the thing is, if you get pulled a couple of times cant the DVLA take it off you?

I know, but im on about what happens in the "real" world. I.e the maximum sentence for stealing a apple is 7 years.....But would this really happen. Anyone can copy and paste off a .gov.uk website..... Im wanting "real world" Personal experiance and opinion answers.

Also it has been publisised that the law on number plate spacing is being relaxed:-

http://www.civiclife.net/board/topic/123717-rules-on-number-plate-spacing-to-be-relaxed/

I can think of several reasons NOT to have a personalised plate and only one logical reason to have one, which is that it means it is less obvious exactly how old the vehicle is.

but it being "personalised" is it being "personalised" to something that means something to you, as a car is a big part of someone i think.

After a house (which you personalise with your own taste, pictures, wallpapers, books furnishings, extenstions etc etc) a car is your second biggest purchase, so you should be able to personalise it...........One way of doing this is via its Reg. Just like painting the front of the house or sticking an extention on it....Your making it personal to yourself. Thats the point.........

But you have by stating that unhelpful point.......Thus meaning your self certifying that dont have any intelligence......Noted.

How many people actually get pulled for this sort of thing? There is a car in my road with a seriously tampered with plate (11 turned into an H with a fixing screw etc) and there is another with very dark tinted windows all round. Both of these have been like this for probably 3 years or more. These are so obvious that I can only think the Police turn a blind eye to these "low level" offences.

"Thus meaning your self certifying that dont have any intelligence......Noted."

Duh.