Dodgy number plates

I am surprised at amount of hi value cars with them ..screams drug dealer to me even though not true in most cases

Far too many non-compliant ones on the road. This highlights just how little Roads Policing enforcement there is. Some of the tinted background with black characters are very difficult to read.

I seen a reg plate last year on M50 in the format 0000-XX-YYY with numbers light blue on a silver background. There is just no way you should be able to drive about on the M50 with a made-up registration and not get pulled for it within a day or so.

No-one has been prosecuted for numberplates for a few years now, due to a loophole. (Which I have previously explained)

Is the 'loophole' not a position/view by AGS that it's the Revenue Commissioners that are responsible for compliance/enforcement, not them?

No.

Non confirming Number plates were made a ticketable offence, but the corresponding finance legislation was never fully enacted.

So as it stands, you're entitled to a ticket, and when thats not paid, only then can a summons be issued.

A summons can't be issued before a ticket.

The tickets are flawed, as the the payment legislation is incomplete.

No I'm not posting links. As it's one act referring to another, which refers to another, which refers to another.

Thanks @mikeecho. I am not looking for links. The RTA is a maze 😃

Bizarre the necessary legislation has not been enacted via Finance Bill post annual budget.

So as it stands, you're entitled to a ticket, and when thats not paid, only then can a summons be issued

Question on the above quote from your post; So it is enforceable /actionable (even if ticket /summons not viable) but AGS don't ? Display of non-compliant plate is akin/linked to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice ( masking vehicle ID etc) so it's not in anyone's interest not to request the vehicle plates are replaced with compliant ones within 7 days.

Not sure it should matter about the plate as long as it's readable by current ANPR. Should be a simple ticket to hand out if not readable.

Legibility for all is key. What if you are trying to capture it on dash cam for a fail.to stop incident , or a cyclist close passed by a car or a pedestrian nearly hit crossing the road or just a concerned citizen trying to report dangerous driving / potential drink driving? A reg plate has to be readable for all, and the reason many have dodgy plates is they don't want their reg to be easily readable.

Here come the “what if they hit your child and drove off” posts …

I don't understand.

Regarding legibility, I've never seen one I couldn't easily read. Most of them use that German plate font.

https://www.customeuropeanplates.com/pages/german-license-plate-codes

If the font was that bad, they couldn't drive through a toll unless they had a tag.

I saw one yesterday and the lettering on it was absolutely tiny, you would need to be right up behind to make it out. I have also heard that rumour that some of these custom plates cannot be read by speed vans or the cameras on the forecourts of petrol stations.

If it's passive IR, the contrast would be the only thing used. If it's active IR with an IR led, a normal plate will blind it anyway. I assume plenty of manufactures claim this, but form a quick search, I don't see anyone showing examples of what they claim

Or speed, drive dangerously, or rob houses, or fill up and drive off. Drugs gangs and their lackeys. Are you fine with all that, you sound like a self centred I'm alright Jack character? As long as you're unaffected? As long as your place isn't robbed or they dont collide with you?

They obscure or hide a registration by having them too small or having colours illegible in low light so people, cctv or dashcams can't read them perfectly.

That leaves plenty scope for people whose intentions are not entirely innocent.