Private Plate PLOD aggro!

[mybrainhurts]

mph1977 said:

mybrainhurts said:

mph1977 said:

Mk3Spitfire said:

mybrainhurts said:

What are you on? He shouldn't have bothered in the first place. Pointless waste of resources.

So which offences should they bother with then?

only those where my brain hurts perceives himself to be the victim, as is typical for the 'Powerfully Built Company Directors' of PH

Endless source of tripe.

Victim? I've had a driving licence for 52 years and I've never had points on my licence.

so you've never been caught whoopie -do it doesn't answer spitfire's question though does it ?

and conveniently ignores the things that are found by 'routine traffic stops' ...

but then again having a 'nose' / 'gut feeling' is anathema to the average PHer except when it's use saves them ... good juob every copper, paramedic, Nurse and doctor develops this skill isn't it

Surely you don't need a duff plate to arouse your attention? If you pulled every duff plate in my neck of the woods, you wouldn't have time to scoff your doughnuts.

[mph1977]

mybrainhurts said:

mph1977 said:

mybrainhurts said:

mph1977 said:

Mk3Spitfire said:

mybrainhurts said:

What are you on? He shouldn't have bothered in the first place. Pointless waste of resources.

So which offences should they bother with then?

only those where my brain hurts perceives himself to be the victim, as is typical for the 'Powerfully Built Company Directors' of PH

Endless source of tripe.

Victim? I've had a driving licence for 52 years and I've never had points on my licence.

so you've never been caught whoopie -do it doesn't answer spitfire's question though does it ?

and conveniently ignores the things that are found by 'routine traffic stops' ...

but then again having a 'nose' / 'gut feeling' is anathema to the average PHer except when it's use saves them ... good juob every copper, paramedic, Nurse and doctor develops this skill isn't it

Surely you don't need a duff plate to arouse your attention? If you pulled every duff plate in my neck of the woods, you wouldn't have time to scoff your doughnuts.

you are a funny kind of expert when you can't even determine my profession from all my posts which you seem tso sure ot be aware of ....

road safety is an issue for healthcare becasue of the resources and time the result of RTCs consume in the Health Service ...

[mybrainhurts]

mph1977 said:

mybrainhurts said:

mph1977 said:

mybrainhurts said:

mph1977 said:

Mk3Spitfire said:

mybrainhurts said:

What are you on? He shouldn't have bothered in the first place. Pointless waste of resources.

So which offences should they bother with then?

only those where my brain hurts perceives himself to be the victim, as is typical for the 'Powerfully Built Company Directors' of PH

Endless source of tripe.

Victim? I've had a driving licence for 52 years and I've never had points on my licence.

so you've never been caught whoopie -do it doesn't answer spitfire's question though does it ?

and conveniently ignores the things that are found by 'routine traffic stops' ...

but then again having a 'nose' / 'gut feeling' is anathema to the average PHer except when it's use saves them ... good juob every copper, paramedic, Nurse and doctor develops this skill isn't it

Surely you don't need a duff plate to arouse your attention? If you pulled every duff plate in my neck of the woods, you wouldn't have time to scoff your doughnuts.

you are a funny kind of expert when you can't even determine my profession from all my posts which you seem tso sure ot be aware of ....

road safety is an issue for healthcare becasue of the resources and time the result of RTCs consume in the Health Service ...

You're an ambulance driver? Blimey, didn't realise.

If you want to cut the cost of RTAs, cut RTAs. Start by scrapping the NSL to reduce bunching. Then we won't have accidents like the fog multi vehicle on the M40 last week, or the M1 Luton one a couple of days ago, involving only two cars and closing the M1 for four hours.

[BarbaraCastle]You know it makes sense[/BarbaraCastle]

[mph1977]

mybrainhurts said:

mph1977 said:

mybrainhurts said:

mph1977 said:

mybrainhurts said:

mph1977 said:

Mk3Spitfire said:

mybrainhurts said:

What are you on? He shouldn't have bothered in the first place. Pointless waste of resources.

So which offences should they bother with then?

only those where my brain hurts perceives himself to be the victim, as is typical for the 'Powerfully Built Company Directors' of PH

Endless source of tripe.

