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28 December 2006, 03:46 PM
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non standard number plates
i was pulled over yesterday by a very nice police officer whilst driving down the M5. the reason was that my number plate is incorrectly spaced. fortunately as it was so close to christmas he wasnt going to issue me with a ticket.
it is x11x xx instead of x11 xxx (not the actual reg)
the plates are in the standard uk font and are easily read. i can understand that some fonts make it difficult to instantly recognise the reg but
does anybody know WHY it has to be spaced in the set format?
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it is x11x xx instead of x11 xxx (not the actual reg)
the plates are in the standard uk font and are easily read. i can understand that some fonts make it difficult to instantly recognise the reg but
does anybody know WHY it has to be spaced in the set format?
cheers
colin
28 December 2006, 03:55 PM
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Yes, so its easily legible....the police are hotting up on non standard plates even more as ANPR needs the plates to be in the standard format to read them( I guess the spacing doesnt affect them too much but if there told to clamp down on them, they will target every sort of non standard plate)
Latest I heard was that a non standard plate will become a penalty point endorsable offence pretty soon...
However, if the plate "falls off" it wont be penalty point endorsable ...thats if your pulled anyway....who dares wins....
Latest I heard was that a non standard plate will become a penalty point endorsable offence pretty soon...
However, if the plate "falls off" it wont be penalty point endorsable ...thats if your pulled anyway....who dares wins....
28 December 2006, 04:05 PM
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i thought it may have been because of ANPR but there are several different types of standard formats around (not to mention foreign reg plates) i thought ANPR may have some flexibility in it.
28 December 2006, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dicky ticker
i thought it may have been because of ANPR but there are several different types of standard formats around (not to mention foreign reg plates) i thought ANPR may have some flexibility in it.
You was unlucky to be stopped driving on the m'way and lucky to get a telling off, fair copper I guess.
28 December 2006, 04:40 PM
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[quote=brybusa]Theres no "different" types of standard,...
x1 xxx , x11 xxx, x111 xxx, xx11 xxx these are all different types of standard and thats before we include classic regs, armed forces regs, personalised regs, foreign regs etc.
[quote=brybusa]letters have to be a certain height and spacing and thats it...
[quote=dicky ticker]the plates are in the standard uk font and are easily read. i can understand that some fonts make it difficult to instantly recognise the reg.......
i just dont understand the spacing issue
and wanted to know the answer for general interest reasons
[quote=brybusa]You was unlucky to be stopped driving on the m'way and lucky to get a telling off, fair copper I guess.
[quote=dicky ticker]i was pulled over yesterday by a very nice police officer.
he was a top bloke
.pulling me just for my plate i was expecting one of thse stereotype hitlers that people complain about. i have nothing but admiration for the thankless job they do
x1 xxx , x11 xxx, x111 xxx, xx11 xxx these are all different types of standard and thats before we include classic regs, armed forces regs, personalised regs, foreign regs etc.[quote=brybusa]letters have to be a certain height and spacing and thats it...
[quote=dicky ticker]the plates are in the standard uk font and are easily read. i can understand that some fonts make it difficult to instantly recognise the reg.......
i just dont understand the spacing issue
and wanted to know the answer for general interest reasons[quote=brybusa]You was unlucky to be stopped driving on the m'way and lucky to get a telling off, fair copper I guess.
[quote=dicky ticker]i was pulled over yesterday by a very nice police officer.
he was a top bloke
.pulling me just for my plate i was expecting one of thse stereotype hitlers that people complain about. i have nothing but admiration for the thankless job they do
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Originally Posted by dicky ticker
the plates are in the standard uk font and are easily read. i can understand that some fonts make it difficult to instantly recognise the reg but
does anybody know WHY it has to be spaced in the set format?
does anybody know WHY it has to be spaced in the set format?
And bikers have been pulled for years for non-regulation number plates - in this case, the plate being too small! So think yourself lucky ...
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30 December 2006, 07:26 PM
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From the site quoted by Dave:-
And I thought that it was coming to the end of the alphabet that meant that we needed a new system of registration numbers. How stupid I was! It was the number of vehicles that caused it..... 
With the number of vehicles constantly increasing, the prefix system soon exhausted the combinations available, and yet another number plate format was required. In September 2001 the current style of UK vehicle registration plates was introduced.
