single line plates

I'm sure it used to say you could have a single line plate,
provided the letters were the correct height / width and spaced correctly.

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regmarks/reg_marks_current_requirements.htm#motorcycles

This thread hints at it
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?h...ns939A7D1999766ringading%40130.133.1.4&rnum=9

 

So, you come up with something that has been asked and answered
previously, quoting the same url as in the original post, to which you
refer in your query.

What is it you want?

You need to bear in mind that regulations governing number plates have
been changed a few times recently.

 

The "Stones Justice Manual" states that as long as the characters are the
correct size and spacing then the plate is fine.

It seems that the DVLA don't agree with this though, so who knows.

 

So what if you transfer an old cherished number such as B6 to a bike?

Do you have to have that on 2 lines?

As usual the orforitys have not thought it through completely.

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In the past I've quoted Butterworths Police Law in court to be gently
informed it was only a guide and not the definitive law. Fortunately the
relevant C&U agreed with my point [1].

Are single line plates specifically proscribed in the act that gave us
reflective plates? (1968 - 1973 ish)


[1] Producing, whilst in the dock, a photocopy of the relevant act
resulted in me being, not so gently, informed that copying crown
documents was a breach of copyright. You'll never take me alive fuckers!

 

you are transferring the numbers not the plate
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This was 1985, its probably changed.

It's not something I have a huge problem with. It's a useful identifier.
The copyright, patent, whatever doesn't belong to a 'private' individual
or corporate body but to the state and represents the efforts of the
collective.

Without using the word 'collective' which some people find scary....

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

That's fucking rich. Considering we all paid for the fuckers who drew
them up and printed them, I'd think that any member of the public has a
right to copy them as many times as he/she feels like.

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What is it you want?

Andy Carvell's answer.

 

In ß Ø ® G triped:

Yes, but if you read the actual cite it includes the following words:
"Motorcycles registered on or after 1 September 2001 must display a two-line
number plate number plate. Motorcycles registered prior to the 1 September
2001 may display a three-line plate, but one-line plates are illegal,
irrespective of the date of registration of the motorcycle. "

Therefore interpreting this literally, i.e. wholly in line with the current
socio-political way of thinking, would mean that the B and 6 as suggested by
the good Colonel would not be allowed to be on a single line.

 

...

I think they count as a single "group".

On the DVLA site, in the table that lists the character size and spacings,
it says "Space between vertical lines" which makes no sense at all.

On a two line plate, you have horizontal lines of characters !?!

 

That's the line that prompted my original post.
I don't remember seeing that on there before.

 

You're allowed to copy them anyway! As long as you don't cover the whole
thing, just the sections required. It's how your allowed to quote from
books etc for study without having to ask for permission from the
copyright holder. [1]

[1] it's fair use.. even if we don't legally have a fair use law.
However the copyright act mentions such thing iirc.

 

could be that if you transfer the old number to a brand new bike then
you have to follow the law 'On or after 1 sept' It's related to the
age of the bike not the number plate then
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But then I used to have a number plate on my trike that was made to
look like the bottom of it was melting and dripping and used blue
number and letters, This went through a MOT several times, and the
tester was a honest tester that stuck to the laws.
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The font face didn't used to be specified,
just the width and height of the characters,
and the spacing / layout.

The thing the police seem hottest on is the grouping.
eg. L1SA T rather than L1 SAT

 

Number plates are not testable items on motorcycle MOTs. I assume this
covers Trikes.

 

Ahhh, ok
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how things change. it's all to do with the character recognition software
behind the cameras.

 

In ß Ø ® G triped:

This part of the text "but one-line plates are illegal, irrespective of the
date of registration of the motorcycle." seems pretty clear to me - the DVA
do not accept single line plates as legal.