International Travel - UK plate to replace GB plate
By now I anticipate that we are all aware that for travel abroad we need to display a UK plate tin plate of the pre-Brexit GB plate.
I was surprised when searching for a suitable plate on Amazon to read comments from disappointed customers that the UK plates that they had ordered were undersized, and thus illegal.
Although the supplied sticker may look neater on your car apparently the French police are particularly keen to collect a €90 on-the-spot fine if you are caught with an undersized plate.
I checked one I bought last year & found it to be substantially undersized as the letters were only 6 cm tall.
The UNECE Convention on Road Traffic of 8 November 1968 - Annex 3 states (in part):
The distinguishing sign... shall consist of one to three letters in capital Latin characters. The letters shall have a height of at least 0.08 m and their strokes a width of at least 0.01 m. The letters shall be painted in black on a white ground having the shape of an ellipse with the major axis horizontal.
To sum up in essence the letters should be a minimum of 8cm/80mm high with a stroke thickness of 1cm/10 mm.
I hope this "heads-up" may ensure one or two of us avoid on-the-spot fines in France & elsewhere.
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The 1968 regs apply to the oval sticker - not the "number plate" sticker though?I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
If your number plate includes the UK identifier with the Union flag (also known as the Union Jack), you do not need a UK sticker.
However, you will need to display a UK sticker clearly on the rear of your vehicle if your number plate has any of the following:
a GB identifier with the Union flag
a Euro symbol
a national flag of England, Scotland or Wales
numbers and letters only - no flag or identifier
If you’re in Spain, Cyprus or Malta, you must display a UK sticker no matter what is on your number plate.
If you have a GB sticker, cover or remove it before driving outside the UK.
I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
Last edited by NoDo$h on 2nd Feb 2022 12:52 pm. Edited 1 time in total
Halfords worth a punt? Should be pretty easy to see in store if their plates/stickers have lettering 8cm tall / 1cm wide?
Or is that 0.000397677 furlongs high and 0.000497097 chains wide?I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
When I went to France last September, I just printed one out at home and covered in with clear sticky plastic and stuck that to my rear window. Had no problems at all.2013 RR Vogue SE SDV8
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Remember that it is also illegal whilst amongst the foreigners to display a GB stiacker . . . !A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
That'll show Johnny Foreigner we mean business!I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
2nd Feb 2022 2:25 pm
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A new shiny UK sticker turned up inside this month's Caravan and Motorhome Club Magazine I thought it looked bloody big.. that explains itD4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
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If I hadn't planned to stick it over the old GB sticker, I may not have realised it was "small", but seeing it was prompted me to find the regulation sizes.
D5 owner in front of me at Folkestone stuck his new numberplate sticker on as we waited in the queue. Wasn't for me to point out that it wasn't straight. Perhaps he was trying to detract from rest of his rear end?.
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Brittany ferries we’re still selling GB plates when I crossed in September. Good job I already had my UK stickers
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Surely it improved the rear aspect.
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