GB stickers no longer legal !!!

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[Richard n Ann]

Did ours yesterday

Even got ickle one for scoot

 

[yodeli]

Honestly? .... An English rule?.... to be applied abroad? Indeed? I wonder if anyone is going to even give it a look. I will let you know. I've got a GB on my 2 cars, and on my motorhome in France (and don't intend to take them off). Living next to the gendarmerie, I am an easy target. I strongly doubt they will say a word about it

 

[Badknee]

Did ours yesterday

Even got ickle one for scoot

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Ah yes but Richard n Ann your number plate is illegal now

 

[Richard n Ann]

Ah yes but Richard n Ann your number plate is illegal now

Not illegal if fitted before January 2021 I've read. You can continue to use the old plates but must display a GB oval. Or UK one after 28th Sept.

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[Badknee]

Not illegal if fitted before January 2021 I've read. You can continue to use the old plates but must display a GB oval. Or UK one after 28th Sept.

Ah, we must be reading different rules and regs of which there are many


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"Drivers also need to remember that number plates featuring the blue band and letters 'GB' next to the European golden stars are also no longer valid," Mr Dennis warned.

Mr Dennis is an RAC spokesperson

 

[Abgs]

I've just returned from a five day trip to France in a hired UK VW transporter van.

It had no country identifying stickers on it at all but was every obviously a UK hire van as it was signwritten. I had a gendarme behind me on the A83 for about 20kms and he could have easily stopped me at the peage south of Nantes.

I not sure there is anything in the traffic code that enables le flic to issue a fine for not showing a cc sticker - I can't find a specific mention of it.

Anyway ... from a pure aesthetic point of view the oval UK sticker looks awful - very spiky and harsh looking. 'GB' is more rounded and so looks better within the oval boundary.

I think I have found the UK sticker to put on the bodywork of my silver Hymer....

 

[G-RMPS]

We did ours. Several folk in France stared. Two asked where we came from. One was absolutely amazed that GB had become Ukraine.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Ah, we must be reading different rules and regs of which there are many


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"Drivers also need to remember that number plates featuring the blue band and letters 'GB' next to the European golden stars are also no longer valid," Mr Dennis warned.

Mr Dennis is an RAC spokesperson

No that's about the same as I read, GB is not valid. But not illegal.

Government announce on 30th Nov that fitting GB EU flag plates is - BNMA

Government announce on 30th Nov that fitting GB EU flag plates is prohibited from 1st Jan

www.bnma.org

 

[deleted79651]

I've just returned from a five day trip to France in a hired UK VW transporter van.

It had no country identifying stickers on it at all but was every obviously a UK hire van as it was signwritten. I had a gendarme behind me on the A83 for about 20kms and he could have easily stopped me at the peage south of Nantes.

I not sure there is anything in the traffic code that enables le flic to issue a fine for not showing a cc sticker - I can't find a specific mention of it.

Anyway ... from a pure aesthetic point of view the oval UK sticker looks awful - very spiky and harsh looking. 'GB' is more rounded and so looks better within the oval boundary.

I think I have found the UK sticker to put on the bodywork of my silver Hymer....

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We'd like a white version for the rear end of Brunhilde, please ... With a 'Please don't ask me where I'm from; I'm trying to work out where I'm going' supplementary sticker in French, please

Steve

Steve

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[EML]

Honestly? .... An English rule?.... to be applied abroad? Indeed?

UK, not "English". And the problem is the UN, not the UK. We've told the UN (who have an international convention on road traffic) that UK vehicles should now be identified abroad with a 'UK' sign, not a 'GB' sign. No idea why we didn't have a UK one to start with. So, technically, your local gendarmerie could look up 'GB' in the UN lists, decide there was no 'GB', and cause trouble for you.

In practice, of course, no-one actually gives a to**, and I'm pretty sure displaying 'GB' is not illegal anywhere, even here, and the UN hasn't even got around to changing the lists anyway, so you're more likely to get into trouble by displaying 'UK' than by displaying 'GB'.

 

[orridge]

Plenty of UK vehicles driving in Europe without any form of country registration and have never seen anybody getting stopped for not having a GB identifier No-one cares apart from the British.

Perhaps if we made it a requirement all UK vehicles had to have an identifier UK or GB on the plate rather than being able to choose nothing, a country code, a flag, a county flag or even Mr Blobby if would not be an issue.

Since NI have opted to stay with GB I am not going to bother putting UK(raine) on the back of my vehicle to pander to Boris and Daily Mail/Sun readers.

