Raised lettering on number plates

[Mike6]

I have noticed a few zeds and other cars with significantly raised lettering on number plates. Are these strictly legal and are they intended to confuse speed and other cameras, as I have been reading in the press of problems with drivers avoiding detection with altered plates
Many years ago I purchased a can of spray for an old Porsche which was supposed to do exactly that, but when it arrived it was simply a new label stuck over a can of hair spray.

 

[DevonPaul]

They help other drivers know that the owner is a cock

 

[pvr]

4 d is illegal now

 

[Rockhopper]

I cannot get my head around why someone would take off a perfectly good number plate to replace it with these horrors.

 

[sp3ctre]

What a bugger to clean! :thumbsdown:

 

[Meds]

Illegal or not, they really do look horrendous, dont they.

 

[Pondrew]

Yes, they are trying to clamp down on any altered plates, as the entire UK police force can do feck all without ANPR or CCTV in 2025.

I am now in total admiration that the Po..lice managed to do anything before CCTV was on every street corner (and now on every door bell) and ANPR cameras do all the work for the 'roads Police'.

 

[Probocop]

I've personally been holding out for 5D plates, complete with a lovely fragrance.