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If I buy a trailer for a car anywhere in the UK, can I collect it from the seller without having the correct number plate on the trailer?
Why do the police not stop and prosecute cars that have "Doctored" their private number plate to spell their name? This used to be a traffic offence many years ago but is now totally ignored.
We have a resident in our road who has 'stuck' leaves over her number plate to avoid detection from the ULEZ cameras. Her son is a serving police officer so we are reluctant to email/phone our local station...
Does the first log book have to state a non transferable number to be so? My family owned vehicle from new back in 1961 has just had the RF60 brown log book changed to a V5 that states the number plate...
Between 1986 and 1993, I owned a Volvo P1800. When selling the vehicle, I retained the original registration. I now no longer have use for the number and would like to see it restored to its proper place...
I've ordered a new car through a main dealer. I'd like the new registration to end with my wife's three initials (to make it easier to remember). It doesn't matter what the first four characters are. I've...
If a car has a green band on the number plate as an electric car, where does the country identifier go? Adjacent to the green band, or at the other end of the plate?
I'm a proud Scott and want to know if 'Ecosse' country identifying plates are still legal, or do we have to use the UK plate?
Are the new number plate rules only for new vehicles or will they apply to vehicles already on the road? I see a lot of vehicles with incorrectly spaced/raised/3D plates on.
When I bought my car it was brand new and I put my own private number plate on it. Now I am changing my car and want to take my private plate off the old car to put on the new car. But I don't have a number...
 

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