TaviaRS

So what are the rules these days? I know you used to have to display a GB plate of a certain size on the rear of your car, but with these new num,ber plates which have the country code on them do you still have to?

Dave P

My understanding is if you don't have them on your plates (and technically I think those are illegal in the UK at this moment) then you have to display a sticker.

To avoid mucking up my paintwork, I stick mine to the inside of the rear window with two small blobs of Blue Tac.

Dave

simon_prickett

If you have the EU symbol and the letters GB on the plates, you are road legal in the UK and do not need a sticker to travel in the EU.

If you have any symbol other than the EU logo and GB you're not legal (so you're not allowed Scooby type logos there).

I believe this to be the case from checking up when I got my GB plates.

You are right that the GB plates didn't used to be legal, but they became legal when the new style registrations hit the streets - I thought all new style registration plates were going to have them on by default, but it would seem not from what I see on the roads.

Simon.

ed the dead

They do magnetic ones in Halfords

TaviaRS

Thanks for that, might go for a sticky one on the window(!), just to be on the safe side.

Stevie

Out of interest, what is the penalty for not displaying a GB sticker abroad?

I drive in France, Germany, Belgium and Spain each year and the last time I used a GB sticker was 1991.

camk

not sure what the penalty is but I've never been stopped either on my bike or my car.

Regards

Cammy