In County clare I estimate about 5% of the cars have non compliant number plates, and the vast majority of them are on BMWs and Audis.
Do the police ever take action on this issue?
Right mate go on so and be obsessed over things that don’t matter, don’t care and not engaging any further on the subject.
The point, and which is lost on you, is that legislation prescribes a certain format for the reason of legibility. If legibility did not matter, they would not be so descriptive, and there would probably be no need for a visible display of a registration plate.
That you don't care, does not change the requirement.
It's a joke, but no laughing matter, that the only sanction owners of vehicles with non-confirming plates face is an NCT fail. And if this is the only advisory from the test, a re-test is a visual inspection at no cost.
I do however agree with you that all road traffic offences should be rigoursly enforced by AGS to make our roads safer for all users, including those that believe the road traffic act/rules of the road do not apply to them.
My latest car came with non standard plates but they’re legible just don’t strictly conform to the prescribed template. I’ve no issue with them but it seems some perfectionists get awfully worked up over this for some unknown reason. Could it be a modern take on the curtain twitchers?
With the elimination of the tax disc and enforcement through traffic cameras and NPR technology, I wonder If they will enforce the correct application of number plates?
Doesn't bother me. But it might bother you when you go for your NCT.
It would be logical in order to make the most of the investment in technology.
Considering the UK don’t do this, we definitely won’t either
We really should though.
They know they have a problem with "ghost" plates now and are trying to deal with it.
The ANPR technology is good but it only works if it can actually read the plate.
I would think that the number of dodgy plates on the road in the UK is miniscule compared to here.
Nha, its worse over there. They also tend to use illegal spacing a lot too, to make words on private plates. But DVLA can confiscate your plate if your caught 3 times
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We had '4d'plates in the 1960s!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woodysworld1778/5090810697
Yes but those plates were and still would be in compliance with the statute as the letters and numbers form part of the plate and are inseparable therefrom.
Guys, there’s practically ZERO chance of any enforcement when the very people tasked with said enforcement are breaking the aforementioned rules.
Just the other day I observed a car with “4-D” text, a dark background and a missing front plate, and where does it turn? Into Swords Garda station. 🙄
I'm not sure if this is just in Cork or if there is any national clamp down planned.
Coincidentally yesterday I saw a car with a yellow plate on the front which was a first for me. It was a Galway reg.
https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/garda-cracking-down-illegal-irish-31795542
It's common enough...I saw an old guy driving a new BMW X5... With the gel plates, black background.
It's all beautifully vague about what they're actually going to do.
Unless they are going to increase the number of multi agency checkpoints it's hard to see what they can do.
Maybe start issuing fines, or making reports to Revenue so they start issuing fines?
As was discussed earlier in the thread the legislation is a mess.
They need to leave Revenue out of it.
Then have a hefty but not stupid fine like the current 5k.
Say something like €500 and leave enforcement to AGS and traffic wardens.
Simple pic and FCPN.
That's if they are serious...
What they could do?
How about they pick a date in the future which gives people time to get the plates sorted back to the standard ones? Say the 1st July or rhe 1st August. Have an advertising campaign, and tell folk that they will get an automatic fine if stopped with a non standard plate after that. Or a point on their licence.
Then set a date for illegally blacked out windows, and do the same with those.
It would be achievable if the will was there.
€500 is a bit ridiculous don’t you think. A standard €60 fixed penalty notice with 1 or 2 penalty points would be more appropriate.
See post above.
Yes add in publicity and a sort of amnesty.
After that just go for it.
Well I just worked back to 10% of the current fine 🙂
But you're an accomplished dealer so I'll move back a bit more and we'll shake in the middle.
If the aim is to wipe out the dodgy plates we won't fall out over money 🙂
Penalty points are the game changer.
How about this almost completely illegible beaut today, with bizarre pink/purple translucent PVC lettering;
I don't think it should be a penalty point offense - those should be strictly reserved for road safety issues IMO, although that concept is blurred by including no NCT / Insurance as penalty point offences. It should be an outright driving ban, under the assumption that you are trying to avoid detection and intending to carry out criminality (below), a criminal prosecution, and an outrageous fine, under the assumption you're trying to avoid tolls. I'd argue that an unidentifiable car easily falls under the "any article" below.
Seize and crush, it's the only way 😉
Something like this, perhaps?
Crushing is all a bit performative.
I don't like the idea of wilful waste of resources.
If vehicles have value better to sell them and make use of the money.
it’s not enough…I’ll raise your seize and crush by strapping the driver to the seat first….I win I win
The vast majority of the so called not conforming number plates are perfectly legible so as usual the zealots need to relax their kaks a little
