speedking

For a trailer, can I still buy sticky black numbers and adhesive yellow background, or do I need to get a 'normal' numberplate? If the latter, what info do I need to show to get the numberplate?

CrisPDuk

You can still get the numbers & blank plates at my local shop, Thompsons of Macclesfield but they are marked, 'not for use on public highway', yeah right

If yours doesn't sell them anymore, and you can't be arsed sorting your docs out (V5 & both licence parts from memory), just ask them to do you a reflective yellow sign with your reg on Most places will do this, but advise you that you can't use it on a motor vehicle.

cookstar

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or just order a plate from CheapestPlates.co.uk | For all your number plate needs! no docs required

Poor Guy

i do believe caravan shops may sell the adhesive ones.

speedking

This is what I find mysterious. A trailer doesn't have a V5 obviously. A driving licence doesn't relate to a particular vehicle, and certainly not to a particular trailer A numberplate made from stick on characters is quite adequate for identification purposes on something used only a few miles a year and which is unlikely to be speeding, so why all the fuss?

A criminal (me? ) would buy the sticky letters to make his false plate, if these aren't banned then what's the point?

CrisPDuk

I think you'll find sk that most criminals will have access to the means to make proper number plates

rossi_classicwrx

the adhesive number plates are not legal anymore. I think 99% of police aren't petty enough to prosecute for this offence though.

OllyK

On a similar line - does anybody know where you can get a caddy for a number plate? I pull our trailer with both cars so need to swap the number plate around, ideally I want a slotted channel affair where I can just slip the number plate in and out - any truck drivers will know what I mean as it's the same kind of thing used on truck trailers

ETA: - Doh!
GT Towing Ltd Lighting Boards & Number Plate Storage

speedking

So what's the point of banning use of the self-adhesive ones? There must be millions of old cars and trailers on the road with numberplates not provided under the new law.

john_s

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It's the usual approach of "if there's a problem with something, let's throw a load of regulations at it and hope they work", only to later find out that they don't and just adversely affect those who were complying with the law anyway.

John.

spider

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Sticky plates, numbers, and letters available here trailer tek

Cheers,
Steve