DiscoJoe
New Member
Care to explain why?
As far as I can see the only requirement is for the plate to be vertical (or as close as possible) and visible from in front of the vehicle.
The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 applies.
livers
Well-Known Member
Yep. and those very same regs. say:-
PART II
REGISTRATION PLATES
Interpretation of Part II
4.
In this Part the following expressions shall have the following meanings
diagonal length, in relation to a relevant area, means the length of a line drawn
diagonally across the square enclosing the area (so that the extent of the relevant area is
thereby delimited);
relevant area, in relation to a registration plate, means the area contained in a square
described on the ground
(a) in front of the vehicle in the case of a plate fixed on the front of the vehicle, and
(b) behind the vehicle in the case of a plate fixed on the rear of the vehicle
Fixing of front registration plates: vehicles registered on or after the relevant date
6.
(1) This regulation applies to vehicles, other than works trucks, road rollers and
agricultural machines, first registered on or after the relevant date.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (5), a registration plate must be fixed on the front of the
vehicle in the manner required by paragraph (3)
So unless you roof rack extends over the bonnet then NO.
MrNasty
Well-Known Member
I fitted a square one on the side of my commercial winch bumper, its not a standard size though it was what they called a Jap import size which is smaller than a UK square plate, I'm going to see how it goes and if it breaks I will order a metal square motorbike one off eBay.
Mine's mounted on the light bar on the cage and I've never had any grief about it either. Until a particularly clued up PC tells me to move it that's where it'll stay.
By the way, my avatar pic is out of date. The plate is fixed to the light bar where the two middle spots were.
By the way, my avatar pic is out of date. The plate is fixed to the light bar where the two middle spots were.
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livers
Well-Known Member
Aren't they mythical beasts? Like unicorns and sun roof seals?
top drive
Well-Known Member
and following on the part of that legislation you omit..
"in such a position that in normal daylight the characters of the registration mark are easily distinguishable, in the case of a plate fixed on the front of the vehicle, from in front of the vehicle"
being pedantic the last time i checked the front of the roof rack was at the front of the car facing forwards and not the back and so perfectly legible in day light conditions from the front of the vehicle.
Ive gone through mots with the plate in the window and on the bulkhead flap.
"in such a position that in normal daylight the characters of the registration mark are easily distinguishable, in the case of a plate fixed on the front of the vehicle, from in front of the vehicle"
being pedantic the last time i checked the front of the roof rack was at the front of the car facing forwards and not the back and so perfectly legible in day light conditions from the front of the vehicle.
Ive gone through mots with the plate in the window and on the bulkhead flap.
Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
Legally it must be mounted at the most frontal point on the vehicle. (There are exceptions for kits cars & foreign imports etc) and it must form the center of the rectangle described in a previous post. This in t petty redtape or anything like that. IT's purely so that the speed cameras/ANPR Camera's can take a clear pic of ya plate.
top drive
Well-Known Member
All the more reason to stick it somewhere else till someone stops you and tells you other wise
My old frontera had the plate mounted in a recess on the soft bullbar.
The anpr at a local carpark couldnt detect it....twas great when i needed to leave the car in town on occasion
My old frontera had the plate mounted in a recess on the soft bullbar.
The anpr at a local carpark couldnt detect it....twas great when i needed to leave the car in town on occasion
These would be technically illegal as they use the wrong size digits. Car plates have a bigger digit than imports which use motorcycle digits.
Some import plates are not much smaller than a proper 4x4 square plate anyway.
And I think you may struggle to get a steel motorcycle made with in white.
