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Yellow numberplates (and no - not on a sub)

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  • 12-01-2008 12:49am
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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,094 ✭✭✭✭


    Just had a thread here in relation to yellow number plates on the back of cars.

    Got me thinking about it. Anyone know what the legal position is in relation to this?

    Cheers


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    muffler wrote: »
    Anyone know what the legal position is in relation to this?
    Illegal in ROI in most post 1990 vehicles.

    I saw a muppet this morning with yellow front plates (Dublin reg) and normal legal rear ones! :confused:


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    muffler
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    Strange law really as all the cars in N.I. have yellow plates.


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    jrar
    Registered Users Posts: 795 ✭✭✭jrar


    muffler wrote: »
    Strange law really as all the cars in N.I. have yellow plates.

    Not strange if the car in question is Northern-registered as they follow the general UK laws which call for blk/wht plates on the front and blk/yel on the rear. Here in the Republic, our laws call for blk/wht plates fromnt and rear - any other colours on a regular series plate is illegal.


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    muffler wrote: »
    Strange law really as all the cars in N.I. have yellow plates.
    How is that strange? It's a different country (de facto).


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,289 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    How is that strange? It's a different country (de facto).

    Moved to Politics.

    Not your ornery onager



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    budweiserfrogie
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭budweiserfrogie


    I was reading a similar post on another thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055215438&highlight=Yellow+numberplates
    Here is what i posted as what i thought was the reason:
    Any time i saw these yellow plates i assumed that the car owner was british and proud of it. And that using a british rear numberplate, on a car that probably was normally used in the republic, and probably near the border was their weird way of saying this. But i later noticed that it is usually the boy racer type cars that have these plates fitted. So i now think that both these two reasons are probably true.


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    TychoCaine
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭TychoCaine


    About 15 years ago my father used to do a lot of business up north in "certain areas" where southern Irish people we not very welcome. He had UK style plates (right down to the font and sizing) with Irish numbers. They wouldn't fool anyone who looked at them properly, but didn't stand out, which saved him a few (but not all) smashed windows and knifed tyres.


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