Dodgy number plates

Yep, this.

The plates will just move in a different direction, one not immediately obvious.

Just seen a motorcycle Gard pull over 2 separate cars on the dual carriage way outside Grange Castle. Both cars had those grey plates. I would definitely say the spot light is on the use of illegal plates. As said fish in a barrel

Someone said the same about speeding, phone use, parking, ..

Yeah, however if you spot a speed van or Garda ahead you can put a phone down or slow down if you have time. With illegal number plates what are you going to do if coming up on a garda vehicle or check point.

Seen one similar on N11 on Saturday. It was on a hot hatch, and the driving was not so hot. The reg background and typography were grey. Typeface was very small and kerning (spacing) minimal. By design, it was not readable .

They should really tidy it up a bit too - standard font and standard layout. As it stands its any font that complies with a certain set of basic rules.

??? It is already incredibly precise https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/si/318/made/en/print

.. shall appear in black characters and each letter or figure shall have a height of 70mm and a stroke width of 10mm. The total width of the space taken by each letter or figure (other than the letter "I" or the number "1") shall be 36mm. The distances between adjoining letters and adjoining figures shall be uniform and shall be not less than 8mm.

Not really.

The biggest suppliers of stupid opaque, raised, coloured and back-reliefed plates are small Irish back lane operations that supply plates online, often tied in to re-mapping and customising businesses.

I'm glad AGS are taking a stand on this. Those grey backed plates are a joke. I have excellent eyesight, thankfully, but they are so difficult to read on the road its become a complete piss take. Why should anyone get away with poor road conduct just because their plates are deliberately vague?

But the Garda enforcement should go beyond what they've said. The NCT standards should be the standard that the Gardaí enforce, and they should issue on the spot fines to anyone without the permitted templates, ie, the flat acrylic or metal pressed as below

The test cert doesn't become invalid by a car now theoretically failing it, basically.

The volume of them plates on the road had got way out of hand.

The cops now can set up a checkpoint on any busy road togivd ouf fines and it will pay for itself inside an hour!

Why are people so vain and narcissistic that they feel the need to make their plate fancy?

Whats wrong with a standard one exactly?

If you get a €60 fine now (or more likely a €120 fine as those drivers who fit these won't only fit 1), then you have no-one to blame but yourself

Agreed. But if you drive around NI you will see so many personalised, adjusted spacing of letters and numbers on plates to make them stand out.

"Look at me...please".

Some people may argue that it's only a 'minor indiscretion' or as they call it the U.S. an 'infraction'. However, I don't think I've ever seen such a blatant 'f-you' to the enforcers of the road traffic laws. If this trend continues then you'll have a case where nobody can identify or report a vehicle in an accident/incident. And that's not even thinking about the M50 toll company and the likes.

Some motor cyclists have flippers fitted, aka JB style. It's a major offence to be caught using them in the UK,.as it should be here.

However, I have sent the tiniest plates on bikes which are angled skywards. Have also seen bikes with the plate on the inside of the rear wheel arch, and lorries with plates totally, or partially covered by the rear lift gate. And of course, artics with empty reg plate holders on the trailer they are hauling.