Personal number plates
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Still havent transferred mine yet (T6 VYY), need to do it when I have time to ring all the insurance, VW warranty, Hillside, CCC, Eberspacher, Photonic, National Trust and all the 'local' vehicle passes...
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Looking in the Telegraph (as you do) and saw an advert for a firm called Regtransfers.co.uk, so had a look for anything T6 related. Jackpot there was THE plate T6. Looked on website and it has been reduced to £262,500!!!!! Bargain. I have not bought it so its still there if anyone is interested.
Baz
Looking in the Telegraph (as you do) and saw an advert for a firm called Regtransfers.co.uk, so had a look for anything T6 related. Jackpot there was THE plate T6. Looked on website and it has been reduced to £262,500!!!!! Bargain. I have not bought it so its still there if anyone is interested.
Baz
I have VT51DUB on my old T5.1 which I need to get round to selling.
Hi guys. Looking for advice. We have just bought our first plate. Wondering on the legal side of things ie the spacing etc. Do the police really bother these days? My wife (belle) is a little worried as she will be driving the van from time to time and doesn’t want grief from the plod. The 1st plate is how I want it to be but the second plate is the ‘legal way’. @Olly hall have you had any issues as such ? As I like your plate this is what made me search for this plate and couldn’t believe they actually had it.
Perfect cheers for that mate. Hopefully should be ok then least put me wife mind at rest
I got pulled in my Mk2 a few years ago for ‘illegal’ spacing (jobsworths) £55 slap
Fantastic plate
I found if you don’t mess with the fount shape and size, they don’t bother you.
It be wrong not to say .. that you can be done for spacing, up to a £1,000 fine, and it can be a MOT fail if MOT Center wants to be funny.
I get two sets made up.. one with spacing and one legal If needed for MOT, and if i hear pol ice are having a crackdown in your area.
Tbh, my partners plate is spaced out just like your top plate, and had no problem.
This is a great forum and I've learned a lot since joining recently. Haven't had much I could contribute but re personalised / illegal number plates I do have some 'insider' info!
When she's not being a 'plod', 'jobsworth', harassing law abiding motorists or having fun racing on blue lights to get back for a tea break (+ all the other stereotypes) my wife is a traffic police officer (proud owner of new Starlight Blue T6 conversion and a personal plate). On most shifts she and her colleagues will have been picking up body parts from another fatal RTC, informing a family that their loved one isn't coming home, risking their lives dealing with RTC's on motorways or been in a pursuit to arrest ATM ram raiders / car thieves etc. On those days you will probably sail by with an illegal number plate.
On other days an illegal number plate might make you stand out from the crowd as worthy of a stop check when combined with another minor traffic infringement or you might be involved in a no fault traffic incident.
If for any reason you do end up interacting with traffic police they won't ignore the illegal plate (they can't ignore it). As mentioned previously that can mean up to £1000 fine, you will be given a ticket to get a legal plate fitted plus the DVLA will be informed. It is a condition of buying a personal plate that it is displayed legally so the DVLA have the option to cancel it (and often do).
Being married to a 'cop' and being ex police myself, as you might expect, respecting the law is part of our personal values so we display our personal number legally. A practical reason for a legal plate is that,should your pride and joy be stolen, with an illegal number plate it is harder to track on the network of ANPR cameras and less likely to be recovered.
If you do get stopped and spoken to about an illegal number plate or any other minor offence, from personal experience of my policing days, saying things like "haven't you got any real criminals to catch" won't help your case!
When she's not being a 'plod', 'jobsworth', harassing law abiding motorists or having fun racing on blue lights to get back for a tea break (+ all the other stereotypes) my wife is a traffic police officer (proud owner of new Starlight Blue T6 conversion and a personal plate). On most shifts she and her colleagues will have been picking up body parts from another fatal RTC, informing a family that their loved one isn't coming home, risking their lives dealing with RTC's on motorways or been in a pursuit to arrest ATM ram raiders / car thieves etc. On those days you will probably sail by with an illegal number plate.
