Drive a vehicle with registration mark obscured or indistinguishable.


Code: VE94152.

Fixed Penalty Notice: £100.

Act: Section 43(1) and (2) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.

Registration plates must be visible, clean and not obscured.

Examples of when a number plate may be obscured or indistinguishable:

  • Not keeping the plate clean.
  • Placing the number plate in the windscreen.
  • Deliberately changing the appearance of a letter or number.
  • Partially damaged plates.
  • Obscured by a trailer or external bike rack.

Plates must be kept clean, especially in the winter months!

Plates cannot be displayed in the windscreen.

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