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Title: private reg plates
Post by: njdudsbury on December 16, 2010, 10:10:18 pm

Hi all
I have treated myself to a private plate and cant decide if to play with the spacings or not.

The plate is D11 DSN
What i want is D11DS N (my initial is N and nickname DUDS)

Any of you played around with plates?
I suppose the question is.............. has anybody been fined for doing similar?
Cheers

Title: Re: private reg plates
Post by: stealthwolf on December 16, 2010, 10:17:05 pm

You can be pulled over for illegal plates. Certainly there've been stories of members being pulled over/fined.

Title: Re: private reg plates
Post by: divweir on December 16, 2010, 10:20:42 pm

 i got done mate 60 fine
mines was  W31R DW
should have read  W31 RDW

Title: Re: private reg plates
Post by: Frodo-anni on December 16, 2010, 10:36:59 pm

Mine plate is spaced correctly so it doesnt bother me. 

I have been notified that its a 3 strikes and your out rule, ie on the 3rd time of being told to change the plates to correctly spaced ones, the plate can be seized and removed from the vehicle and you loose rights to it.

Sometime its just not worth it.

Title: Re: private reg plates
Post by: edd666999 on December 16, 2010, 10:43:21 pm

my mate has been fined £80.

just put correct plates on and it wont give anyone reason to complain.

Title: Re: private reg plates
Post by: VC on December 17, 2010, 09:16:12 am

leave it be  :smiley: unless people know you they wont understand it anyway, and with anpr cameras the police are getting very hot about spaced plates

Title: Re: private reg plates
Post by: 182_blue on December 17, 2010, 09:22:43 am

Dont play with it, makes you look a bit off a  :rolleye:, plus the police are right on this at the moment.

Title: Re: private reg plates
Post by: MAT ED30 on December 17, 2010, 10:31:42 am

as above i have private plates on 2 of my cars leave it as it should be its not worth the hassle

Title: Re: private reg plates
Post by: Robert74 on December 17, 2010, 10:41:53 am

Quote from: njdudsbury on December 16, 2010, 10:10:18 pm

Hi all
I have treated myself to a private plate and cant decide if to play with the spacings or not.

The plate is D11 DSN
What i want is D11DS N (my initial is N and nickname DUDS)

Any of you played around with plates?
I suppose the question is.............. has anybody been fined for doing similar?
Cheers

I got a £30 fixed penalty for incorrect spacing. The number is RR05 NER but I had it R R05NER which was taking the piss a bit. I now have it with no spacing RR05NER.

Title: Re: private reg plates
Post by: MitchGTI on December 17, 2010, 08:29:21 pm

I've had my private plate for years now it's M19 CCH but I pushed it together to make M19CCH trying to be mitch never had any hassle..... It got 30 fine for having pressed plates tho which i will never touch again! My dad has L11 SHW made it into L11SH W to make lush w and he's never had hassle it's up to you but I don't think you will get any hassle!!

Title: Re: private reg plates
Post by: big al on December 17, 2010, 09:31:01 pm

I think it better to just have a legal plate, and never give the police a reason to have a go at you, which will in turn mean you moaning at us lot about the police.
As long as you know its a private plate then no need for the poor spacing to make it into something else.