Number Plate letter spacing and MOT?

[day1zero]

I have a private plate which is spaced to read H4VE U. I have a correctly spaced version just for MOTs....will i need to fit these or just show them to the MOT station? Was thinking of just leaving them on the passenger seat etc...as they are a pain to remove and replace..

Any ideas?

 

[Mark Elder]

One advantage of the older Astons was that you could get those revolving plates - with a button on the dash for "MOT" or "cool". Porsche need to catch up on this must-have option.[]

 

[boothy]

Blue Tack ? [8|]

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[Tony Cocks]

The regulations regarding letter spacing can be seen at this address.
http://www.plates4less.co.uk/number-plates-FAQ/car-registrations-info/car-registrations-legalities.asp

Suggest that you fit normally spaced plates for MOT to prevent risk of failure. Replace H4VE U afterwards , but risk a fixed penalty from the Police if you are seen displaying same on a Public highway !

 

[Mark_Bennett]

There's a link to the official HMSO regulations in the "Useful links" thread pinned to the top of the general forum

 

[kbooker]

I think it may depend on the relationship you have with the garage that carries out the test, a couple of years ago I had a bust-up in an OPC with a jobs-worth who insisted that the correctly spaced plates were on the car as it was tested, didn't have them with me so I bought a set from them as I thought this would satisfy without having to swap the plates over and I didn't want to have to reschedule the test I'd booked, not good enough, they insisted I fit them, "what if I stick them over the top" I said, "will have no alternative but to fail the car" they said, but credit where it's due, they offered to do the job for me for just 30 minutes labour charge, a few carefully chosen adjectives and I left the building !![]

 

[Melv]

If you get a nick with incorrectly spaced plates, the MOT station can also be fined for passing them......

 

[garyw]

ORIGINAL: Melv

If you get a nick with incorrectly spaced plates, the MOT station can also be fined for passing them......

Fines are the least of their worries, the tester could also lose his Job...
Is your Job worth that much ?

I know it seems petty, but imagine you'd just bought a car and the MOT tester had just let it go [&:] .... it happens

garyw

 

[NXI20]

Not only that, but the number could be reclaimed by the DVLA with no compensation payable. The law was recently changed to allow them to do this as a "final solution". ISTR the excuse was that it aided "criminals" to outwit the ANPR cameras or some such tosh [8|]

 

[clyde]

I've read some tosh on this forum, such as trying to justify parking in spaces intended for disabled persons but the initial question and a lot of the replies on this thread must surely take the biscuit. The spacing in the letters and numbers in number plates are there to enable them to be read easily, possibly in a very short space of time. Perhaps if some of you had your cars damaged by a hit and run driver that the police could not trace because you couldn't read his number as it was squashed up (probably with fixings to make a 4 look like an A) you would look on this differently.
It's not a case of testers being jobs worth people, they're protecting everybody.
I've never understood why people have a need to do such things anyway.

 

[kbooker]

Clyde, you're correct, there is plenty of tosh on this forum but so what, who cares? it's generally light hearted tonge-in-cheek stuff. Personally I find comments like " if some of you had your cars damaged by a hit and run driver " unacceptable and not within the spirit of which this forum operates but hey,so what, who cares.

 

[Fred Hindle]

I think you will find that the DVLA (and their predecessors) have always been able to reclaim plates from you without any compensation having to be paid. The number is allocated to a vehicle but remains the property of the DVLA irrespective of whether you paid money for it or not. []
Cheers

 

[marlin]

TOSH[] TOSH[] TOSH[][][][]

 

[Alex Postan]

A TO5H

 

[Alex Postan]

ORIGINAL: clyde


I've never understood why people have a need to do such things anyway.

In my case, it's pure vanity, can't speak for anyone else.

 

[drummerboytom]

ORIGINAL: Alex Postan

ORIGINAL: clyde


I've never understood why people have a need to do such things anyway.

In my case, it's pure vanity, can't speak for anyone else.

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[Stewart Rix]

Heavy duty velcro works for me on the rear plate - my plate is 100% legally spaced when the car goes in for an MOT......

 

[day1zero]

Whhoooooooooooooo

That kicked it off!!!!!!

In response...I will fit the the originals back on...........for the MOT....and then revert back.......

The Police appear to be completely dis-interested in the plate...having been stopped for speeding the polite policeman even stated "nice plate"........ho hum....

Off to put the whole of my Burberry wardrobe on now.................[]