30 December 2006, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dicky ticker
i was pulled over yesterday by a very nice police officer whilst driving down the M5. the reason was that my number plate is incorrectly spaced. fortunately as it was so close to christmas he wasnt going to issue me with a ticket.
it is x11x xx instead of x11 xxx (not the actual reg)
the plates are in the standard uk font and are easily read. i can understand that some fonts make it difficult to instantly recognise the reg but
does anybody know WHY it has to be spaced in the set format?
cheers
colin
it is x11x xx instead of x11 xxx (not the actual reg)
the plates are in the standard uk font and are easily read. i can understand that some fonts make it difficult to instantly recognise the reg but
does anybody know WHY it has to be spaced in the set format?
cheers
colin
its for the cameras to detect apparently, but ive had tickets and stuff so i know its not for that reason
this was how my front looked
and the back looked like this
as you can see i didnt change anything
they are legal now
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Ours are legal font and spaced correctly, not been pulled for the borders.............yet.
30 December 2006, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
how did you get both of your plates?
What do you mean? How? We bought them from DVLA and ordered the plates from Fancyplates
30 December 2006, 08:53 PM
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Mine says Y*** YVV, I got pulled the other day cos of my plate, mainly as it was correctly spaced but travelling at 120 mph attached to a nondescript low flying Swedish repmobile, minor talking to but no action as they didnt have the camera on when I went past and I suspect they were looking for 90 mph walking wounded.
30 December 2006, 10:20 PM
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Why do people feel the need for non-standard number plates? I just don't get it. They are so tacky as well as being illegal. It just says to me that you can't afford a proper private plate.
Fine them all I say.
Fine them all I say.
31 December 2006, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by brybusa
Yes, so its easily legible....the police are hotting up on non standard plates even more as ANPR needs the plates to be in the standard format to read them
Next door neighbour is traffic police
Pops home often for his doughnuts
so his cop car is fitted with ANPR and can read both my number plates. The rear one is legal, the front one is.. well.. ermmm.... let's just say it contain's a single number made to look like a letter and is very dodgy.... but ANPR picks it up all the time.
31 December 2006, 12:51 AM
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It always puzzles me why people mess about with numberplates to 'TRY' and get it to read something that it clearly doesn't!! 
Just buy the proper plate .... if its too expensive, then tough!
Just buy the proper plate .... if its too expensive, then tough!
31 December 2006, 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
It always puzzles me why people mess about with numberplates to 'TRY' and get it to read something that it clearly doesn't!!
Just buy the proper plate .... if its too expensive, then tough!
Just buy the proper plate .... if its too expensive, then tough!
31 December 2006, 10:08 AM
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How come Sara, shouldn't you have just got a vehicle defect rectification form? 
over the years i have had the odd ticket for my plate but i never changed the plate back, just paid the tickets. then summer before last i got followed into a retail park by a local cop who had stopped me before and got a ticket. nearly 6 months later i found out i had to go to court. while the trial was on the cop asked the court to confiscate my reg but the court told him that they couldnt do it as he should have applied to DVLA. i have had plenty of chances over the years to put the plate right but i didnt, i have learnt my lesson now
31 December 2006, 10:09 AM
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Or like Smiler says, a small fine.
31 December 2006, 11:45 AM
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I suppose the whole point is that the way the number plate is required to be spaced etc. by law is to make is easily legible to the police as a standard format. If therefore you use a different size or spacing then you will be picked up for it and it will cost a fine. Even if it appears perfectly legible to you because you understand your own number, it could be confusing to someone else and it is it is illegal if it does not conform.
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
i meant that they are so similar, did you get them at the same time or hunt around for them?
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Should be three strikes and you're out. 2 warnings with £30 fines for illegally spaced / bordered plates. Get caught a third time and the car should be crushed.
It's one of those little things that gets reet on my t1ts along with non essential foglight useage, just sad spods who think its proper clever just tiptoeing over the legal line... It is very very gay indeed...
It's one of those little things that gets reet on my t1ts along with non essential foglight useage, just sad spods who think its proper clever just tiptoeing over the legal line... It is very very gay indeed...
31 December 2006, 12:06 PM
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Should be three strikes and you're out. 2 warnings with £30 fines for illegally spaced / bordered plates. Get caught a third time and the car should be crushed.
It's one of those little things that gets reet on my t1ts along with non essential foglight useage, just sad spods who think its proper clever just tiptoeing over the legal line... It is very very gay indeed...
It's one of those little things that gets reet on my t1ts along with non essential foglight useage, just sad spods who think its proper clever just tiptoeing over the legal line... It is very very gay indeed...
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Originally Posted by Leslie
I suppose the whole point is that the way the number plate is required to be spaced etc. by law is to make is easily legible to the police as a standard format. If therefore you use a different size or spacing then you will be picked up for it and it will cost a fine. Even if it appears perfectly legible to you because you understand your own number, it could be confusing to someone else and it is it is illegal if it does not conform.
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