Front Number Plate

[fry61]

I've read the latest web edition of the IVA manual & can find no reference to front no. plate ---all details are there for rear but not front---any-one know---do we still have the benefit of an IVA tester posting on here???

[Guest chris brown]

As the car has no number plates when submitted for IVA test the plates themselves don’t come into it but the light for the back one and hence its positioning does. The rules for plates are they should be vertical if possible - not easy on a 7 - and be of the correct size. Well that is the way I read it anyway.

[tendoshingan]

I think the IVA rules will be very similar to the SVA, in that the front ones are not checked and the rear is only the light.

My SVA tester did mention that he didn't think I'd be able to fit a square numberplate on, but I never planned to anyway.

[Guest george_lincoln]

For IVA they need to be able to hold up a number-plate sized template to where the plate will be fitted, to make sure one will physically fit.

[fry61]

Thanks for replies; would still like some thing more certain about front plate; seems strange IVA give 2 options for rear & no mention of front.

[Big Jim]

Thanks for replies; would still like some thing more certain about front plate; seems strange IVA give 2 options for rear & no mention of front.

 

As has been said, the regulations are for the *lighting* of the rear numberplate, not the numberplate itself. with the front numberplate not requiring any lighting, then it doesn't fall under the regulations.

 

But when you do come to drive you car on the road, it then has to comply with other regulations & laws.

It must then have both a rear and front numberplate, and as Chris has said, the front numberplate must be as near to vertical as possible ( those stick-on ones across the nosecone are technically illegal, although owners could argue that there's nowhere else, but I don't think they'd win with a persistant officer) and the letters must be of a certain font, and size, and spaced correctly, on the correct reflective background)

 

so, what does this mean for your test? it means that the rear numberplate light has to be fixed and working in a position with enough room for the correct sized numberplate to be mounted so the illumination will highlight it.

[Guest docter fox]

What if you use one of the illuminated number plates that I saw at Stoneleigh?

Edited May 18, 2009 by docter fox

[Grim]

then you've got more money than sense

[Guest docter fox]

I didn't really like the look of them so didn't stop to see how much they were?

[Guest dremmel1]

Not Cheap!!! About £55 each :o