Will they fail the MOT on the basis of my plates?

yes I'm pretty sure yhey will just put you old 1s on for it

Just found this in the MOT handbook it looks I should be fine but I shall put the originals in anyway

Reason for rejection

Registration Plates

Unregistered vehicles

Unregistered vehicles need not be fitted with registration plates.

Style of letters/figures

Letters/figures must be of equal width along their entire length.

Letters or figures of a particular style, eg 'computer' or 'sloped' are not to be regarded a reason for rejection unless they are likely to be misread,

Note: a three-wheeled vehicle, which has a motorcycle derived front end, does not require a front number plate.

1. Check that there is a registration plate both at the front and the rear of the vehicle, and check each one for security and condition.

2. Refer to page 6 and check visually that the letters and figures are correctly formed, spaced, and are not obviously likely to be misread due to, for example, badly positioned or uncovered retaining bolts etc (see information column

Style of letters/figures).

1. A registration plate:

a. missing or incorrect

b. so insecure that it is likely to fall off

c. letter or figure missing or incomplete

d. faded, dirty, deteriorated or obscured, (for example by a towbar so that it is likely to be misread or is not easily legible by a person standing approximately 20 metres to the front/rear of the vehicle)

2. A registration plate with:

a. letters and figures obviously incorrectly spaced

b. letter or figure not correctly formed or likely to be misread

c. a letter or figure which is obviously not of equal width along its entire length

d. any feature on a number plate that has the effect of changing the appearance or legibility of any of the characters, so that the true identity of the vehicle is less easily identified.

They should fail you for it. But it doesn't mean they definately will. Depends what kind of day they are having and how much they like you I guess.

can i put a question in as well???

what is the rule on the letter grouping? can you change the grouping as long as the spacing is correct? i seem to see a lot of letter groups changed, specially withing the in and around london... like B3NNO or A1 5TAG...

does anyone know?

can i put a question in as well???

what is the rule on the letter grouping? can you change the grouping as long as the spacing is correct? i seem to see a lot of letter groups changed, specially withing the in and around london... like B3NNO or A1 5TAG...

does anyone know?

No, that's illegal and there was something in the news recently about the police clamping down on it. The rule is that the spacing between the two groups of characters must be double the spacing between the individual characters, e.g.

ABC 123Y

B123 ABC

AB55 XYZ

BAZ 1234

etc etc.......

No, that's illegal and there was something in the news recently about the police clamping down on it. The rule is that the spacing between the two groups of characters must be double the spacing between the individual characters, e.g.

ABC 123Y

B123 ABC

AB55 XYZ

BAZ 1234

etc etc.......

okay, see if i get this right... as long as you have the correct spacing between groups, you can then regroup them? for example...

ABC12 3Y

B12 3ABC

AB5 5XYZ

BAZ1 234

is that right 6Newan?

No, that's illegal and there was something in the news recently about the police clamping down on it. The rule is that the spacing between the two groups of characters must be double the spacing between the individual characters, e.g.

ABC 123Y

B123 ABC

AB55 XYZ

BAZ 1234

etc etc.......

okay, see if i get this right... as long as you have the correct spacing between groups, you can then regroup them? for example...

ABC12 3Y

B12 3ABC

AB5 5XYZ

BAZ1 234

is that right 6Newan?

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

You cannot regroup characters - they have to be grouped according to their original configuration.

e.g. Spaniel's registration on his avatar reads G40 PY. However, he has re-grouped G4 OPY, which is illegal. (No offence, Dan) Same with the examples you gave: B3NNO should be B3 NNO, and A1 5TAG should be A15 TAG. I believe the cops are going to be dishing out POINTS for incorrect spacings from now on.....