Number Plates Law?/rules?

[dale10ellis10]

Well i got pulled over on the way into my street yesterday by a silver undercover BMW, My number plate is still in my front window as i recently fitted my front mount and havnt decided where to put my front plate, its probably my own fault for having it there but does anyone know the rules or law behind front number plates?

It was in full view in the middle of the dashboard but just on the inside of the car.

I know the rules for MOT are something like front number plate must be presant and securly fastened and thats about it really doesnt say where ect..

I should mention i got a £60 fine as well!!!

Cheers Dale.

[enots]

as far as i know its gotta be on the front bumper i mgiht be wrong though if anyone knows otherwise

[StarletRick]

it needs to be on the front bumper and for imports it needs to be at LEAST motorbike sized lettering.

[Guest cheshireglanza]

i got pulled over for this ages ago got told rear one has to have light over it and height wise knee height and the front on on front left off bumper at knee height or center off bumper knee height by the way he said has just rough height

i never got fine though just got told dot get caught again

[Guest ep82_girl]

mines on the front bumper on the left hand side so you can see the front mount fine :0 but yeah gotta be mounted on the front bumper in clear view

xxx

[dale10ellis10]

Cheers for the input everyone ;)

As for ' its got to be mounted on the front bumper '

Ive seen plenty of cars with it painted on the bonnet or vinyled on the bonnet.. MX5's ect...

[Guest ep82_girl]

yeah a vinyl one is fine but its gotta be clear my mate has a vinyl one on his mx5 as it goes lol and has had no problems

xxx

[dale10ellis10]

yeah a vinyl one is fine but its gotta be clear my mate has a vinyl one on his mx5 as it goes lol and has had no problems

xxx

Ahh ok no problem, thanks

Dale.

[toy]

mine is on the front left at the bottom it a rectangular numbers plates and i've add no troble at the nct

[Sparky]

Thought vinyl ones are illegal aswell?

Beacuse it wouldnt be readable for the machines as its shiny and not on a flat surface?

[Curtis]

yeah they are now, plates nowadays need to be reflective with the correct spacing and at the bottom of the plate it needs the name of who made the plate

[Smithy_dub]

Vinyl plates are now illegal. and yeah the fine went up from £30 a plate to £60 a plate a few months ago.

It's really strict now, has to be proper reflective plastic (or metal but thats still a grey area) with the BS mark and postcode of the place that made the plate.

Has to be on the 'furthermost forward point as possible', ie. the front bumper on most if not all cars.

[LukeSR]

Of course you can get a fine for having your numberplate in the window. How are speed cameras men't to see your plate?

Common sense really...

[Jae-Glanza]

just like you, mine's in the window as i've just fitted fmic! better get it sorted then1 ideally i wanted a slimmer one as the standard one is wide as fook! anyone know got a good/cheap number plate site?

[Sparky]

I kept mine off for along time got loads of shit for it, didnt really care until I got a court summons for £130 for it

Wasnt back on the car long though ;)

[LukeSR]

eBay mate ^^

[Sparky]

Proplates.co.uk

[Jae-Glanza]

Nice one folks, Has anyone gone for a smaller size of just settled for mounting the standard one to the side (if you have a fmic) and if so, what size?

[lukEp]

Think the rule is something like the plate need to be mounted as far forward as posible on the car so long as it has a suitable and safe mounting place

[dale10ellis10]

http://www.craigsplates.co.uk/import-number-plates.html

Get a read of that guys ^, imports are legally able to have a smaller plate size on the front of the car.

Ill be ordering one then ;)

[toy]

Well i'm going to get a smaller one look nicer the my old one which is metal and coming a part

The best car i have for a pain of a number plate to see is my chevette the bummper covers it as it under neat it