My car has just had an MOT, and passed, but was I was told my plates were illegal as the gaps between groups exceeds 19mm.
Now my car is 4 years old and the dealer supplied the plates ( my own reg though) I never thought to question the gaps, nor did the MOT last year.
Just wondered how serious this is taken by the plod?, the gap is 75mm in fact which is large, I thought it made the number clearer, but obviously not.
The ltters look standard and there is no funny writing to make them look like a name.
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hey TD, rules is rules and thats the way they like it ...join the club
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Sounds like the spacing may have been adapted to make it read a particular way. I'd be careful because the plate may have cost you but it belongs to DVLA. They could take it back if they wanted.
Why not put the spacing back to the legal measurement and play it safe?
Edited by rtj70 on 30/05/2009 at 21:30
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If it passed the plates can't have been illegal. Were you given an 'advisory'?
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I thought the MOT dropped the proposed number plate legality testing. (ISTR it was only on force for a few days). Although I hear it in the pipeline again.
p.s. Came in on 1/4/09
The registration plate check is being added to ensure that plates are easily identifiable both to other drivers and enforcement agencies. These tests will ensure that registration plates:
do not have a background overprinted or shadowed with text e.g. vehicle manufacturer name
do not have a non-reflective border wider than permitted or positioned too close to the characters;
have the correct background and character i.e. white on the front and yellow on the rear, both with black characters for vehicles first used on or after 1 January 1973;
on vehicles first used on or after 1 September 2001 do not display plates with a honeycomb or similar effect background
No mention of spacing being tested at MOT time.
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he said it was advised as being illegal which it is
not an mot failure, but might have been logged as an advisory and as such could cause problems in a roadside pull
its still only a fine as far as i know though and doesnt induce penalty points
yet
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And here was me thinking the MOT was a safety check.
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It is a safety issue...if the spacing is wrong, the safety cameras can't read them!
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There are no safety cameras. They are speed enforcement cameras.
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camera's ..im worried, they now have camera that can scan your irises from 13.5 metres away to collect your biometric profile.. thoughts please... zoo
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Guess I'll just wear Ray-Bans all the time from now on
George Orwell. Right idea, wrong time
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27th April, 2009 the suspended MOT examination on VRM's was revoked and brought back in along with M
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Edited by Armitage Shanks {p} on 31/05/2009 at 15:49
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Why attract the attention?
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There is a very good reason why these things are sometimes known as Prat Plates! However, it is a free world and a free choice - I'd rather have good food and wine for my money!
Edited by Armitage Shanks {p} on 31/05/2009 at 16:40
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I would say that buyers of these numbers, and of course the continued transfer to fresh cars, help to inflate the revenue of the country and therefore assist in reducing taxes of those without the refined tastes of wanting their own registration.
A bit like monogramed pygamas for the gentry, only more visible of course!
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The only major tax that has been reduced in the last 10 years is the temporary 2.5% off VAT, but my memory may be at fault! Most 'reductions' are smoke and mirrors and look good until you see the very small print in Para 266!
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"And here was me thinking the MOT was a safety check. "
That's a very common misconception.
It isn't, and hasn't been for a very long time.
(and that view is freely admitted by VOSA)
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