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CRACKDOWN ON REGISTRATION NUMBER PLATES

Motorists driving around Enderby with misrepresented or indistinct registration number plates are being warned to change them or face the penalty.

Officers from Leicestershire Constabulary's Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Unit and Road Policing Unit are taking part in a week-long national crackdown on registration plates from Monday January 28.

Officers will be stopping vehicles displaying number plates that are damaged and therefore difficult to read, as well as plates that have been deliberately altered to read something different.

This includes plates where the font has been altered, the letters moved closer together or the screw heads re-positioned so that the plate reads differently.

Sergeant Simon Greensmith from Leicestershire Constabulary's ANPR Unit said:

"Motorists may not realise that they are committing an offence by deliberately altering their number plates or displaying a broken or obscured plate. However it has a big impact not only on the ability of officers to read their number plate, but also for other members of the public. This could be particularly important if the vehicle is ever stolen or if it is involved in a collision.

"Indistinct or misrepresented number plates are also being actively used by some criminals to avoid our ANPR camera systems.

"Leicestershire Constabulary is urging any motorist with an illegal number plate to rectify it immediately or face the penalty when they are stopped by officers.

"From Monday we will be carrying out stop checks across the city and county. Depending on the offence officers can issue a vehicle defect rectification notice, a £30 fixed penalty notice and apply to DVLA to have the number plate withdrawn from use.

"This could be an expensive penalty for a motorist who has paid a large sum of money for a specific registration plate.

"If a motorist is believed to be fraudulently using a registration plate or is displaying a false plate they can go to court and face up to two years in prison and a discretionary disqualification."

The following restrictions apply to registration plates:

  • All number plates from September 1, 2001 must display the new mandatory font and comply with British standards in relation to size, font and background.
  • Black number plates with silver or white numbers or letters may only be displayed on vehicles manufactured or registered before January 1, 1973.
  • Self adhesive number plates are illegal (i.e. plates stuck on the bonnet or sticker style plates.)
  • Number plates where screw heads are positioned to change the appearance of a letter or number are illegal.
  • Single line number plates on motorcycles are illegal.
  • Foreign style, British number plates are illegal.
  • If a number plate is cracked or broken and the damage makes the number difficult to read then an offence is committed.

More information is available from the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Authority (see link below).

Mandatory Character Font

From 1st September 2001 all new number plates must display the new mandatory (compulsory) font. This, combined with the new style format registration mark is designed to make number plates clearer and easier to remember.

Number plates fitted before 1st September 2001 need not be changed provided the character font used is substantially the same as the new font.

Number plates must be replaced if they have been customised with:-

Stylised letters and/or figures such as italics

Number plate fixing bolts that alter the appearance of the letters and/or numbers

Some companies will manufacture and retail customised plates with fancy fonts etc., however these are sold usually on the understanding they are solely for showroom or strictly off-road use.



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