OK. here is a little teaser for you all. today I drove through a British City, from one side to the other. It was around lunch time, say 13:30 to 14:15. I counted the number of pedestrians that I saw, that is anyone who was not in or on a vehicle. I counted a grand total of 16, including 7 waiting at a bus stop by the hospital, and a council workman repairing a street lamp.
Which city was it?
Also, I saw a Driving school vehicle with a personalised number plate, but the spacing on the plate was incorrect, it was something like this AB0 1 CDE
Is that legal? if not would the examiner be prosecuted if the vehicle was stopped by the police while he was conducting a test?
It’s funny how bored you can get, even with a manual gearbox!
Not sure about the city but AB01 was never issued. The latest style of index plate followed the older ‘Y’ prefix and kicked off in September 2001 making the 1st ones ever issued ‘51’ plates
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Also, I saw a Driving school vehicle with a personalised number plate, but the spacing on the plate was incorrect, it was something like this AB0 1 CDE
Is that legal? if not would the examiner be prosecuted if the vehicle was stopped by the police while he was conducting a test?
If it’s wrongly spaced which it is (A801 CDE would be correct according to the previous post) then it’s the owner who’d be prosecuted. When I did my test you had to sign a disclaimer stating the vehicle was legal for this reason.
Sorry AB 01 CDE was simply to illastrate the spacing, didn’t want to put the correct plate on here. Should have put AB 51 CDE! It was spaced like this AB5 1 CDE
Not Worcs, Lichfield, or ely, although Ely is closest geographically!
The owner wouldn’t be prosecuted, the person in charge of the vehicle at the time of the offence would, in this case, both the driver and the examiner could receive a £60 non endorsable ticket. A copy of the ticket would also be sent to DVLA and they may consider revoking the plate and issuing a generic one (so the keeper ■■■■■ out on the £250 or however much he paid for it)
As for the City… it’d have to be somewhere that no one in their right mind would want to live (given you only saw 16 people) so I’m going to say Norwich!
All Reg plates have to have the letters and numbers spaced correctly whether fitted to an HGV or light vehicle otherwise they could fail the MOT and Police can issue fixed penalties up to £1,000.
Also, the characters on a number plate need to be a standard height and width.
Your number plate should show the correct:
-character height - 79 millimetres
-character width - 50 millimetres (except the figure 1 or letter I)
-character stroke - 14 millimetres
-space between characters - 11 millimetres
-space between groups - 33 millimetres
-top, bottom and side margins - minimum 11 millimetres
-space between vertical lines - 19 millimetres
True, a lot of people ignore this law but then again they also use their mobile when driving and speed in built up areas…until they get caught!
