Isle of Man plates

Nothing--I sold the IOM Co about 12 years ago but as far as I was aware an IOM Licence and an IOM vehicle were construed as being" Foreign."
I know that there are some strange rules regarding totting up[Points] as a British court can't put them on an IOM Licence[A situation that arose with an employee] and I wondered if the law had been changed since then,as the IOM has strange status within the EEC

Motorists in England, Scotland and Wales have the option to display the Union Flag, Cross of St George, Cross of St Andrew (also known as the Saltire) or Red Dragon of Wales together with one of the following identifiers: GREAT BRITAN, Great Britain, GB, UNITED KINGDOM, United Kingdom, UK, CYMRU, Cymru, CYM, Cym, ENGLAND, England, ENG, Eng, SCOTLAND, Scotland, SCO, Sco, WALES or Wales. This must be displayed on the left hand side of the number plate. No other symbols or flags can be displayed on number plates.
The flag must be positioned above the identifier and neither must be more than 50 millimetres wide or on the number plate margin.
Motorists displaying national flags and identifiers will still be required to display the standard GB sticker when travelling in Europe.

So should you have a GB sticker Lozzo as it isnt one of the above England designations and you are in Europe?

nb650

Originally Posted by nakedblue650

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So should you have a GB sticker Lozzo as it isnt one of the above England designations and you are in Europe?

nb650

I do, it's on the back of the right pannier.



I'll try and dig out the page I found to show the copper I was talking to

Originally Posted by simesb

Could you post that link as it would be interesting; The DVLA website disagrees

You are correct and I was wrong. It appears I was looking at a page in the MOT Tester's Manual which doesn't stipulate that it has to be a recognised England, Scotland or Wales flag. It leaves the wording very open and gives the impression that any country's acceptable national flag can be displayed.

http://www.motuk.co.uk/mcmanual_630.htm

Tbh, I don't really care and I'm keeping the plate I have

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Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

Nothing--I sold the IOM Co about 12 years ago but as far as I was aware an IOM Licence and an IOM vehicle were construed as being" Foreign."
I know that there are some strange rules regarding totting up[Points] as a British court can't put them on an IOM Licence[A situation that arose with an employee] and I wondered if the law had been changed since then,as the IOM has strange status within the EEC

I believe there is an agreement in place between the IOM government and ours that points mean prizes whichever side of the water you're on. If you get banned on the Island then it counts on the mainland as well, and vice versa.

So, I could just lie and say I'd been to the IOM in the past year whenever I get pulled over?

Yes.I agree if you get banned it applies to both----the problem I came across was that points awarded are only applicable in the country of sentencing and can't be cumulative to totting up
i.e. The driver concerned had 3x3=9 points[Speeding] in the IOM and was given 3+3= 6 here for speeding[Over 60mph] and overtaking in the fast lane[Articulated lorry],the points were not actually put on his licence but kept on record.
To be honest it puzzled me at the time how he managed to keep his licence but he said that is why he was driving over here and Europe because if he did anything silly/minor on the IOM he would be banned under totting up.

Doubt it as your licence is UK and to get an IOM Licence you must be resident there.
Plus there is the MOT,Road Tax and insurance issue. Not that simple,that is why I had to buy an IOM Co and do all this in the company name,
My reasons were for nearly £2000 a year less road tax per vehicle plus the income tax advantages.


Sorry we seem to have gone a bit off topic---no more from me

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Originally Posted by allantheboss

So, I could just lie and say I'd been to the IOM in the past year whenever I get pulled over?

You could do. Do you still have an address over there and why are you on the mainland?

Never been there! Just bought a Manx registered bike, and I really like the look and registration of the plate, so I was generally just wondering what's stopping me keeping it.


I have sent papers for the bike to be registered to me in England; do I get sent new plates or what?