
Do you need L plates?
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Re: Do you need L plates?
About forty quid probably - or leave it as it is and tell your boy not to exceed 30 mph. 

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Re: Do you need L plates?
Ginger Phil wrote:About forty quid probably - or leave it as it is and tell your boy not to exceed 30 mph.

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Clive wrote:
And he is riding a Pioneer Navada..
So, Solo has seen Brokeback Mountain then.




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Re: Do you need L plates?
Its not the cc, its the change from the moped to motorcycle class that makes you need L plates. Hence my L plates had to be on the Ludix when it was derestricted (hadn't passed the test then).Ginger Phil wrote:She won't need L plates if it has been derestricted as it will still be under 125cc.
Re the restriction, if its a 4T then it may not get above 30mph anyway. What's it top speed (not speedo but GPS), if its less than 35mph I wouldn't worry.
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Re: Do you need L plates?
The highway code says you should not display L plates if you have a substantive licence. It does not say you must not.buff wrote:Thanks. That will mean I can use it for work without having to take the Ls off.
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Just as well it doesn't otherwise driving instructors would have a hell of a time fitting/removing L-plates every time they change seats with a pupil.
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If you are a full licence holder you should put a black line across the L plate until you have a learner driver using it, or police get annoyed and can fine you, think that IS the law, don't restrict it.
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Re: Do you need L plates?
An absolute load of bollocks unless of course you can quote the appropriate section in the Road Traffic Act that you refer to.R1K SU wrote:If you are a full licence holder you should put a black line across the L plate until you have a learner driver using it, or police get annoyed and can fine you, think that IS the law, don't restrict it.
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I was pulled and told that when I had L plates on my car and police pulled me, didn't have my learner daughter with me at the time., sorry police must be wrong.
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Re: Do you need L plates?
Police will often pull a single person in a car with L plates, just to check they have a full licence, but there is no offence in driving with L plates on a full licence. I checked this with my son (police) who checked it with with Traffic.