44:44 »
must have GB not ENG
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #4 on: 10 November 2009, 13:55:49 »
Awesome thats what i thought. I know the plates not legal for having no BS number on it, but im not bothered about that :thumbs: im english not british :) but for next weekend ill get them GB stickers :) cheers lads
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #5 on: 10 November 2009, 14:09:02 »
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Your current plate is illegal and to be 100% legal you should have GB on your plate not ENG for driving abroad or have a seperate GB sticker

Plus there is no BSAU or maker's postcode on plates-best to just get a new rear plate with GB strip.
For a cheap fix you can buy a Blue EU+GB sticker strip on ebay which will stick over your existing strip on teh face of the plate.

Need to get GB sticker myself, too...

I got a magnetic one here you can have G ;)
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #6 on: 10 November 2009, 17:48:29 »
I got my gb euro stickers from my local parts shop two for £1.50.
never had any problems with the law in europe.
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #7 on: 10 November 2009, 18:12:45 »
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Awesome thats what i thought. I know the plates not legal for having no BS number on it, but im not bothered about that :thumbs: im english not british :) but for next weekend ill get them GB stickers :) cheers lads


One of the stupid laws - I ignore it
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #8 on: 10 November 2009, 18:14:07 »
I had neither GB stickers nor EU star when I went to France ......  ::) ::)

Or BS numbers  :-?
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #9 on: 10 November 2009, 18:47:06 »
 BS number (BSau145a, superceded by BSau145d for the pedants) refers only to the reflectivity or retroreflictivity of the plate, not its format or composition.

Like AndyB, I have taken various cars onto the continent with the Euro stars symbol with SCO beneath and no BS number and never had any grief.  Likewise, ran around the UK with a plate that had additional graphics on it which, technically, is also unlawful and never had a problem.

And thats not because of my previous occupation, its just that, I think, trafpol have much more pressing things to deal with and the local beat cops are being ran ragged with other offences with little time/knowledge to do anything about wee badges on number plates.

Wrong fonts or mis spaced - thats a different matter entirely....   ;)
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #10 on: 10 November 2009, 19:00:39 »
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Wrong fonts  ......

I'd like to know why it's not still possible to buy a plate made up with the font most of our cars were made with when new. Why do I have to have the new font on an olderer car?
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« Reply #11 on: 10 November 2009, 19:02:27 »
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Wrong fonts  ......

I'd like to know why it's not still possible to buy a plate made up with the font most of our cars were made with when new. Why do I have to have the new font on an olderer car?

Standardisation, thats what it is....  Got to be standards.  :D
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #12 on: 10 November 2009, 19:09:24 »
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.....Standardisation, thats what it is....  Got to be standards.  :D

Yes! A standardised standard.  :y

At least it's still possible to buy sliver/white on black for those car that can have them.   :)
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« Reply #13 on: 10 November 2009, 20:04:21 »
Why are these laws created when there is no need and is also would not be enforced?
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Re: EU Licence Plate
« Reply #14 on: 10 November 2009, 20:11:47 »
My MOT tester has been telling me for a while now that technically it's an MOT failure on (IIRC) post-2001 cars for number plates not to have the postcode of the plate supplier marked on them.

He hasn't failed me yet though. ::)

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