Personal number plates...

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:48 pm

Chaps, need some advice...on number plates...what is the law regarding the use of a screw to cleverly turn a letter or more commonly a number into a letter? Like turning the number 11 into a 'H' by placing a strategic black screw in the middle between the 1's.

Will you get into trouble?

Cheers...i know I can rely on you guys...

SiDaBa · Post by **SiDaBa** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:48 pm

As far as i knew it is illeagal to do that.....maybe some one else can clarify this?

G40_EM · Post by **G40_EM** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:08 pm

it is illegal to mis-interpret your number plate in any way by adding/removing screws, changing the font, spacing, lettering etc etc etc

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 12:13 am

Hehehe

It's illegal mate...

The way I do it is my rear numberplate is spot on, and my front one is, erm, not so spot on...

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 12:05 pm

Thanks chaps...lucky I mentioned it before buying! Pants...looks like I'll never have chance to have my own personal number plate! (Personalised number plates are for posers...I'm not bitter...honest!) heh heh!

I blame my parents for giving me such a difficult name...why could I just have W212 KBT? damnit!

Linz Polo · Post by **Linz Polo** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 3:03 pm

this is illegal i know someone who did it he had the reg P1llls or something like that and used a screw to look like pHils. He got away with it for ages mind maybe even a year then the police cmae to his door about it lol

dub envy · Post by **dub envy** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 7:15 pm

do what josh said. dodgy on the front, proper on the back.

on my golf i had a teeny plate on the front and got pulled over 11 times in 3 months, 2 producers, and a Â£30 fine!! Police even followed me down my road, and pulled me over outside my house!!

on the back I have a plate with the smaller motorbike size letters. This plate has been on my car for over 3 years, and passed every MOT since with it on... yet one bored policeman in Newquay for RTTS decided to pull me and give me a producer for it... Put it back on after the festival and no more grief since!!

This was the front plate that gave me the trouble......

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:17 pm

Cheers but I think I've given up on the idea of having the number plate, maybe when I get more money together. I don't want to be risking anything and I've been going on about lowering my car for ages so I guess I can get that done instead...Thanks chaps!