Dodgy number plates

This no front plate thing seems like a new craze. Counted 4 cars with front plates removed in a space of 2 hours. All different cars and not your typical boy racers. All cars have had the plates surround in place just the plate itself taken out. Crazy carry on.

Trade plates have to be mounted front and rear just like normal number plates, you can't just sling one on the dashboard....legally at least

They're supposed to be fitted like regular plates but nobody bothers

In fairness, trade plates cost €353 every year and €86 for any replacements, so TBH if I had any I'd be keeping them in the vehicle to prevent loss/theft and risk the €50 fine.

Saw a 25 Range Rover Sport today with those shite 3d plates. On the rear the 1 of the 251 had fallen off. So it was just saying 25 C 3000.

It's like that in Ballymount, there are so many Jap imports driving around with no plates. Garda have been behind me a couple of times with no plates and didn't even bother pulling me over

To be fair, Ballymount is an industrial estate. There's no kids on bikes. It's just junior sales reps driving the cars to and from the VRT centre etc. Highly unlikely to be uninsured either as all these garages/traders have motor trade insurance.

Unroadworthy is debatable, the cars have no NCT, so technically unroadworthy. Probably still better condition than most cars on the road tho, being Jap imports

Maybe have a read of the thread and you'll see that I was the one who brought it up as an issue? I'm not defending it, just simply discussing it.

It's not really a cost issue at all. The big dealers all have multiple sets of trade plates so they have no excuse. It's just laziness and they know they won't be caught or penalised driving to a nearby VRT or mechanics etc.

That being said most of them throw a single plate behind the windscreen which is obviously better than nothing but not perfect.

I'm only a small time sellers so I can't even get trade plates. But I'm not disagreeing with you, I do actually think it's bazzare that a Garda car has been stuck behind me in traffic with no plates fitted and still didn't pull me over.

Nope. I'm just explaining that it's not a residential setting, and that the drivers are almost certainly insured as they have motor trade policies that allow such driving.