That font would cause the car to fail an MOT test. MOT failures are regarded as unroadworthy, the police have a duty to get unroadworthy vehicles off the road.

That font would cause the car to fail an MOT test. MOT failures are regarded as unroadworthy, the police have a duty to get unroadworthy vehicles off the road.

Are you talking about the EU font?

I only ask, because if I replaced a knackered plate in Europe with a new one, I wouldn't expect to get nicked on the way home.

Here is an interesting one for you then.

You're in Germany and your reg plates get nicked because somebody has a fettish for GB plates (never know).

So being a good motorist, you take your registration docs with you and go and get two plain reg plates made up and put on your car in Germany, to their standard.

Are these plates legal in the UK?

According to the law they surely should be as they meet an equivalent EU standard.

As for the £60 fine, is it a bit much, yes I think so, but then ignorance is not a defence in law, so you're just going to have to suck it up and see.

Going along to the station might not hurt and I think you could stress your disappointment in the officer and their attitude, when you apologised and offered to rectify it there and then.

At the end of the day though, at least it's just £60 and not a fine and points.

The plates will not conform to the standard BSAU145d, so they cannot be marked as such. They will be of a font that is, to quote the MOT handbook:

'characters formed using a font which is not substantially similar to the prescribed font'

Equivalent EU standard, it may be, but by definition you cannot have variations on a standard, so they are two different standards that cover the same thing, of which only one is acceptable in this country.

If you use your German replacement plates you are leaving yourself open to the possibility of getting a fine. If it is a private number it could be revoked if you got stopped more than once with them. You'll be in the hands of the Police officer with variables such as has he had a bad day, is he empowered to use a bit of discretion, has your attitude to being legitimately pulled over wound him up etc.

If German plates can be purchased in this country, surelyn it would be possible to source British plates in Germany.

The plates will not conform to the standard BSAU145d, so they cannot be marked as such. They will be of a font that is, to quote the MOT handbook:

'characters formed using a font which is not substantially similar to the prescribed font'

Equivalent EU standard, it may be, but by definition you cannot have variations on a standard, so they are two different standards that cover the same thing, of which only one is acceptable in this country.

If you use your German replacement plates you are leaving yourself open to the possibility of getting a fine. If it is a private number it could be revoked if you got stopped more than once with them. You'll be in the hands of the Police officer with variables such as has he had a bad day, is he empowered to use a bit of discretion, has your attitude to being legitimately pulled over wound him up etc.

If German plates can be purchased in this country, surelyn it would be possible to source British plates in Germany.

Pass no idea, it was a question I asked purely because I figured that most plate places will only make plates for their own country and I drive in Europe enough that I guess I could end up with a broken plate.

German plates here are a style item and not available from everywhere.

TBH my main thought was I would replace the plate out there to stay legal, get off the ferry and get nicked before I could have possibly replaced the plate I had obtained in Europe with a new UK one.

Hey ho.

Edited 30 March, 201016 yr by cheezemonkhai

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A question to anyone that might be a police office. You see two cars one driving with a number plate like in this post and the other driving with both side mirrors pushed in..............which one do you stop?

You stop the one with the folded-in mirrors. The other car may be easily picked up later, if you're so inclined, through a registered keeper address lookup of the number plate...

Chris

a quick search on google found this which defines the law on number plates in the UK anything that doesnt confine should receive a £60 fine, here

i'd love to upload a picture of the number plate that mine failed on its MOT last year, original number plate that was supplied brand new 11 years ago, but apparently not reflective no more!!!!