baz-R
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 01:25 PM |
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front no. plates
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
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 02:57 PM |
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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.
Ben
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baz-R
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 03:19 PM |
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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
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Peteff
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 03:20 PM |
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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.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 03:49 PM |
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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.
Ben
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steve m
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 03:53 PM |
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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
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adithorp
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 04:54 PM |
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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.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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renetom
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 04:56 PM |
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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
[Edited on 20/5/13 by renetom]
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mad4x4
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 05:00 PM |
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^^^
Guess it depends on how anal the traffic cop is being.....
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
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scootz
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 05:02 PM |
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What Adithorp said!
There is no 'loop-hole'... or exemption for oddly-designed front-ends!
It's Evolution Baby!
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 20/5/13 at 05:24 PM |
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You can read the law here:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/contents/made
It's uncharacteristically short and easy to read!
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