Illegal Number Plates?

Aren't government departments wonderful? They move with such slow, majestic dignity that it's suprising that they ever get anything done.

Ah, no... not wonderful. I meant useless.

In 2001 we were told that it would be fine to display UK national flag emblems on our number plates. In fact we were led to believe that the regulations would be changed to explicitly allow it. It's now 2008 and it is still technically a contevention of the regulations to display them.

In Wales, apparently, some unfortunate people have even been give stress at MoT time, and have been told that these non-regulation plates are enough to justify an MoT failure.

As far as we are aware, that situation was just due to the traditional breaking down of communication between central government and those "on the ground" who are given the job of enforcing ambiguous rules and laws.

Anyway, it is not surprising that many people - especially in Wales - think it is high time that the authorities srted themselves out and got this clarified. To that end, Plaid Cymru have an online petition designed to light a bit of a fire under the relevant bottoms.

If you'd like to participate you will find DETAILS HERE.