NEW MOT CHECK FOR REGISTRATION PLATES

Hambo · Post by **Hambo** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:29 pm

On car registered on or after 1 sep 2001

MUST Display on the plate the name,postcode of supplying outlet and BSAU145d marking.

MUST NOT have background overprinted, shadowed with text, honeycomd
or similar effect.

GET CHECKING

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:33 pm

Even in Scotland?

Cheers,
Robin

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:37 pm

*Pats August 1997 V5*

Hambo · Post by **Hambo** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:45 pm

All MOT station introduced new check from 1 OCT2007

neil · Post by **neil** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:46 pm

They'll probably want them full size too

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:48 pm

Can prob thank the congestion charge for that. Gave that red barsteward £8 two weeks ago.

Post by **simon** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:50 pm

and how many MOT stations will actually enforce it to the letter?

Post by **campbell** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:06 am

Feels good to have a '99.

However my cute front plate, with no postcode etc, was well good enough for the "Safety Partnership" to nab me in June from an overbridge. So all a fuss about nowt. As ever.

Nanny state. Feckers. How about catching the scum that lobbed a brick through our family car, 4-up. No? Too difficult? Ah. Right. Nab the missus for not displaying a current tax disc? Yep. Easy. Even though the "computer" can tell the b*st*rds she bought it 9 days in advance. Only mishtake was to leave it in the glovebox. Sheesh *.

Campbell

* - Chicks eh.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:34 am

saw it on police smash accident or whatever.
apparently it's for your benifit.

It makes your car easier to find if it get's stolen (didn't know bigger plates could withstand a gallon of petrol and a box of matches)

It's for (and I kid you not) anti-terror reasons. apparently it was a std plate that stopped the terrorists from making their way inside the terminal building at glasgow.

all that will happen is the same as a de-cat pipe, get a cool plate and an MOT plate

, MOT comes round swop and swop back when you get home. or you could run with no front plate and say it broke off on an illegal speedbump just pick one thats more than 100mm high and close to a bend in the road. There are 2 on elmbank drive kilmarnock they have the added bonus as the council have marked them up for trafic going up the hill when it's a 1 way street going down!

Post by **campbell** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:51 am

My original plate is hanging forlornly in the garage, in the hope that it can come out of retirement for a starring role in an MOT one day!

ABZ-Elise · Post by **ABZ-Elise** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:14 am

I also heard that you must have a mechanical fixing holding your number plates on ie. screws. Double sided tape or velcro is ilegal, so the police said when they pulled my mate over.

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:36 am

I know from experience that gaffa tape is not allowed...

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:03 am

simon wrote:and how many MOT stations will actually enforce it to the letter?

My thoughts exactly - Snot has 3/4 front plate, and no postcode or markings on either front or rear (courtesy of fancyplates.com).

I'd be surprised of that causes an issue come MOT time next year

tut · Post by **tut** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:03 pm

I thought that double sided tape was allowed, but not velcro.

tut

Edin430 · Post by **Edin430** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:45 pm

Mine are super strong Velcro...... Cut 40% shorter than standard.. All letters and numbers squeezed together with no spaces. Front AND back....... No writing etc etc

MOT'd just 3 weeks ago at Stratstone Lotus with not a single problem at all.... Also police pulled me a couple of days later for giving it some stick and did not say one word about the plates.. (traffic cops as well btw)..