"The draft amendment would prohibit raised-style number plates, including 4D and gel designs, by requiring all outward-facing surfaces to be completely flat. While this has been presented as a measure to improve legibility and reduce fraud, industry experts warn that it risks overlooking the real source of the problem, namely the growing and legally unenforceable supply of unregulated number plates."
"Number plate crime is rising sharply. Data obtained from the DVLA by Churchill Insurance shows sustained growth in cloning and plate misuse, while a BBC investigation reported a 64 percent increase in vehicle identity-cloning cases in London between 2021 and 2023. A separate cross-government inquiry presented to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Transport Safety suggested that as many as one in fifteen vehicles may already be displaying illegal or unreadable plates designed to evade Automatic Number Plate Reader (ANPR) detection."
The British Standards Institution consultation on amendments to BS AU 145e has concluded, with a draft that would ban raised-style number plates by requiring all outward-facing surfaces to be flat. Plates4Less estimates up to 25 percent of motorists who bought new plates since 2021 could be affected. The ban is presented as improving legibility and reducing fraud, but industry experts warn it may ignore the core issue: a growing supply of unregulated, legally unenforceable plates. Number plate crime is increasing, with DVLA-related data and investigations showing significant rises in cloning and misuse, and many illegal plates come from unregistered online sellers, often outside the UK.
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