Yellow rear number plate (Mod Note Post #169)

saabsaab wrote: »

I always believe in giving someone a chance.

Yeah very true but seriously, a yellow plate, I'd take it off, beat them with said yellow plate, beat some more and then get them to put a new one on.

The legislation covering reg plates in Ireland is the most specific piece of legislation you'll read. It tells you exactly how wide the lettering should be, the placement, the width of the gaps between numbers, the height of the lettering, etc. There isn't 1 other bit of leglisation that is as specfic as the one covering reg plates.

A snippet:

5. The periphery of the plate shall be marked all around by a black border having a stroke width of 5 millimetres.
10. The identification mark and place name shall be formed of black characters and shall be exhibited on white reflex reflective material so that the identification mark appears at all times from the front of the plate as black characters on a white background.
11. The flag of the European Communities shall appear as a circle of twelve gold stars against a blue background (of a colour shade generally known as royal blue); the centre points of the twelve stars shall form a circle with a radius of 15 millimetres and the straight lines forming the apexes of the stars shall be 4 millimetres in length.
12. The letters IRL shall appear in white letters on the blue background of the flag of the European Communities underneath the circle of stars and each such letter shall have a height of 20 millimetres and a stroke width of 4 millimetres. The total width of the space taken by each of the letters R and L shall be 12 millimetres. The distances between adjoining letters shall be uniform.
14. The place name shall appear in black letters above the identification mark and each letter of the placename shall have a height of not less than 12 millimetres and a stroke width of not less than 3 millimetres. The total width of the space taken by each letter (other than the letter 1) shall be not less than 9 millimetres. Where an accented vowel occurs in the placename the length accent character shall have a height of 2 millimetres above the letter. The distances between the nearest parts of adjoining letters shall be uniform. Where the placename comprises more than one word the distances between the nearest letters of adjoining words shall be uniform and not less than three times the distance between adjoining letters.

And so on. When I was a Garda, I'd let people off with a warning and tell them to change them (if nothing else was wrong with the car). I'd note the reg and be able to double check if I had previously warned them. It's a lot of paperwork for something small, so that's why I went with an initial warning.

But I also agree, it's stupid. Same with the German style plates. Both illegal, and while you'd never hear of someone getting done for it, it can be an 'extra' charge if you caused an accident or something else was up with it. A +1 if you will. And can you imagine the backlash if the Gardai actually started enforcing this? "Have yiz nuttin better to be doing", "why don't you catch the real criminals", etc, etc... God I don't miss it.

PsychoPete wrote: »

There's a youth near me with a mk6 white golf, purple headlights, cb airel, yellow plate etc with the amount of smoke out of it you'd think it was fueled with turf. The worst part is the back of the car is jet black with soot

'rolling Coal'? over fueled to increase torque.

Montage of Feck wrote: »

I've never seen them go Dutch with yellow front and rear.

They wouldn’t do cause they want to make out the car is English. A Uk reg I’m pretty sure all have a white plate at the front.

boombang wrote: »

Maybe we can establish a thread with photos of all of these wanna be Brits and German plate idiots. Insurance companies can check for fools and jack up their premiums accordingly.

Omg that’s a brilliant idea, i don’t think I’ll be able to Contribute, as I’m in Cork and never seen one down here. Only saw them in donegal.

Hamsterchops wrote: »

No you're wrong ......

All UK plates are yellow, with NI plates having three letters on the left, while GB plates have two letters on the left followed by two digits, then the remainder of the plate, either way, UK plates are yellow and ROI plates are not (normally) yellow.

And coming soon, electric vehicles in the UK get a green strip on the left of the plate.

DrPhilG wrote: »

41 years old, born and reared in Donegal, work in NI for 25 of those years.

Never in my life have I seen a DL car or any other Irish car with a yellow back plate.

Unfortunately I see them even in Dublin...

PearSofter wrote: »

you all sound like miserable bastards

I guess I am. Comes with the territory.

Lads look what I spotted in Co.Cork tonight.

fin12 wrote: »

Lads look what I spotted in Co.Cork tonight.

Powered by FAS..... Thought they were gone moons ago...

Surprised it doesn't have powered by the dole to be honest

Potential-Monke wrote: »

There's a dark Corolla saloon in the 95 year shape, paddy spec, has a yellow plate, in Borrisokane, Tipperary.

Is it’s TN reg? Would I be right in saying a lot of these yellow reg are D, TN , TS,and DL, I haven’t seen them much on other county reg.

pgj2015 wrote: »

would a yellow plate not be illegal in the republic?

As far as I am aware the law here states that plates must be white on front and rear.But who is going to enforce it?

They want people to think they have a higher spec UK car compared to the Irish potato version they have.They also want you to think they are British for some reason. They probably think the Garda won't harrass a UK car driver over here. Maybe they worship her majesty and have her picture on the wall in their house. I just think they are iffy young lads with their 3k paddy spec diesal shed they bought on donedeal thinking they have a high end car or something.

It doesn't say much for road policing here that you can drive around with impunity with a dodgy reg.

pgj2015 wrote: »

its the old Irish inferiority complex.

Are you saying that Irish people who German type stickers on their reg plates are not odd.

never seen those, what about the plates where reg no is small print, is that legal

boombang wrote: »

Maybe we can establish a thread with photos of all of these wanna be Brits and German plate idiots. Insurance companies can check for fools and jack up their premiums accordingly.

They have insurance?

punisher5112 wrote: »

Also UK plates must have a garage or point of sale on them.

In tiny lettering yes (as in the bottom right of the plates below). Not the big dealer name stuff which is just an ad.

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/services/replacement-number-plates-made-at-halfords.html

cml387 wrote: »

I think the German plates are designed to be more easily read by speed cameras. The bit missing from the 0 is designed to distinguish it from an O.

Nope. It was brought in in the 70s after the Baader-Meinhof terrorists used to steal cars and alter their plates. The font is designed to be difficult to alter characters without having it look wrong.

whisky_galore wrote: »

Yellow Irish rear plates and faux German plates make it easier to identify knobends on the roads.

I know about the yellow plates but what are the "faux German plates" you speak of??

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Speaking from experience, the dodgy ones don't have the yellow plates. They tend to want to stand out less, so usually have standard looking cars. The yellow plates are usually just young lads who think they're cool, and normally have everything in order.

The main reason, I suspect, is because it's a court appearance instead of a fine iirc, and it's just not worth the hassle for what the Judge would do (strike it out or let them off with a warning). Also, i've no doubt if they Gardai went to town on yellow plates, there'd be a thread on here with people moaning and giving out saying they're delaying them with checkpoints or pulling cars over causing a delay instead of "katchin da reel crimenals"...

That and they're probably too busy to stop for something so minor. Probably a 50/50 deal.

I definitely wouldn’t be moaning, I’d be delighted seeing someone get caught for their yellow plates.

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

How so? They could be getting taken to court on a weekly basis

Suuuuure. :rolleyes: