Hybrid_From_Hell Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Need a Front ? White Bonnet stick on numberplate, preferably printed on rathert than letters stuck on. The last one I bought company no longer does them,.... and I am struggling to find anyone ? Help ?Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 IIRC stick on reg plates are no longer legal or available..no makers details on them & don't comply with the regs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 2001 and onwards = must be reflective. Being 1985 .... I Iz ok....and have even passed a VOSA Pull in and I asked on thwe way out view was "OK" DVLA Website : Rules for number plates Number plates (also known as licence plates) should show your vehicle registration number correctly. You can’t rearrange letters or numbers, or alter them so that they’re hard to read. The current vehicle registration number format was introduced in 2001. It consists of: 2 letters (these refer to the office where the number was issued) 2 numbers (these tell you when it was issued) 3 letters chosen at random You can get theft-resistant number plates - these make it harder for someone to remove them from your vehicle quickly and reuse them. Ask your local car dealer or registered number plate supplier for more information. You can also get personalised number plates. Your number plates should: be made from a reflective material display black characters on a white background (front plate) display black characters on a yellow background (rear plate) not have a background pattern Characters on a number plate can be 3D. The characters on a number plate need to be a certain height and size. Read leaflet INF104: vehicle registration numbers and number plates - height and size measurement, for more information. ........have one for 30 years never been an issue, but more likley to be on newer 4x4s.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 type "stick on number plate" into the ebay search box and take your pick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Craig's Plates https://www.craigsplates.com/self-adhesive-flexible-non-acrylic Shipped from Ireland now after recent legislation changes.... crazy isn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmagnet Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Got mine from Craigs plates via eBay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 If you use a stick on , and bend the regs , then you might well "get away with it" for a long time , on the other hand its a bit like russian roulette , wrong person wrong day and oops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 I am not sure its not legal if mounted clearly and reflective and on 1985 90. I would prob argue that if charged, can see nothing in construction & use regs, mot regs, and I did ask vosa chap who said if legal font and visible = ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty43 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Can't help with a source but a lot of classics like e-types only have stuck on plates on the bonnet so I'm sure there must be historic rights. More interestingly (and quite possibly incorrect) a friend of mine drives a Westfield 7 thing and has nowhere to put a front plate so he runs without one. I'm sure he said it is not an offence you can be prosecuted for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Not to mention the Ford Probe, which had one from factory IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Depends a lot on interpretation , as to no where to fit ! But There are clear requirements as to readabilty , distance and angles etc . that makes only certain fitment possible to comply . Aesthetics is not a corollary . in the end you pays your money etc . as Dirty Harry said are you feeling lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping jack Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Tractors and bikes don't run a front plate, always wondered why car had to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 tractors have to, normally fitted to top front of cab if a front hydraulic linkage or equipment is fitted, all the tractors I see daily have 2 reg plates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris113 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 I you are concerned about the legalities, could you mount a proper number plate on the bulkhead flap or the windscreen brace if you have a roll cage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbs Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 My front number plate is mounted on my winch bumper(under the head light) by a chequer plate bracket and 6mm bolts onto rivnuts John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I got mine from a local signmaking shop, did them in about five minutes while I waited, i was also able to get them slightly shorter than normal so they fit between the raised parts of the bonnet. However I had to ask for 'a sticker that looks like a numberplate' as he said he wasn't allowed to make numberplates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping jack Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 tractors have to, normally fitted to top front of cab if a front hydraulic linkage or equipment is fitted, all the tractors I see daily have 2 reg plates. Odd, have never seen a front plate on a tractor and we own 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Odd, have never seen a front plate on a tractor and we own 3. Don't see why tractors should be exempt, but can't find anything about displaying a tractors reg plates on the GOV.UK website. anyway thats way of the original question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Registration and Licensing regulations 1971 Section 21 The owner of an agricultural machine shall ensure that the registration mark of the vehicle is displayed either on both sides of the vehicle so that it is clearly legible from both sides of the vehicle, or on the back of the vehicle so it is clearly legible from behind the vehicle, and in either case he shall ensure that the registration mark is so fixed to the vehicle that the letters and figures thereon are in the vertical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim1 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 When asked a traffic cop was informed stick on number plates can not be read by the ANPR camera and is therefore illegal and will be fined if caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 See http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2001/uksi_20010561_en.pdf What's wrong with fitting a number-plate in the usual, traditional, non-attention-attracting position? [From a purely pragmatic perspective I always seek to give 'The Law' the fewest blatant-and-obvious reasons to pull me - on the basis that this lets me get away with far more-heinous crimes which don't advertise themselves] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Ah, nice one, that sorts my confusion then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Ah, nice one, that sorts my confusion then I think the specific: (3) This paragraph requires each plate to be fixed— (a) in a vertical position or, where that is not possible, in a position as close to the vertical as is reasonably practicable, and (b) in such a position that in normal daylight the characters of the registration mark are easily distinguishable, in the case of a plate fixed on the front of the vehicle, from in front of the vehicle and, in the case of a plate fixed on the rear of the vehicle or trailer, from behind the vehicle or trailer." is relevant. I recall in the mid-1980s a number of cars competing in an international rally being 'pulled' by UK police for questionable number-plates. They weren't nicked but as a result of the delay from being talked-to by the police they missed the check-in time at the next rally-control which was rather disruptive to their positions. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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