GB number plate sticker no longer valid abroad.
British motorists driving outside the UK must now remove old-style GB stickers or cover them up.
Instead they should display a UK sticker or have the UK identifier on their number plate.
The UK government guidance has been in place since Tuesday 28 September.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58734265
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I’ll stick with my SCO thank you…….
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>> I’ll stick with my SCO thank you…….
Wont do in Europe mush.
I cant tell you how much this GB to UK thing annoys me, There was no consultation, no scrutiny in parliament, no warning, no requirement. Just added agro and expense.
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>>Wont do in Europe mush.
ECOSSE usually fine in France. Maybe best a combo with UK just in case one comes across an officious gendarme.
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>>Wont do in Europe mush.
Never been a problem to have SCO or Ecosse. Have never had a GB plate/ sticker and it’s never been an issue.
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>> >>Wont do in Europe mush.
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>> Never been a problem to have SCO or Ecosse. Have never had a GB plate/
>> sticker and it’s never been an issue.
Never used a GB logo at all in the past, no country identifier at all. Never got a raised eyebrow.
I suspect, however, that post Brexit sentiment in France, would ensure scrutiny and official agro currently, specially as the frogs are really currently peed off with us over a certain sub deal.
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Yeah you might be right.
I would start by playing the Jock card, we are not English, we never voted for it and I suspect that would win them over. :)
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>> Yeah you might be right.
>> I would start by playing the Jock card,
The home of UK Nuclear submarines? nah wouldn't go there.
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>> ... Just added agro and expense.
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2 cars and a caravan done for £3. And not much agro either. Running that BMW must be more of a drain on your wealth than I thought Mr Z.
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Just read the piece... can't see where it says that I 'must' cover the one on my number plate up?
Also is there a legal size for the bumper sticker? I see varying sizes from the full-on size to the small discrete ones about the size of a credit card?
I'm sure the vintage cars I see with the chromed metal GB on their grill won't be removing them.
I wonder who are the countries that could refuse drivers entry according to Halfords? No doubt wanting to sell more stickers.
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The French know which cars are GB/UK - they all stop at the first petrol station they come to on the other side of the channel!
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>> The French know which cars are GB/UK - they all stop at the first petrol
>> station they come to on the other side of the channel!
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Thanks to the £:€ rate petrol was cheaper in France than the UK when I was there this summer, but it was definitely more expensive in France, Italy and Germany than the UK last year.
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Rarely used one to be honest. Last time I was in France I was on the bike, probably for the first time had an Euro style one in the top-box just in case.
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I wonder how people abroad get pulled over for this sort of thing, I bet it's very low.
All seems a bit like colour of passport, not particularly important.
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>> I wonder how people abroad get pulled over for this sort of thing, I bet
>> it's very low.
Back in the 70s I put a GB plate on the bonnet as well as the boot, after reading advice that it helped recognise British cars. Reckon I was stopped by every bolshy French gendarme as a result.
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Well if 50 years ago was the last time there was any hassle from the french police about this type of thing, I reckon its not a priority ;)
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>> Also is there a legal size for the bumper sticker?
>> I see varying sizes from the full-on size to the small discrete ones about the size of a credit card?
180mm wide by 133mm high, apparently. Shame, as I was planning to get the smallest UK one I could find to go near my GB/Euro stars numberplate.
There's probably a market for oval UK stickers with a tiny "I didn't vote for this" message across the bottom.
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Goodbye GB. Hello UK - Bobby
