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baz-R - 20/5/13 at 01:25 PM

i read somwhere there is a loophole for not fitting a front no. plate if you have no flat upright place to fit it like a motorcycle.
any one know where i can find this info in black and white?

tried the dvla but thay are just quoting i must have one

Ben_Copeland - 20/5/13 at 02:57 PM

The Haynes Roadster has sufficient flat area for a number plate. So it's not really an arguement.

I've just stuck mine to the Nosecone. Sticker not plate.

baz-R - 20/5/13 at 03:19 PM

but this is not a road legal plate and is not fitted upright my friend

no bsau marking or postcode of origin so tecnicly a show plate that is not sutable for road use

Peteff - 20/5/13 at 03:20 PM

Motorcycles were exempted because they were dangerous mounted on top of the front mudguard like a scythe. Cars in the UK have to have one fitted and it's up to you to provide a suitable mounting place for one. Alfa Romeo had to offset theirs.

Ben_Copeland - 20/5/13 at 03:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by baz-R
but this is not a road legal plate and is not fitted upright my friend

no bsau marking or postcode of origin so tecnicly a show plate that is not sutable for road use


Yeah but you can mount across the front of the Nosecone. I chose to ignore this and did what I thought to be aesthetically better.

steve m - 20/5/13 at 03:53 PM

Mine is on the nose, and my MOT guy assures me it is ok, not probably legal, but ok

As for the police, if stopped, i can put a normal plate on the front in about a miniute, just to satisfy the law
saying that, ive never had a problem,

Steve

adithorp - 20/5/13 at 04:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by baz-R
i read somwhere there is a loophole for not fitting a front no. plate if you have no flat upright place to fit it like a motorcycle.
any one know where i can find this info in black and white?

tried the dvla but thay are just quoting i must have one


Short answer is... There's no loophole...

It's just an internet myth. To be fully legal you have to have a standard one. Now you may however chose to... not have one, keep a broken one in the car ("It's just fell off officer", use an undersize show plate, use a stick on plate... or any of the other things many of us do but it's at your own risk.

renetom - 20/5/13 at 04:56 PM

We have a little one on our's, been on over a year,so far so good.
Now that I've said it will probably get caught .
Just thought a full size one looks so ugly.

grille
grille

[Edited on 20/5/13 by renetom]

mad4x4 - 20/5/13 at 05:00 PM

^^^
Guess it depends on how anal the traffic cop is being.....

scootz - 20/5/13 at 05:02 PM

What Adithorp said!

There is no 'loop-hole'... or exemption for oddly-designed front-ends!

matt_claydon - 20/5/13 at 05:24 PM

You can read the law here:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/contents/made

It's uncharacteristically short and easy to read!