Registration Plates!

extra-ordinary_

This is from

https://www.revenue.ie/en/vrt/vehicle-registration-tax/registration-plate-standards.aspx

"No other numbers, letter or marks should appear on the plate."

Then they illustrate a registration plate in exact contravention of the previous statement?

What's with the added 'dashes/hyphens'?

The reason I'm querying this is I'm after ordering a set of plates based on the first statement above - with no other marks (dashes/hyphens) between the sets of letters and numbers.

Is there any definitive regulation saying that there even need to be spaces between these sets of number and letters, or are the set I've ordered legal?

Hellrazer

Doesnt seem to matter what you put on your car these days - Ive never seen anyone penalised for not conforming to the regulations regarding plates.

Dont get me started with 3D plates , 4D plates (have we invented time travel yet), black on dark grey plates.

FFS you could get your 2 year old to use a pink crayon to write on a white piece of plastic and stick it on your car as a reg plate and you`d still be grand driving it.

extra-ordinary_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122650674#Comment_122650674

Ah yes, indeed, but all those 'hipsters' swap back to correct plates for the NCT. I'm wondering will my new plates fail the NCT.

M3CS

I think they'll pass the NCT without the hyphens.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058370310/registration-plates

You need to consult SI 318 of 1992.

It's very detailed and includes the exact spec. Of the hyphens.

This link will take you there.

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/si/318/#:~:text=S.I.-,No.,Finance%20Act%2C%201992%20(No.

extra-ordinary_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122650928#Comment_122650928

Thanks, was on that page earlier but only did a search of "plate" whereas I should've done a search of "First Schedule", crraapp

whisky_galore

Anything goes now pretty much.

A car local to me has faux Japanese plates, non standard size, in bright yellow. Do whatever the fk you like.

Glaceon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122650834#Comment_122650834

I remember about 10 years ago there was someone on my street with a 2003 Polo that didn't have the county name in Irish on the plate, but looked standard enough otherwise. Except for about a week or two every year when the plate was swapped out for a compliant one!

mac167

Honestly no one really cares these days. I got a set of metal pressed plates without hyphens and black EU flags. Come NCT I'm just going to swap it to my old plates.

Comhrá

Well it's Ireland after all. Conformity is not in our genes, and as in so many facets of life here, there is probably ambiguity/indifference regarding enforcement of the law pertaining to license plate regulation. Is it the Garda or the Revenue who are supposed to oversee these matters?

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122651198#Comment_122651198

Revenue can impose fines.

So in practice unless you are stopped by a multi agency checkpoint detection is unlikely.

If responsibility was passed to AGS/traffic wardens compliance would possibly improve.

Seth Brundle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122651339#Comment_122651339

We've bugger all traffic wardens and the Gardai appear to ignore pretty much all motoring related offences

Esel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122651195#Comment_122651195

Is she felt?

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122651399#Comment_122651399

Cork has 18 wardens and Galway 12.

Other local authorities employ wardens mostly operating in the larger towns.

While AGS enforcement numbers are down they still issued 283,516 fines last year.

It would be an easy catch for wardens and AGS could just add it to their list.

Or we can continue as we are.

https://www.thejournal.ie/traffic-offence-fines-decrease-6476843-Sep2024/

mikeecho

I've commented on the law regarding numberplates before.

And while the law is clear, there are irregularities with the enforcement.

The DPP has told gardai not to prosecute for non confirming plates, as there is an anomaly in the legislation, that had been there for a number of years and had not yet been fixed.

TBH, when they overhauled the RTA in 2010, they closed a few loopholes and opened a few more.

You will not find any record of a person being prosecuted for non confirming number plates in the past 6 or 7 years.

Allinall

OP. The regulations specifically refer to plates with dashes between the numbers and letters applying to vehicles registered before 2012. Any after that cannot have any other markings, presumably because there is an extra number involved in the year.

Whether it’s enforced or not is a separate issue.

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058370310/registration-plates

Why would you order plates with no hyphens when every other car plate in Ireland clearly has hyphens?

extra-ordinary_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122653947#Comment_122653947

Didn't remember them being on my existing plates so said no to the hyphens…

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122654052#Comment_122654052

And did you turn out to be wrong or did they actually not have any?

extra-ordinary_

On the car I was driving there did indeed seem to be slightly faded hyphens that I'd never even noticed! Was sure I'd seen reg plates before with just numbers and letters.

Next question will be, will I take the gamble on putting them through the NCT or just buy another set.

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122654125#Comment_122654125

Its only a free visual retest anyway so you may as well try your luck

Esel

Bastids wil be dropping the spaces next, and we'll be looking at

171D124738

Dirty Nails

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122654714#Comment_122654714

They'll have to consider using 173 & 174 as well :)

BobMc

funny was just discussing this with my daughter who's learning to drive as we pulled in behind a girl racer, A4 modded,

had a dark non reflective yellow and the smallest black print i've ever seen, in bumper to bumper traffic and right behind her

i could just about make out the year and county but some of the numbers struggled a bit, i take it the M50 toll cameras havent a hope to see it? do they need to swop these over then for NCT?

mcburns07

Why is there a requirement to have the county name in Irish at the top? What purpose does it serve?

mikeecho

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122661122#Comment_122661122

The new white plates with the year, were introduced in 1987.

In 1990 they introduced the blue stripe with the EU flag on it, some Irish language 'enthusiast' , kicked up a fuss about us losing our identity in Europe, and they introduced the county in Irish on the top to shut her up.

Or so is my recollection.

colm_mcm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122661328#Comment_122661328

I think the argument was that each state document had to be translated into Irish also. The Irish language lobby wanted them to change all the lettering on that basis, the writing on the top was the compromised reached. That’s my recollection of it anyway 😁

zell12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122654714#Comment_122654714

Saw it already! ie., 12 L M1234

I mean, who would do that to lovely leitrim?