Victim? I've had a driving licence for 52 years and I've never had points on my licence.

so you've never been caught whoopie -do it doesn't answer spitfire's question though does it ?

and conveniently ignores the things that are found by 'routine traffic stops' ...

but then again having a 'nose' / 'gut feeling' is anathema to the average PHer except when it's use saves them ... good juob every copper, paramedic, Nurse and doctor develops this skill isn't it

Surely you don't need a duff plate to arouse your attention? If you pulled every duff plate in my neck of the woods, you wouldn't have time to scoff your doughnuts.

you are a funny kind of expert when you can't even determine my profession from all my posts which you seem tso sure ot be aware of ....

road safety is an issue for healthcare becasue of the resources and time the result of RTCs consume in the Health Service ...

You're an ambulance driver? Blimey, didn't realise.

If you want to cut the cost of RTAs, cut RTAs. Start by scrapping the NSL to reduce bunching. Then we won't have accidents like the fog multi vehicle on the M40 last week, or the M1 Luton one a couple of days ago, involving only two cars and closing the M1 for four hours.

[BarbaraCastle]You know it makes sense[/BarbaraCastle]

closer but still no cigar, because at points in time i have driven ambulances

bunching is a result of poor driving nothing to do with speed limits, oddly reducing speed limits can reduce bunching as it reduces the ripple effect of braking ...

[mybrainhurts]

mph1977 said:

bunching is a result of poor driving nothing to do with speed limits, oddly reducing speed limits can reduce bunching as it reduces the ripple effect of braking ...

You say that with conviction. Funny, official theory was exactly the opposite before the NSL was introduced and was a plank in the argument against the NSL.

But we got the NSL and bunching became noticeably worse, as observed and noted by safety organisations at the time.

Don't believe everything your masters throw at you as fact or you might become the victim of brainwashing.

[Mk3Spitfire]

mybrainhurts said:

Surely you don't need a duff plate to arouse your attention? If you pulled every duff plate in my neck of the woods, you wouldn't have time to scoff your doughnuts.

For someone in their sixties, you come out with some very immature comments.

[Doshy]

Ari said:

ArmyMedic2012 said:

Porche 911 + personalised plate = mid life crisis?

Not really, no. Very nice car, enhanced (or will be at least) by a good plate.

Enhanced? Really?

[TooMany2cvs]

Doshy said:

Ari said:

ArmyMedic2012 said:

Porche 911 + personalised plate = mid life crisis?

Not really, no. Very nice car, enhanced (or will be at least) by a good plate.

Enhanced? Really?

Not just me, then.

I mean, yes, I can understand that some people really like vanity plates. Fine. I don't get why, but I know they do. If we look at the population as a whole, 'm far in the vast majority here, though, and - yes - to me a 911 with a vanity plate - especially an arches-and-wings turbo with a mis-spaced and in need of the explanatory line underneath cheapie, like L17wsy's original - really does shout "I'm balding, getting tubby, and the dangly bits aren't what they used to be, but I'm in denial".

Vanishingly few people care what your registration "says", and it makes absolutely no difference to the dynamics of your car. After all, the dynamics, the way it drives, are the reason why us petrolheads do the man-maths for things like 911s, right?

Enhanced? No. Better tyres would enhance it. A suspension refresh and upgrade would enhance it. There are catalogues full of shiny things to enhance the way a dozen-year-old 911 drives. But a couple of bits of ten quid perspex that just happen to have a slightly different sequence of letters and numbers? Can somebody explain how that works to me...?

And I _like_ cars... Imagine what it shouts to Joe and Jane Toyota-white-goods...?
"L17WSY" is going to get Carly Simon earworming them - or just ignored.
"911LAW" is going to get "Well, yes, I can see it's a Porsche, you shallow little solicitor".

Or it might make some people think that you're some kind of Ground Zero conspiracy theorist...

[Vaud]

Doshy said:

Enhanced? Really?

Sometimes, yes. On the right car:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshi...

[Ari]

Doshy said:

Ari said:

ArmyMedic2012 said:

Porche 911 + personalised plate = mid life crisis?

Not really, no. Very nice car, enhanced (or will be at least) by a good plate.

Enhanced? Really?

Personal taste obviously but yes, I think a good personal plate enhances a car rather than having a jumbled random collection of letters and numbers tagged on each end like a bloody great serial number.

But it needs to be a decent plate not a cheapy crappy mess about with the spacing, add a number plate screw or a strike through the seven, wannabe plate. Or one of those dreadful T15 ABC or B16 ABC or V8 ABC (inevitably on a car that isn't a V8) ones.

I think 911LAW will look good on a 911.

