'Put on your number plate or walk'

^^^^

Remind me not to buy from a dealer who doesn't even know the basics like that.... :p


*RUNS AWAY*
 
daveza said:
Mine looked like this - you can see the smaller recess behind the plate.

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This was my actual one:


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Albereth said:
Simplest would be to have road blocks where there is a mobile vendor ready to make number plates on the scene. No plate gets you pulled over and you may buy one that gets riveted to your car or bike. And then you may head on your merry way. Don't have the funds - call a friend or walk.
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Like this idea

I know in Cape Town they currently pull over motorists at some road blocks who do not have baby/child seats for little ones and then offer them a child seat I think for a R100 or even free if they cannot afford it. The seats get donated to this project and as a parent (both my cares are fitted with child seats), I think this is a good idea.
 
FYI

Motorists should know the requirements their number plates must meet to stay on the right side of the law. Here’s a checklist to help ensure your plates meet the requirements:

Only three sizes are acceptable for South African number plates
- 520 mm x 113 mm
- 250 mm x 205 mm
- 250 mm x 165 mm
Number plates must have a lifespan of five years or longer.
Number plates must have an SABS stamp on them.
Number plates must be secured with 4 mm screws.
Number plates must have the correct background according to the province’s requirements.
Any form of advertising on number plates is illegal.
From the end of 2013 Gautengers may no longer have plastic number plates.
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As MKFrost has posted.

Legal Size of Number Plates (Government Gazette no. 29865 dated 04 May 2007)
“Provided that no person shall operate on a public road a motor vehicle first registered on or after 01 January 2010, unless such vehicle is fitted with a 520mm x 113mm or 250mm x 205mm or 250mm x 165mm size number plate” These are the only legal sizes you may fit on your vehicle and yes, this applies to all motorcycles.

Please Note: 440mm x 120mm size number plates MAY NOT BE FIITTED to a vehicle first registered on or after 01 January 2010
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Might be a Gauteng thing.

Oh flip, I've got both a plastic number plate and a ABC123 number plate still.
 
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This is excellent news. We have a ton of those speeding numberplate-less *******s in my part of the world. We need this.

They also need to crack down on people who over tint. It really is a hazard when driving :/
 
I agree 100% with this.
It can be tricky though for a driver who legitimately loses a plate without realising it.
A couple of years back I was living in Durban and had to see clients in Richards Bay, one of them on the way lived on a farm and I had to drive dirt roads to get there, what I didnt know was that on the way back out my front plate fell off.
So just as I arrive in Richards Bay I get stopped by a traffic cop and fined R500 because I had a missing plate that I didnt know about.
I spose its one of those things where you have to take things like that happening to stop people who remove them to avoid getting caught.
 
ghoti said:
This is excellent news. We have a ton of those speeding numberplate-less *******s in my part of the world. We need this.

They also need to crack down on people who over tint. It really is a hazard when driving :/
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The biggest issue for me is that while it's great to have a law for this, enforcing it is an entirely different matter. I've seen actual cops breaking basic laws such as failing to keep left.
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
The biggest issue for me is that while it's great to have a law for this, enforcing it is an entirely different matter. I've seen actual cops breaking basic laws such as failing to keep left.
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And that sums it up perfectly: this is just another blustery bit of saber rattling by the "authorities". You can make as many laws as you want, but when they are not enforced, these new laws have no impact whatsoever.
 
Might be a good idea to carry a spare plate in the car. It won't help at a roadblock - and you'll look really suspicious if you whip out the spare plate when a cop stops you but you can replace the missing one asap.
 
Rocket-Boy said:
I agree 100% with this.
It can be tricky though for a driver who legitimately loses a plate without realising it.
A couple of years back I was living in Durban and had to see clients in Richards Bay, one of them on the way lived on a farm and I had to drive dirt roads to get there, what I didnt know was that on the way back out my front plate fell off.
So just as I arrive in Richards Bay I get stopped by a traffic cop and fined R500 because I had a missing plate that I didnt know about.
I spose its one of those things where you have to take things like that happening to stop people who remove them to avoid getting caught.
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I saw mine was coming off the other day... I assumed that part of it had been broken.

When I inspected it I saw that it was fine and that someone had probably been trying to take it off.

I heard about this thing where a beggar will steal your plates and then try and sell them back to you saying they fell off.
 
bwana said:
Might be a good idea to carry a spare plate in the car. It won't help at a roadblock - and you'll look really suspicious if you whip out the spare plate when a cop stops you but you can replace the missing one asap.
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Keep it on your dash, I think thats actually legally ok in terms of keeping a visible number plate.
 
Tander said:
Secondly as stated - new cars and cars which have been into a panel beater of late would have had their plates pop-rivirted on. So this falling off business is nonsense.
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Yeah, most service centres should do it for you too. My car recently went in for its annual service and the riveted my numberplate on, free of charge.

My dad was one of those tossers who drove around without a front numberplate. He got away with it for two years, but one day he got a R1,5k fine and went to put his numberplate on the very next day.
 
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Mike Hoxbig said:
The biggest issue for me is that while it's great to have a law for this, enforcing it is an entirely different matter. I've seen actual cops breaking basic laws such as failing to keep left.
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Yeah, enforcement will not be perfect. No enforcement ever is.
 
Yeah I read the article as "careful guys one of these days we will actually start enforcing laws, maybe not today , maybe not tomorrow, but soon! Maybe ! So watch out!!! "
 
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