It is amazing how many cars you’ll see out on the road that clearly are breaking the law. By this, I’m referring to their lack of displaying number plates. What is stranger is that these rules are set out by law. It’s probably worth going over the rules here, for new drivers and those seeking to modify their car in any way which may have an impact on their number plate:
A number plate must be displayed at the front and rear of motor vehicles (with some exceptions).
Number plates must be easy to read and meet the British Standard.
Lettering should be black on a white plate at the front and a yellow at the rear.
The background surface should be reflex-reflecting but the characters must not.
There are separate requirements for traditional number plates displayed on vehicles constructed before 1 January 1973.
Lettering and spacing must be of a set size.
Read more about the legal requirements of number plates
Of course, that isn’t to say that you can’t have a personalised plate (that meets British Standards). You can find the DVLA Personalised Registrations page here.
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I’d hurry if I was you Mr Butterscotch. Just been onto the DVLA website abd up for sale is:
BL06CAR just “write” (sorry!) ideal for someone with their own car blog site and a snip at £685.
My finders fee is very reasonable
cool bananas
Martin
Hi Martin,
Thanks for the tip. I haven’t yet gone in for a private plate myself – I’m waiting till I have the right car to go with it. I’m thinking a lovely BMW M3 – then I’ll be sure to look out for a similar plate, if not the one above!
What amazes me is the way many people blatantly manipulate and distort the letters on the number plate to create a word or name. I’ve seen so many bits of tape and screws that it’s nigh on impossible to work out what the original plate was.
Seriously not cool.
I have to say I haven’t seen many cars out and about not displaying number plates at all, but I’ve seen plenty that have been tamped with as mentioned above. I’ve also seen many number plates with silly fonts like comic sans which are totally unreadable from any sort of distance, again not cool!