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Legal car plates with manufacter logo?

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    walshtipp
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭walshtipp


    OfflerCrocGod wrote: »
    I'm guessing these plates would fail an NCT https://www.german-pressed-plates.com/Carbon_look_German_Pressed_Plates_x2_with_Black_Flag_Logo_Choice/p2062931_20169131.aspx ? I've seen them around on the roads but I presume the way it works is you take them off before an NCT and replace them with legal ones? Bit of a faff if that's the case or am I wrong?

    You can find the exact regulations here http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1990/si/287/made/en/print

    But yes, they would most likely fail the NCT.


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    antix80
    Registered Users Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭antix80


    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1990/si/287/made/en/print

    2. ( a ) The plate on which an identification mark is exhibited shall not contain any words, letters, numbers, emblems or other marks of any kind other than those required under this Part.

    3. The plate on which an identification mark is exhibited shall exhibit the appropriate placename as set out in paragraph 4 of this Part, the flag of the European Communities and the letters IRL all of which shall be arranged in conformity with this Part.


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    bobbyy gee
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    Garda can stop you and give you ticket


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    MrMusician18
    Registered Users Posts: 7,247 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    OfflerCrocGod wrote: »
    I'm guessing these plates would fail an NCT https://www.german-pressed-plates.com/Carbon_look_German_Pressed_Plates_x2_with_Black_Flag_Logo_Choice/p2062931_20169131.aspx ? I've seen them around on the roads but I presume the way it works is you take them off before an NCT and replace them with legal ones? Bit of a faff if that's the case or am I wrong?

    Donegal?
    I find that where most of this nonsense is located.


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    antix80
    Registered Users Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭antix80


    Op the german style font shouldn't be illegal. Why not get a dash instead of the decal, and a sticker of your car manufacturer logo (or favourite premier league team) you can stick over the dash? It would look awesome and you could peel it off for the nct.


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    [Deleted User]
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    bobbyy gee wrote: »
    Garda can stop you and give you ticket

    Really? News to me. Have to actually recieved a ticket for it?


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    [Deleted User]
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    OfflerCrocGod wrote: »
    I'm guessing these plates would fail an NCT https://www.german-pressed-plates.com/Carbon_look_German_Pressed_Plates_x2_with_Black_Flag_Logo_Choice/p2062931_20169131.aspx ? I've seen them around on the roads but I presume the way it works is you take them off before an NCT and replace them with legal ones? Bit of a faff if that's the case or am I wrong?

    Must be one of the most amateur websites going. Grammar and basic spelling not an issue it seems


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    colm_mcm
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    Must be one of the most amateur websites going. Grammar and basic spelling not an issue it seems

    Nailed the target market.


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    bobbyy gee
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭bobbyy gee


    legal plates

    https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/vehicle_standards/vehicle_registration_numbers.html


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    PsychoPete
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    They'd fall a test but it's only a 2 minute job to change. I wouldn't worry about been stopped over them, I've had "illegal" plates on all my cars and it's never been an issue with guards


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    Doodah7
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    PsychoPete wrote: »
    They'd fall a test but it's only a 2 minute job to change. I wouldn't worry about been stopped over them, I've had "illegal" plates on all my cars and it's never been an issue with guards

    Why do you do this? Genuine question.


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    walshtipp
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭walshtipp


    Doodah7 wrote: »
    Why do you do this? Genuine question.

    Some people think that they look good.


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    Vic_08
    Registered Users Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Vic_08


    It's the automotive equivalent of tracksuits tucked into white socks, the twats are self-identifying themselves so the rest of us can pick them out of a crowd before they act up.


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    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,076 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    bobbyy gee wrote: »
    Garda can stop you and give you ticket

    They can't.
    No monitory amount has been assigned to such a ticket.

    It's in limbo at the moment.. they are illegal, but a prosecution can't be initiated.


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    Victor
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    mikeecho wrote: »
    They can't.
    No monitory amount has been assigned to such a ticket.
    It would be a summons, not a ticket then. If I'm correct, there is a section of the Road Traffic Act 1961 that assigns a value for all offences that don't have a specific amount assigned.