 

[yodeli]

UK, not "English". And the problem is the UN, not the UK. We've told the UN (who have an international convention on road traffic) that UK vehicles should now be identified abroad with a 'UK' sign, not a 'GB' sign. No idea why we didn't have a UK one to start with. So, technically, your local gendarmerie could look up 'GB' in the UN lists, decide there was no 'GB', and cause trouble for you.

In practice, of course, no-one actually gives a to**, and I'm pretty sure displaying 'GB' is not illegal anywhere, even here, and the UN hasn't even got around to changing the lists anyway, so you're more likely to get into trouble by displaying 'UK' than by displaying 'GB'.

Not to worry , no trouble at all.... I'm French ! Plate is French papers are French, so no rule applies here.
What does UN mean by the way?

 

[Richard n Ann]

Not to worry , no trouble at all.... I'm French ! Plate is French papers are French, so no rule applies here.
What does UN mean by the way?

United Nations usually

 

[Phill D]

Not to worry , no trouble at all.... I'm French ! Plate is French papers are French, so no rule applies here.
What does UN mean by the way?

United Nations...

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[dash300]

I'm surprised it's not been decreed to be UQ sticker?

 

[glenn2926]

Ah, we must be reading different rules and regs of which there are many


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"Drivers also need to remember that number plates featuring the blue band and letters 'GB' next to the European golden stars are also no longer valid," Mr Dennis warned.

Mr Dennis is an RAC spokesperson

There is a vast difference between no longer valid and illegal. They are no longer valid for travel abroad as they do not show U.K. They are not illegal. For travel abroad the vehicle needs to have a U.K. sticker. Whether this is in the form of a number plate sticker over the existing or a separate sticker showing U.K. doesn’t matter.

 

[ctc]

Even for the daily mail surely this is a bit much.

 

[Jim]

I've done thousands of miles in the EU without a GB sticker, suppose I'll do a few more without a UK one.

 

[Stealaway]

Have I been illegal for fitting mine two weeks ago and been 10 days in France.
I stuck it over the GB plate in case they change their minds again.



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[Grumpyfrog]

I have always preferred Great Britain to United Kingdom, so wont be changing my plates anytime soon.

 

[deleted79651]

Not to worry , no trouble at all.... I'm French ! Plate is French papers are French, so no rule applies here.
What does UN mean by the way?

Isn't it French for '1'? . Going back to our previous exchange about learning rude language, you should now reply to me:

'Thanks, you facetious old bugger' ...

Steve

 

[Emmit]

Ah, we must be reading different rules and regs of which there are many


Edit
"Drivers also need to remember that number plates featuring the blue band and letters 'GB' next to the European golden stars are also no longer valid," Mr Dennis warned.

Mr Dennis is an RAC spokesperson

Being, "letters 'GB' next to the European golden stars are also no longer valid,"

Doesn't make them illegal. They're just not valid.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

I've done thousands of miles in the EU without a GB sticker, suppose I'll do a few more without a UK one.

Ditto

 

[glenn2926]

I have always preferred Great Britain to United Kingdom, so wont be changing my plates anytime soon.

I’m the opposite, I’ve always referred to here as the U.K. This is the first time I’ve ever put a country sticker on any vehicle. Although the van and the motorbike both came with GB plates.
I bought the small blue number plate stickers with U.K. on them. They did cost £1.89 delivered mind, so they had better not change again anytime soon at that price.

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[Chris]

Never had a GB sticker and always refused the stupid EU plates.

I have never been stopped over the years so I suspect most traffic police think it’s as big a load of tosh as I do.

Edit - I did have Wales sticker though.

 

[Madcaravanner]

I’m the opposite, I’ve always referred to here as the U.K. This is the first time I’ve ever put a country sticker on any vehicle. Although the van and the motorbike both came with GB plates.
I bought the small blue number plate stickers with U.K. on them. They did cost £1.89 delivered mind, so they had better not change again anytime soon at that price.

You were robbed had mine a few months paid £1.40 with free P&P

 

[yodeli]

Isn't it French for '1'? . Going back to our previous exchange about learning rude language, you should now reply to me:

'Thanks, you facetious old bugger' ...
Steve

UN = 1 yes ... probably why I didn't think about saying it with 2 separate letters

 

[The Wino]

I've found the Ideal one just need to check the size https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker...sFPAtIFSBFC-HtvO-AxoCcGYQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[dash300]

I have always preferred Great Britain to United Kingdom, so wont be changing my plates anytime soon.

I agree but should we not be a Queendom to be totally and wokely accurate?

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