Quote Originally Posted by Beerhunter View Post
You are obviously ware that it is offence to use those plates and so please don't moan when you get nicked by a switched on Traffic cop. I'll be up to about £200 and three points. He/she may cut you some slack as long as you promise to fix them and don't use expressions like "stupid rules" when saying sorry.
Yup, I'm well aware. I'm guessing the last traffic plod I seen wasn't really switched on or had better things to worry about?

Stupid rules? Well ok I'm sure they have a reason for it but why? Fair enough the plates are the wrong colour but apart from that what difference does it make? The plates are the correct size, the font is the correct size, the font has the correct spacing unlike half the boy racer and personalized plate types with the italic fonts and dodgy spacing? I presume they still can be read by the ANPR and Speed cameras otherwise any pre 1973 vehicle with the old type plates will be invisible to the cameras.
So stupid rules is maybe the wrong description but it's got to be something like a pointless rule then? I can understand it when people get nicked for the iffy fonts and the likes, that's fair enough but to be done for a perfectly legible plate? Just think of all that paperwork you'd save if you ditched that particular law...