[Ari]

TooMany2cvs said:

Enhanced? No. Better tyres would enhance it. A suspension refresh and upgrade would enhance it. There are catalogues full of shiny things to enhance the way a dozen-year-old 911 drives. But a couple of bits of ten quid perspex that just happen to have a slightly different sequence of letters and numbers? Can somebody explain how that works to me...?

So you presumably never ever clean your car then? After all, that doesn't 'enhance' it? It only makes it shinier - how vain.

And your name suggests you like Citreon 2CVs? Bit pointless liking them isn't it? A Toyota Corolla is a better prospect in every possible dynamic way. Faster, handles better, stops better, quieter, smoother, more room. So surely, according to your own rules of all that matters, every 2CV should be chucked in a skip and those that own them should get a dynamically superior Corolla?

[Greendubber]

mybrainhurts said:

Surely you don't need a duff plate to arouse your attention? If you pulled every duff plate in my neck of the woods, you wouldn't have time to scoff your doughnuts.

Grow up

[TooMany2cvs]

Ari said:

So you presumably never ever clean your car then? After all, that doesn't 'enhance' it? It only makes it shinier - how vain.

You haven't seen the state of 'em... It's not the first time that accusation's been levelled at me. Although, seriously, yes there is an actual functional benefit in cleaning a car. Spending every waking moment pontificating on the optimum number of buckets and the merits of one stupidly expensive wax over another? Less so...

Ari said:

And your name suggests you like Citreon 2CVs? Bit pointless liking them isn't it? A Toyota Corolla is a better prospect in every possible dynamic way. Faster, handles better, stops better, quieter, smoother, more room. So surely, according to your own rules of all that matters, every 2CV should be chucked in a skip and those that own them should get a dynamically superior Corolla?

I'll just put this here, shall I?
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=23&...

But, again, that's a subjective debate on the dynamic merits of one car versus another. They drive differently, whichever you prefer. A Corolla with a vanity plate drives no differently to a Corolla with a normal plate.

[Vaud]

mybrainhurts said:

Endless source of tripe.

Victim? I've had a driving licence for 52 years and I've never had points on my licence.

So you got your licence in 1963. So 17 ish?

Are you really 69 and posting insults?

[Charlie1986]

so all this bhing and theres not photo of the offending plate yet?? Come OP show a picture of the plate

[scarble]

Charlie1986 said:

so all this bhing and theres not photo of the offending plate yet?? Come OP show a picture of the plate

The OP has described it in great detail in the OP. Have you no imagination?

[austinsmirk]

must admit I saw a plate that read DR 52 RAJ yesterday. thinking of this thread I was soon in hysterics when all I could think of is this massively chinned Asian Dr with extremely white teeth on some CBEEBIES programme my children watch.

Dr Raj is very nice btw.

but don't know if it was the concept the owner of the plate was going for.

[BertBert]

Vaud said:

Are you really 69 and posting insults?

Bugger, is there an age limit?
Bert

[Vaud]

BertBert said:

Bugger, is there an age limit?
Bert

I wouldn't mind if they were smart or witty... but they seem mostly to be LCD and reminiscent of a petulant teen, not a grown man.

[anonymous-user]

TooMany2cvs said:

Ari said:

So you presumably never ever clean your car then? After all, that doesn't 'enhance' it? It only makes it shinier - how vain.

You haven't seen the state of 'em... It's not the first time that accusation's been levelled at me. Although, seriously, yes there is an actual functional benefit in cleaning a car. Spending every waking moment pontificating on the optimum number of buckets and the merits of one stupidly expensive wax over another? Less so...

Ari said:

And your name suggests you like Citreon 2CVs? Bit pointless liking them isn't it? A Toyota Corolla is a better prospect in every possible dynamic way. Faster, handles better, stops better, quieter, smoother, more room. So surely, according to your own rules of all that matters, every 2CV should be chucked in a skip and those that own them should get a dynamically superior Corolla?

I'll just put this here, shall I?
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=23&...

But, again, that's a subjective debate on the dynamic merits of one car versus another. They drive differently, whichever you prefer. A Corolla with a vanity plate drives no differently to a Corolla with a normal plate.

You can put that wherever you like but you'll not convince many that the 2CV scores at any significant level in the dynamics stakes.....the idea is laughable' in all honesty.

As for the plates, I tend to agree with you. They add nothing, especially when anally modified. However, all three of my cars have personalised plates, basically the same just with different, single, numbers after the first letter. I bought the plates because they make the registrations easier to remember. Oh, and because I can afford to, of course.