Will The National Flags Issue Ever Be Resolved?

On Monday, the subject of my number plates discussion was the extremely topical issue of national flags on car registration plates. The gist of the blog was that, although the DVLA announced its intention to include the Scottish, English and Welsh flags in its official rules, this change still hasn't happened, 7 whole years later! As a result, motorists are continuing to get fined, even though the DVLA expressed that the flags were permitted. Oh, it's all so confusing!

Like many other frustrated souls out there, I am left flummoxed by this baffling issue. Why, if the intention was there, has this alteration remained unchanged? How can the Government justify 'turning a blind eye' to flags? It's ludicrous!

Well, it seems that the Government may finally be hearing our cries of frustration. With mounting pressure from the media and MPs in parliament, it seems the proposed plan to finally alter the regulations is in the pipeline. But for how long will it remain there? And, after being misled for so long with ambiguous rules by the DVLA and the Government, what course of action, if any, is available to motorists who've been fined?

Blimey, if the DVLA had just got its rules right the first time, it would have saved us all a whole lot of bother and grief. But there's no telling some people, is there?

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