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Number plate law?
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: "marjan" ---..... my mates landy has just gone through an MOT with one on a slope. The law just says it must be readable, nowhere does it say that it has to be at 90 degrees.
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This is true, but the requirements for the MOT are not the same as use on the road! This is true of many vehicle requirements.
The MOT manual states reason for rejection as:
1:A plate which is:
a:Missing
b:sSo insecure it may fall off
c:Having one or more figures missing or incomplete
d:faded, dirty or obscured (e.g. obscured by a towbar or not easily legible by a person standing approx. 20 metres away)
2a:Figures incorrectly displayed
2b:A Figure misformed so that it may be misread
2c:A Figure which is not of equal width along it's entire length
I guess 1d is the most relevant to this thread. What it means is that most bonnet mounted stick on plates should fail the MOT.
I once had an MOT tester fail a car with a cracked plate. It was held on with several self adhesive pads so was not about to fall off and the letters were all clearly visible. I had to persuade him to read his manual (in the politest possible way of course!) and tell me if it his fail was actually correct. Needless to say, the car passed it's MOT :roll:
JumboBeef:
--- Quote ---I guess 1d is the most relevant to this thread. What it means is that most bonnet mounted stick on plates should fail the MOT.
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What about these then................?
V8MoneyPit:
Yep! That should fail an MOT.....*if* they cannot be clearly read from someone stood 20 metres away. The MOT manual is quite clear in what it says. However, it doesn't take into account the height of the vehicle or for that matter the height of the MOT tester :lol: It just has to be clearly readable from 20 metres.
The e-type has the advantage of being rather lower than a Land Rover, so they might just get away with it!!
My MG Midget always had the plate on top like that and it never failed an MOT. I'm sure it depends on the MOT testers idea of what's acceptable too!
MudRat:
--- Quote from: "V8MoneyPit" ---
--- Quote from: "marjan" ---..... my mates landy has just gone through an MOT with one on a slope. The law just says it must be readable, nowhere does it say that it has to be at 90 degrees.
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This is true, but the requirements for the MOT are not the same as use on the road! This is true of many vehicle requirements.:
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Oh and 90 degree bit is true, you can argue with my super intendent neighbour if you want!!! :wink:
Terranosaurus:
--- Quote from: "DarrenG" ---
--- Quote from: "disco-v8" ---ok bit of a change of subject... even tho its still about number plates
ive seen alot of offroaders from mudclub aswell with stick on number plater on the front of the bonnet!!!!!
are these legal as they dont look like the reflective sort?????
plus where do you get them from
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They're not legal, but as above, if sensibly used with correct font etc and visible from the front they're unlikely to attract the wrong sort of attention.
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I can source the correct reflective backgrounds and letters if anyone wants proper stick on ones.
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