IMHO, you could add a "plate surround" with a logo that looks like a larger plate, so long as it didn't suggest a means of dodging the ANPR cameras, i.e. no numbers or letters....

dunx

P.S. I fancy a "smug" personal reg., but won't pay £470 for one.

 

True, there is no actual 'legal' plate size it is as 'psigeek' says the spacing and font size that are legal requirments


Agreed cant see the problem with the footer text but i think the BS kitemark is to do with the reflection propities of the material so it can be read by Gatso and ANPR in the dark iirc

 

It's really quite simple. The only red tape that's created is by people trying to side-step the what is the law then complaining because they get caught. Footer text is reserved for the company making the plate. The logo is optional if you don't want to put an oval GB sticker on the car when abroad. If you bothered with the earlier link you'd understand that the British Standard mark refers to the visibility, strength and reflectivity of the plate.

On the contrary if it was enforced more you'd see less and less cloned cars.

... and that's not exactly friendly. It's 20 years old and an icon.

 

Yes but as long those properties are present what does the kitemark matter? Do someone for not having a plate that has the correct properties rather than just because it does not have a kitemark.

 

Hey just teasing my friend. I posted a pic of the rear of my 'never been in an accident in its life' Scoob in here the other day and had some wiseguy tell me it had obviously been in a major rear end shunt LOL

Got to love SN

 

I think you miss my point. Let's distill this down to just the logo for starters. Tell me why a GB logo is OK, but a Subaru logo isn't? And don't just say because it's the law, tell me why it's the law.

 

LOL ok

You do NOT have to have a logo on the plate. However, you have the option to display a GB on the plate in place of a sticker on the car if you take it abroad. I.e. It's removed red tape by allowing freer travel to the continent.

All countries in the EU follow this pattern each displaying their own unique country designated abbreviation. Again it saves all them when travelling too. It's something agreed upon.

So that's the standard. Country logo or none at all. Perhaps to some this seems absurd. However I see driving as a priviledge and not a right. If I can't have a football team on the plate (but can anywhere else on the car) then so be it as I'd rather be driving the scoob under the rules than not at all.

 

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Originally Posted by b13bat View Post
Agreed cant see the problem with the footer text but i think the BS kitemark is to do with the reflection propities of the material so it can be read by Gatso and ANPR in the dark iirc


That is the very point. If it has the kitemark then poor old plod knows 100% that it conforms and contains the required properties.

For example, would you use a skid-lid that was not kitemarked or fit a gas fire in your home that is not kitemarked??

A British Standard Kitemark tells the relevant persons that the item is legal and correct

 

I don't know, i never knew this question would cause so much trouble!

 

is summat wrong with my browser (firefox)

through the lettering i can see my background video (VLC) playing O_o

 

he he a healthy civilized conversation.