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    [Deleted User]
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    The law reform crowd were only speaking about road traffic law recently and how complicated and messy it's become.

    Supposedly there will be a revamp and updating of the whole thing at some stage and this is exactly why, there's over 20 acts just about bloody license plates!


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    mikeecho
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    The law reform crowd were only speaking about road traffic law recently and how complicated and messy it's become.

    Supposedly there will be a revamp and updating of the whole thing at some stage and this is exactly why, there's over 20 acts just about bloody license plates!

    Just look at the new drug driving laws.. it was known that there was a flaw in it, and they still implemented it.

    The flaw won't get you off, but it can get you a lesser penalty if you know you're going to fail, and you then take a certain course of action at the roadside.


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    mikeecho wrote: »
    Just look at the new drug driving laws.. it was known that there was a flaw in it, and they still implemented it.

    The flaw won't get you off, but it can get you a lesser penalty if you know you're going to fall, and you then take a certain course of action at the roadside.

    I don't follow I'm afraid.


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    OfflerCrocGod
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    MrMusician18 wrote: »
    Donegal?
    I find that where most of this nonsense is located.
    Why is it nonsense to have the manufacturer logo on the reg? The font is a standard, perfectly legible one, it's just the flag is black and has a manufacture logo on it, pretty minor and reasonable change compared to a normal reg. I'm not fitting a sports kit on a bog standard car or flashing neon lighting underneath the car.


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    PsychoPete
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    Doodah7 wrote: »
    Why do you do this? Genuine question.

    On my 3 Jap cars I've squares plates with the small font and on the A6 I've german font without the dash taken out of the "0". The Jap pressed plates always pass the nct even the font isn't 70mm


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    OfflerCrocGod
    Registered Users Posts: 6,306 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    antix80 wrote: »
    Op the german style font shouldn't be illegal. Why not get a dash instead of the decal, and a sticker of your car manufacturer logo (or favourite premier league team) you can stick over the dash? It would look awesome and you could peel it off for the nct.
    I only wanted the manufacturer logo I didn't want the decals and I didn't want any sort of hassle with it once installed. I also prefer a more standard font TBH but anyway it looks like I won't bother with this reg.


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    OfflerCrocGod
    Registered Users Posts: 6,306 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    Must be one of the most amateur websites going. Grammar and basic spelling not an issue it seems
    I'm not impressed by it either but I couldn't find another one with the SEAT logo available.


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    Effects
    Registered Users Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭Effects


    mikeecho wrote: »
    if you know you're going to fail, and you then take a certain course of action at the roadside.

    What do you do, and what’s the lesser penalty?


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    punisher5112
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    Should be removed and then used to beat the living daylights out of the driver....


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    Iodine1
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    OfflerCrocGod wrote: »
    Why is it nonsense to have the manufacturer logo on the reg? The font is a standard, perfectly legible one, it's just the flag is black and has a manufacture logo on it, pretty minor and reasonable change compared to a normal reg. I'm not fitting a sports kit on a bog standard car or flashing neon lighting underneath the car.

    Because it's clearly specified what should be there, eu etc and irl, no other bull****.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,388 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    See what they’d do to you in your dreamland Germany if you go putting a Toyota logo or “IRL” on instead of the “D” on a German reg car.


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKiLfH3DVGc




    Just replace the paddle with the German or other illegal plate....


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    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,827 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    If you want German plates, move to Germany.

    Can't see too many Germans wanting Irish plates.


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    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,404 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    It’s one of dozens of laws and regulations that are rarely if ever enforced here and any attempt at enforcement is met with ;
    ‘Its my constitutional right........Gardai should be out catching the real criminals..,, etc etc’

    As said above, it usually signifies the driver is a bit of a dickhead.


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    Silent Running
    Registered Users Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Silent Running


    I'm happy to see the dodgy plates. As soon as you see them you know exactly what you're dealing with. But, hey, that's what N plates are for too.


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