I guess that is one way to chase away UK visitors bringin income into Spain which was hard hit by the pandemic. Not the cleverest thing to be doing at this time especially as many will have already been there for several weeks..
It’s not as if it’s come as a complete surprise and I’m sure they could have bought stickers online.
The stupid bit is that if you have GB on your plate in the UK after 29th September you are technically committing a traffic offence. You may not get stopped but it may be used against you if you are stopped for other offences, and you could get stopped coming into this country when returning from Europe.
Barmy, or what?
Barmy, or what?
The single Kingdom of Great Britain resulted from the 1707 Acts of Union between the kingdoms of England (which at the time incorporated Wales) and Scotland - at that time, Ireland was a separate Kingdom - the term "United Kingdom" became official in 1801 when the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland each passed an Act of Union uniting the two kingdoms and creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1921 when the rest of Ireland became independent
It wouldn’t prevent you coming back into UK. We don’t even have to have national identifiers on our plates.
Agreed, but if you <do> have the identifier then it must be correct. You probably wouldn't get stopped from coming into the UK but you could still be given a ticket!
Where have you read that having GB on your number plate identifier space would lead to a ticket. Drivers go around with England, Scotland and Wales and I’ve never read of anyone being fined. Can you provide a link to an official source to support your statement?
I cannot imagine that anyone on the Continent cares two hoots whether one has a GB or a UK sticker. It only serves to allow the country where the vehicle is registered to be identified, in particular if a traffic offence has been committed. After decades of being used to GB the origin of a vehicle displaying it should be abundantly clear. Indeed, I reckon that quite a lot of people on the Continent are now scratching their heads, asking themselves where that funny UK identifier originates from. The Ukraine perhaps? UK doesn’t readily mean anything to anyone abroad.
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United Kingdom is not a readily used term on the other side of the Channel. For many it’s all England to them. I’ve lost track of the number of times that I’ve tried to explain the differences between England, Great Britain and United Kingdom to foreigners.
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No, I will take the dangerous route and be able to inform the members here if it fails on that.
They are just forecasting the future perhaps.
Notwithstanding I wonder if our 2024 Olympic team will be Team UK?
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Many from US and Canada have the same issue, even a minority with ancestors in Scotland, Wales or Ireland still refer to England as their generic term.
Not that dangerous it would seem.No, I will take the dangerous route and be able to inform the members here if it fails on that.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-ins...cial-vehicles/0-identification-of-the-vehicle
https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/flags-symbols-and-identifiers
.......my tow car and caravan are already made legal for towing abroad!
You simply have to attach the correct signage by way of stickers which are easily obtained.
Spain requires a full sized oval UK sign on the back of car and caravan whereas the rest of Europe will accept converted car and caravan registration plates without the oval sign.
Using UK for a country identifier is no stranger than using ......
CH for Switzerland
D for Germany
E for Spain
You simply have to attach the correct signage by way of stickers which are easily obtained.
Spain requires a full sized oval UK sign on the back of car and caravan whereas the rest of Europe will accept converted car and caravan registration plates without the oval sign.
Using UK for a country identifier is no stranger than using ......
CH for Switzerland
D for Germany
E for Spain
There are probably a couple of milliion cars in the UK with GB and the Euro stars still on their number plates. Can't see them being given a ticket or being a MOT fail. LOL!
You’re right, they won’t be as it’s not illegal. Just another Internet hare set loose.There are probably a couple of milliion cars in the UK with GB and the Euro stars still on their number plates. Can't see them being given a ticket or being a MOT fail. LOL!
Some aspects of registration plates are checked at MoT as per the links in my above post. But not anything to do with national identifier etc. That’s why you can buy online plates from suppliers that don’t check your eligibility. But they still conform to the physical legal requirements whilst theoretically not being legally supplied.
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