Comments on: The Importance Of Number Plates

By: show plates

show plates — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:36:48 +0000

i would say the fake german plates are more likely to see the driver pulled over by the police…

By: James

James — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:53:06 +0000

I have noticed a lot of car owners (VW, Audi, BMW) driving round with mock German plates. They are displaying their GB car registration number on a set of metal plates with the ‘D’ country identifier and using the standard German font. Surely these do not comply with the DVLA rules on correctly displaying (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/PersonalisedRegAndNumberPlates/DG_181503)

By: Number Plate Supplier

Number Plate Supplier — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:39:59 +0000

I think on the whole it does help if you have a good number plate specialist you can call on for help. They will answer any questions you have; on the whole the DVLA will never sympathise with you so it is of great importance to comply with the law!

By: Private Number Plates

Private Number Plates — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:32:48 +0000

The issue with non legal number plates is that the cameras which read the plates cannot handle mis-represented number plates. This could be construed as attempting to pervert the course of justice given that so many offences are now detected by cameras.

By: private number plates

private number plates — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:14:01 +0000

These days so many people want a private number plate. Gone are the days when it was the reserve of the very rich! But lack of budget means people have to be a biut more ‘imaginative’… and that’s why the number plates are manipulated so much. I’ve seen some awful ones. Which gives the whole ownership of personalised number plates a bad image.
And now many of those who do have the budget to buy the good ones decide not to have a private number plate because they don’t want to be associated with it!

By: car number plates

car number plates — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:41:03 +0000

There are loads of car number plates that don’t conform to British standards it’s the Police and MOT testing stations that are supposed to enforce the legislation for the DVLA.

I think they look a bit naff myself when the car number plates are manipulated with screws and such like, why not get the real registration number ?

By: Sell Number Plate

Sell Number Plate — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:52:25 +0000

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!

By: numberplates

numberplates — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:49:47 +0000

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.

By: Mr Butterscotch

Mr Butterscotch — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:18:52 +0000

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!

By: martin

martin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:17:14 +0000

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