On other days an illegal number plate might make you stand out from the crowd as worthy of a stop check when combined with another minor traffic infringement or you might be involved in a no fault traffic incident.
If for any reason you do end up interacting with traffic police they won't ignore the illegal plate (they can't ignore it). As mentioned previously that can mean up to £1000 fine, you will be given a ticket to get a legal plate fitted plus the DVLA will be informed. It is a condition of buying a personal plate that it is displayed legally so the DVLA have the option to cancel it (and often do).
Being married to a 'cop' and being ex police myself, as you might expect, respecting the law is part of our personal values so we display our personal number legally. A practical reason for a legal plate is that,should your pride and joy be stolen, with an illegal number plate it is harder to track on the network of ANPR cameras and less likely to be recovered.
If you do get stopped and spoken to about an illegal number plate or any other minor offence, from personal experience of my policing days, saying things like "haven't you got any real criminals to catch" won't help your case!
Good answer.This is a great forum and I've learned a lot since joining recently. Haven't had much I could contribute but re personalised / illegal number plates I do have some 'insider' info!
When she's not being a 'plod', 'jobsworth', harassing law abiding motorists or having fun racing on blue lights to get back for a tea break (+ all the other stereotypes) my wife is a traffic police officer (proud owner of new Starlight Blue T6 conversion and a personal plate). On most shifts she and her colleagues will have been picking up body parts from another fatal RTC, informing a family that their loved one isn't coming home, risking their lives dealing with RTC's on motorways or been in a pursuit to arrest ATM ram raiders / car thieves etc. On those days you will probably sail by with an illegal number plate.
On other days an illegal number plate might make you stand out from the crowd as worthy of a stop check when combined with another minor traffic infringement or you might be involved in a no fault traffic incident.
If for any reason you do end up interacting with traffic police they won't ignore the illegal plate (they can't ignore it). As mentioned previously that can mean up to £1000 fine, you will be given a ticket to get a legal plate fitted plus the DVLA will be informed. It is a condition of buying a personal plate that it is displayed legally so the DVLA have the option to cancel it (and often do).
Being married to a 'cop' and being ex police myself, as you might expect, respecting the law is part of our personal values so we display our personal number legally. A practical reason for a legal plate is that,should your pride and joy be stolen, with an illegal number plate it is harder to track on the network of ANPR cameras and less likely to be recovered.
If you do get stopped and spoken to about an illegal number plate or any other minor offence, from personal experience of my policing days, saying things like "haven't you got any real criminals to catch" won't help your case!
Your wife must work in a different police force to the one that covers the area that I work in then, because in 20 years of dealing with fatalities on the roads I have never ever seen a roads policing officer pick up a single body part from the carriageway.
Fantastic plate
I found if you don’t mess with the fount shape and size, they don’t bother you.
It be wrong not to say .. that you can be done for spacing, up to a £1,000 fine, and it can be a MOT fail if MOT Center wants to be funny.
I get two sets made up.. one with spacing and one legal If needed for MOT, and if i hear pol ice are having a crackdown in your area.
Tbh, my partners plate is spaced out just like your top plate, and had no problem.
Ah cheers mate was really pleased to find that plate especially as my wife said about getting a plate for the new van and it’s spelt perfect as well as me being TJ
I was told to make a ‘legal’ one up for the MOT. Not that I should have to worry for 3 yrs but I’m gonna carry it around just in case
Certainly don't want to trade gruesome stories of jobs we have all been to that should never see light of day on a public forum and I'll give you that she sees more body parts being dealt with by the fantastic teams from Fire and Ambulance. She will though be the one searching victims for ID. After the other services leave and CI take over you might be surprised how many 'bits' turn up that have to bagged (or fire brought back to clean). Even then calls often come in from MOP who come across things they'd rather not find some distance from the scene.Good answer.
Your wife must work in a different police force to the one that covers the area that I work in then, because in 20 years of dealing with fatalities on the roads I have never ever seen a roads policing officer pick up a single body part from the carriageway.
All emergency services do a hard and often thankless job- thank goodness they are there to do the jobs other people run away from.
