P1CK4D
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Originally posted by James_DT
You're right, but that's YOUR wording.
A pre-1973 car can wear the white/yellow plates, but that isn't the plate the standard car would have come with from the show room.
Oh course they can. That is the legal plate of this day and age.
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P1CK4D
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No it isn't. The character itself is flat and unaltered, it's the surface around it that's raised.
If the surface is altered, a part of the plate is altered, making it illegal? 
It specifies that the character can't be altered, and it isn't.
If I get a boner, it raises up. Hence my penis is altered. The letters on that plate, are raised. Making it altered.
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Nic Barnes
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give up p1ck4d. someone read something on a site that was selling something so it must be true.
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James_DT
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Originally posted by P1CK4D
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Originally posted by James_DT
You're right, but that's YOUR wording.
A pre-1973 car can wear the white/yellow plates, but that isn't the plate the standard car would have come with from the show room.
Oh course they can. That is the legal plate of this day and age.
That's not the plate a standard car would have come with, which is what you said.
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give up p1ck4d. someone read something on a site that was selling something so it must be true.
No, now I'm using the DVLA and OPSI websites.
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P1CK4D
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give up p1ck4d. someone read something on a site that was selling something so it must be true.
True. A girl was offering a blowjob for £5 last night on the corner, it must have been a legal act.
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P1CK4D
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Originally posted by James_DT
That's not the plate a standard car would have come with, which is what you said.
I think you'll find the yellow and white plates are what standard cars come with. Thats why I said it. 
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James_DT
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Not before 1973.
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John
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There's so much shit in this thread tbh, it depends how old the car is as well, you can't make everybody go out and buy a new plate.
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P1CK4D
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Originally posted by P1CK4D
Nothing is legal apart from the plate a standard car would come with.
Read that. Read it word for word. If a car comes from the manufactuers with those plates. They are LEGAL. A white and yellow plate on a car before 1973 are going to be legal, as they are LEGAL plates.
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John
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Car's don't come from the manufacturer with plates.
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big eck
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3/4 plates with standard lettering/numbers/spacing ARE LEGAL and i'm willing to put a months wages on it.
I have a set on the missus car which I bought from halfords a few weeks ago.
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John
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They are, they only need a certain width around the edges, I can't work out if barnes and friend are taking the piss or not.
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DannyB
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So, is it at the policeman/womans discression if they ask you to remove one, as I know plenty of people who have been pulled and told to change them because they are illegal?
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John
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Traffic cops don't even know the rules let alone normal cops.
Normal cops pulled my gf over and told her traffic would give her a fine for her plates being too short.
Length was fine, they didn't have a bs mark, manufacturer or postcode though, idiots.
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big eck
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Nope they have no right to tell you to take them off as they are legal in every way.
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steel
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http://www.policespecials.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=81351
thats all i could find on the subject, they seem to think there legal and theres a couple of links on there too
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John
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Police specials are even lower than normal cops, I'd take more notice of a lollipop man forum.
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steel
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Police specials are even lower than normal cops, I'd take more notice of a lollipop man forum.
sum on there are proper police had a proper read n says it down the side if they are or not
but agreed specials are only useful for telling you where the nearest ATM machine is 
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Nic Barnes
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im proper police. im telling you they are not legal.
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sparcost3
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
give up p1ck4d. someone read something on a site that was selling something so it must be true.
thats a classic mate lol... glad i asked this question now! started world war 3  quite amuzing really lol
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sparcost3
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Originally posted by big eck
3/4 plates with standard lettering/numbers/spacing ARE LEGAL and i'm willing to put a months wages on it.
I have a set on the missus car which I bought from halfords a few weeks ago.
thank you!!! thats all i wanted to know !!!!!  3/4 plate on tomorow then 
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DannyB
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tbh, just get one anyway. If they tell you to change it then do so, I've had no problems with mine.
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3lfz
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to save this massive argument, why not buy a pressed plate from a site stating its legal, put it on the car, keeping proof of purchase, and if you get pulled over and fined, you can appeal and the site you bought it from will be fined and not yourself.. sorted.
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sparcost3
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to save this massive argument, why not buy a pressed plate from a site stating its legal, put it on the car, keeping proof of purchase, and if you get pulled over and fined, you can appeal and the site you bought it from will be fined and not yourself.. sorted.
this is a fair point tbh
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P1CK4D
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Originally posted by sparcost3
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Originally posted by big eck
3/4 plates with standard lettering/numbers/spacing ARE LEGAL and i'm willing to put a months wages on it.
I have a set on the missus car which I bought from halfords a few weeks ago.
thank you!!! thats all i wanted to know !!!!! 3/4 plate on tomorow then
Nooo, thats what you wanted to hear. How does that statement there make it Legal? Of course Halfords are going to sell them, why not? They sell spray cans and hammers etc. Its not Illegal to sell such items, its their intended use that is.
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