The other what?
Boys, I don't think you'll be interested in buying an overpriced UK sticker from an idiot like me.What Larry said. What exactly are we supposed to be looking at and splitting the cost with you??
What are we talking about?Our politicians/civil servants/bureaucrats, have decided that it's about time we weren't known as the GB anymore and all number plates when travelling beyond our shores must now display UK branding.
InformativeFor those of us on the other side of the pond (British Isles, Great Britain, United Kingdom, England,British Empire):
Hmm, yes and no... since around 2000 the oval sticker has been dropped, cause the nationality is already shown in the (EC type/standard) license plate...An oval white country sticker such as the one @Upt' North and I have on the back of our motos is required for travel in countries outside of the country of registration of the vehicle. There are two exceptions: 1) EC vehicles within the EC that have an EC spec licence plate, and 2) cross-border travel between Canada and the USA. The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic specifies this.
The GB markings are now obsolete, I am no longer Great British, I am now United Kingdomish. We all are apparently. Even @Bikeric and he lives in Cornwall/France.What are we talking about?
The oval GB thingy or the blue, vertical one covering the EC insignia?
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But that Ranjid voice-over makes it hilarious!
Good to know, need to address you as "your highness" from now on?The GB markings are now obsolete, I am no longer Great British, I am now United Kingdomish.
Yeah, those 9mm won't fester out easily...It's all complete nonsense of course and I was very tempted to say pfffttttttt to the stupid new regs but I have already found out I'm allergic to gendarmes pointing guns at me and would prefer not to repeat the experience unnecessarily.
You should be!Just in case I should be mistan for being English...... We down 'ere are now a protected species! I just bought a UK sticker for the bike and car ready for the next trip to France as booked on the Poole to Cherbourg Ferry for 17th May for the next six weeks.....
I put that on to tease a co-worker of mine in Zurich - he had a mofa (a moped) and was obliged by law to have a sticker on the back of it that read '25' - so I bought a 25 sticker and a 40 sticker and cobbled together the 250 sticker.I like the round "250" sticker CYYJ...
Doug, I think I would liken it to the USA sticker. Would you be fond of having a North America, NA sticker instead?You were always part of the UK, and Great Britain, so what difference does it make which one is used on the plate? From your comments it appears that you prefer to be associated with GB rather than the UK, but its not clear why.
The GB markings are now obsolete, I am no longer Great British, I am now United Kingdomish. We all are apparently. Even @Bikeric and he lives in Cornwall/France.
The UK marker must now be shown to leave Britain, or is that Kingdom.
It's all complete nonsense of course and I was very tempted to say pfffttttttt to the stupid new regs but I have already found out I'm allergic to gendarmes pointing guns at me and would prefer not to repeat the experience unnecessarily.
C'est La Vie mon enfants.
Upt'North.