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[Albatross]

There is a legal way round this:

A supplier here in Bedford will make your plates up and will, to ensure they are legal, have their name and post-code added at the correct size. The catch, or loophole, is that these details are added in such a similar colour to the rest of the number plate you need to be within 2 feet and looking carefully to see them.

I can send you their details if you like or, if you wanted me to, I could have these made up for you and sent to you in the post fairly easily.

I have this on mine: It looks like the writing is there, but it says something other than it should . As it appears to be making every effort to be as legal, and EU legal at that, I have never had any problems and have friends who are policemen who say that someone would have to be being incredibly anal to bother.

It might be "legal" to have them MADE like that .. but it illegal to use them on the public highway. These are "show" plates only ...

Unlike the VRN, there is no legal stipulation on what colour the writing has to be or how visible it is for the manufacturers name and postcode, only that it must not exceed a certain size.

EDIT: I have just confirmed this. It is not a stipulation as to what colour or font the plate makers logo needs to be.

Therefore plates made like this are legitimately and securely sold for "Road use" and ARE NOT illegal.

Borders are legal too.

As my plates were made and fitted when the car was 1st registered in June 201 which is before the cut off date of 01/09/2001 then my plates are legal too.

I may be wrong (it wouldn't be the 1st time), so if you can show me the part of any BS (British Standard and not the other BS) that states anything to stipulate the font or colour of this manufacturers logo please and I will happily go back to the person who makes these plates as road legal and correct them.

[MikeDundee]

There is a legal way round this:

A supplier here in Bedford will make your plates up and will, to ensure they are legal, have their name and post-code added at the correct size. The catch, or loophole, is that these details are added in such a similar colour to the rest of the number plate you need to be within 2 feet and looking carefully to see them.

I can send you their details if you like or, if you wanted me to, I could have these made up for you and sent to you in the post fairly easily.

I have this on mine: It looks like the writing is there, but it says something other than it should . As it appears to be making every effort to be as legal, and EU legal at that, I have never had any problems and have friends who are policemen who say that someone would have to be being incredibly anal to bother.

It might be "legal" to have them MADE like that .. but it illegal to use them on the public highway. These are "show" plates only ...

To be legal plates must conform to the British Standard..

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/leaflets/displayofnumberplates.pdf

http://www.standardsdirect.org/standards/standards5/StandardsCatalogue24_view_7790.html

Well that means mine are illegal aswell then .........never been stopped for it though

[HerefordElite]

There is a legal way round this:

A supplier here in Bedford will make your plates up and will, to ensure they are legal, have their name and post-code added at the correct size. The catch, or loophole, is that these details are added in such a similar colour to the rest of the number plate you need to be within 2 feet and looking carefully to see them.

I can send you their details if you like or, if you wanted me to, I could have these made up for you and sent to you in the post fairly easily.

I have this on mine: It looks like the writing is there, but it says something other than it should . As it appears to be making every effort to be as legal, and EU legal at that, I have never had any problems and have friends who are policemen who say that someone would have to be being incredibly anal to bother.

god forbid  

[Martin_1962]

TBH why would they bother - the MOT is for safety items, not BS on plates

[amigov6]

   The font & honeycomb are legal. Not sure about the omegaowners @ the bottom. Or the Vx V6 at the side. Had no bother yet.
       Guy.

[lee4206]

   The font & honeycomb are legal. Not sure about the omegaowners @ the bottom. Or the Vx V6 at the side. Had no bother yet.
       Guy.

Not for long if the goverment and vosa have there way the pics on the left and the honeycomb were banned but they had to withdraw it but they are trying to bring it back.
lee

[HolyCount]

You can still get away with a lot more on pre 2001 reg'd cars --- so far !

[amigov6]

As a truck driver do'nt mention vosa...the silliest things....promised not to rant anymore......& i,ve been really good.....

[Debs.]

As a truck driver do'nt mention vosa...the silliest things....promised not to rant anymore......& i,ve been really good.....

  Go-on, you know you want to!

[amigov6]

No!

[Kevin Wood]

TBH why would they bother - the MOT is for safety items, not BS on plates

.. because they're worried the Police state won't know your every move with plates their ANPR can't read.  

Think yourself lucky there aren't any RFID tags in them yet. Or are there?  

Kevin

[Mr Skrunts]

I really cant understand all the fuss about the supplier of the plate, unless that is for them to source who is making illegal plates, and if that is the case they will only put false details on.

I would have thought the whole point was having the legal height and alignment of the reg details with out clutter arround the number.

[Martin_1962]

I look upon petty regulations like this as a licence to break them, I look for petty rules to break and petty other things to ignore.

We all need to do it to stop the rampant control freakery of the government