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Driving outside UK/Ireland

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    Driving outside UK/Ireland

    Just a little heads up.

    From January this year, driving abroad with just GB number plates that had the EU flag on them was illegal. if you wanted to drive outside the UK/Ireland in a UK registered car you needed to have either GB stickers or number plates with GB and a Union Flag on them (You could also have George Cross, Saltire or Welsh Dragon).

    Since yesterday this is now illegal too.

    You need to have UK stickers or UK & flag number plates.
    https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/mot...ew-uk-version/

    So, anyone who followed the government advice in January needs to fork out again for another set of plates because the UK government has changed the rules again.
    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

    #2
    Far easier to hire a car locally than jump through hoops.

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      #3
      Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
      Far easier to hire a car locally than jump through hoops.
      Not if you are visiting a friend in Normandy and expect to return with shopping.

      Its terrible we will have to spend £2 on stickers to apply to our cars showing we are from the United Kingdom not Grand Bretagne.

      I suppose it will give the Gendarmes a new target for on the spot fines.
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #4
        Originally posted by WTFH View Post
        So, anyone who followed the government advice in January needs to fork out again for another set of plates because the UK government has changed the rules again.
        Nope. If you have a plate with GB on it, you can just get a sticker.

        I think that it's rather nice that Northern Ireland is finally recognised on the country code.

        Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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          #5
          Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
          Nope. If you have a plate with GB on it, you can just get a sticker.

          I think that it's rather nice that Northern Ireland is finally recognised on the country code.
          Maybe Ireland & the EU will finally realise they aren't a misguided region of Ireland?
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #6
            What happened in the old days if you didn't have a sticker? And what will happen if you don't have one now? Does anyone care or is it mandatory to get your car on the ferry/train type of thing?
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              #7
              Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
              What happened in the old days if you didn't have a sticker? And what will happen if you don't have one now? Does anyone care or is it mandatory to get your car on the ferry/train type of thing?
              You will be marched to a cash point by a gendarme to pay a fine.
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                Originally posted by vetran View Post

                Not if you are visiting a friend in Normandy and expect to return with shopping.

                Its terrible we will have to spend £2 on stickers to apply to our cars showing we are from the United Kingdom not Grand Bretagne.

                I suppose it will give the Gendarmes a new target for on the spot fines.
                This is not an EU rule ... so do try to stop blaming others for your decision.
                I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                  What happened in the old days if you didn't have a sticker? And what will happen if you don't have one now? Does anyone care or is it mandatory to get your car on the ferry/train type of thing?
                  Could be wrong (happy to be corrected) but it's international law that you're breaking so I guess technically you wouldn't be insured. Then as you are breaking the law you are liable to a fine. When we were in the EU we could have an EU flag and that was sufficient, but now we're an independent country we have to have the flag of that country on our vehicle - as our government has stipulated.

                  The Tories should have known this from day 1, but seems they're not too bright and make things up as they go along
                  Last edited by Whorty; 29 September 2021, 09:26.
                  I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by vetran View Post

                    You will be marched to a cash point by a gendarme to pay a fine.
                    Why are you so obsessed with hating the French?
                    It's the UK government that wrote to the UN insisting on the changes. Nothing to do with the French or the EU.

                    You really should seek therapy for your anger issues, I don't care that you're 83 with high blood pressure, it might help.
                    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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