99 spec bumper 5 digit plate

[Nas80]

I've got a five digit plate and a 99 spec front bumper

Obviously the bumper plate plinth? width allowed is much smaller then your normal size plate.

My FD is a 1998 car which was obv imported according to the law

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2687/regulation/5/made

I can have the smaller 64mm tall characters and 10mm spacing between each character and obviously there's the minimal border gap.

My confusion is gap you need between groups of letters. Say for instance my plate is A9 BCD can I have it so theres no gap eg. A9BCD

The legislation doesn't say I need to have a bigger gap between groups?

 

[Mattfdoc]

Try this place www.rivalmotorsport.co.uk as they do Jap size plates and get 5 digits on one line legally

 

[Jit]

Interesting how that link doesn’t mention gaps between groups of letters though. That said, you live in traffic police central so if there was any place in the UK I’d want that clarifying, it would be up in Yorkshire.

 

[Nas80]

Yea it's probably not going to work for me if I have illegal plates,

I is brown too

 

[Jit]

I think really you’d have to be driving like a complete tool or doing something else to get pulled over first for them to make an issue of the plate. And even then you’d have to be a complete bell end to the copper for them to flag it I reckon.
I was pulled over a couple of times by M25 and M23 traffic police in my old merc with a six digit plate (all letters bunched together). First was for undertaking (not aggressively I might add, just couldn’t be bothered to change 3 lanes to drive around some clown who didn’t understand that we drive on the left in the UK and the right hand lanes are overtaking) and second was a tail light and indicator out. Both times no one said a word about the plates even though it would have been easy to. I think they tend to be fine as long as their ANPR device can read it. That’s why dodgy fonts get flagged most of the time.

 

[Paulm]

I've been done for illegal plates, but that was in yorkshire on the m1. They had a slight italic to the lettering but perfectly readable. Cop gave me a choice, take the fine for the plates or go to court for speeding and dangerous driving. I cut 3 lanes to get off motorway, i accelerated to pass a group of cars into a gap to get off so there was nothing dangerous about it. But sometimes its just pointless arguing.

 

[Nas80]

I may print off the link and keep it in my car.

I don't really drive like a dickhead, although sometimes it does happen.

That way after they have done the usual initial aggressive approach on me , I can politely ask the officer to ensure he is happy that I may or may not be in contravention and point out why.

 

[Jit]

Found this. Not sure where they got their info from so don’t ask me. https://www.regtransfers.co.uk/content/number-plates-rules/

 

[rob fd]

 

[JoeLanger]

Displaying number plates

How to display number or licence plates, get plates made up, replace lost, damaged or stolen plates, and the national letters, flags and symbols you can display.

www.gov.uk

 

[Nas80]

Displaying number plates

How to display number or licence plates, get plates made up, replace lost, damaged or stolen plates, and the national letters, flags and symbols you can display.

www.gov.uk

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That's not for Japanese imports

 

[JoeLanger]

That's not for Japanese imports

Letter sizing still gotta be right though, just the size of the plate is different.

you still need gaps on groups of letters if thats what it is on V5

 

[Sacrilegious-FD]

Letter sizing still gotta be right though, just the size of the plate is different.

you still need gaps on groups of letters if thats what it is on V5

From what i have read, you can use motorbike sized lettering IF your import bumper does not have the provision for a regular sized plate.

Neil

 

[Myocardial Infarction]

The relevant legislation (copied below in respect of imports) is as per The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

You need to read the special cases clauses in respect of an import in conjunction with the underlying statutory instrument: The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
which states:

(7) The horizontal spacing between groups of characters in a mark must be that shown in line 5 of Table B in relation to the relevant character height.

Table B can be found at the bottom of: SCHEDULE 3: LAYOUT OF REGISTRATION MARKS

If you have a 64mm character height then as per line 5 you need a horizontal spacing of 30mm between groups of characters

“Size and spacing of characters: special cases
14A.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to any vehicle imported into the United Kingdom which—

(a)does not have European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval; and

(b)is so constructed that the area available for the fixing of the registration plate precludes the display on the plate of a registration mark in conformity with the requirements of regulation 14.

(2) In relation to a vehicle to which this regulation applies—

(a)each character in the registration mark must be 64 millimetres high;

(b)the width of each character of the mark, other than the letter “I” and the figure “1”, must be 44 millimetres;

(c)the width of every part of the stroke forming a character in a mark must be 10 millimetres;

(d)the spacing between any two characters within a group must be 10 millimetres;

(e)the vertical spacing between groups of characters must be 5 millimetres;

(f)the width of a margin between the mark and the top and lateral sides of the registration plate must be not less than 5 millimetres;

(g)the space between the bottom of the mark and the bottom of the registration plate must be not less than 13 millimetres; but, within that space, the space between the bottom of the mark and the top of the name and postcode of the person by whom the plate was supplied must be not less than 5 millimetres.”(1)

(1)
As to European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval, see Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (O.J. L No. 42, 23.2.70, p. 1), as last amended by Council Directive 98/14/EC (O.J. L No. 91, 25.3.98, p. 1). See also regulation 11 of the Motor Vehicle (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2051).

 

[Nas80]

30mm thanks I'll get onto the plate makers and get them done

 

[Sacrilegious-FD]

30mm thanks I'll get onto the plate makers and get them done

Let's see when done