number plates

[HAWKE]

do you need to have both front and rear plates

[Quizmaester]

Hi Hawke
If you live in the USA then most states require you to have only a rear plate.
If you are in the UK then you must sport both a rear and front plate.
If you are in the UK and have an EU badge on your plates and would rather not - send four second class stamps to the following address and receive a GB & Union Flag sticker to put over it. This is perfectly legal BTW!
Cheers
Sticker offer, PO Box 408, Newton Abbot, TQ12 9BG

[Panic Button]

Rear only required on a motorbike.

They used to have double sided ones on top of the front mudguard, but cancelled the requirement as they were slicing through pedestrians in collisions.

[rojash]

Just as an aside, a friend of mine bought a used Lexus and drove it around for 9 months before someone noticed that the front and back plates had different numbers!

[HAWKE]

thanks to you all for answering my question, it only arose after seeing people driving around with dirty elegible plates.

[Panic Button]

People do get done for dirty plates. I have seen cops pulling people for it, as it could stop a camera catching you.