Private Plate PLOD aggro!
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You've had it lucky OP.
If I was still in the police, I'd stop you every day and seize your numberplates.
We used to have a wall full of seized numberplates in the traffic office.
Have you ever considered that the officer is targetting you ang getting arsey because you consistently fail to take his advice and fit legal plates?
Are you a little hard of thinking?
If I was still in the police, I'd stop you every day and seize your numberplates.
We used to have a wall full of seized numberplates in the traffic office.
Have you ever considered that the officer is targetting you ang getting arsey because you consistently fail to take his advice and fit legal plates?
Are you a little hard of thinking?
TwigtheWonderkid said:
DVLA are even advertising them as such, showing you the real plate and then in brackets what it could look like if you f
ked about with it.
Are you sure you aren't viewing a third party private plate dealer. The DVLA's own website does not appear to contain suggestions of what the plate would look like if you "fked about with it.ked about with it".LAWSY1 said:
Guys, opinions please:
I have a private reg on my 911 turbo that 'pretty much' reads LAWSY, as that is my nickname as all my friends know me. The actual plate is L17WSY. With an upright number 7 and a number plate screw cover between the 1 and 7. The number 7 looks very much like the letter A. When i originally purchased this plate in 1994 - the year the number was first advertised BY THE DVLA - I would appropriately miss space the lettering and use a French 7 with a line thru' so it read LAWSY pretty much perfectly. Of recent times, with plod seeming to have very little better to do, I have been pulled and fined £30, then £40 now £60 and finally now a summons. The crazy thing is, NOW the plate is "perfectly legally spaced" and the 'only' thing not 100% right is the more upright vertical line of the number 7.
99.9% of police NEVER bother me. The plate gets correctly recognised when being followed by a police car, with their onboard machine(whatever this is called) and by speed cameras, as I have been nicked twice in the last 18 months etc.
My real problem, is that 1 particular policeman, who is the one responsible for the summons, is the reason i have to attend court. What irritates me immensely is that, when he pulls you, in his panda car - he is not a traffic policeman - he is very arrogant, borderline rude and we pretty much get in an argument with me telling him that he surely has FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO. Also, that surely the cars road worthiness, IE: MOT, TYRES, TAX and INSURANCE are SURELY more important. He NEVER bothers with any of these however and just takes great pleasure being an absolute arse. I AM NEVER RUDE TO HIM AS HE IS A POLICE OFFICER AND I HAVE THE UPMOST RESPECT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM WHO DO A GREAT JOB. However, I am going to court on March 22nd 2015 to be treated like a criminal, due to this clown! The situation is made worse, due to the fact that when i purchased the plate from the DVLA in 94' ALL OF THEIR PLATES WERE ADVERTISED MISS SPACED in the NATIONAL PRESS. I bought this plate from the DVLA to display it in the way it was PRESENTED and MISS SOLD to me. This policeman is using the DVLA is his 'motivation' and reason to take me to court. He is also telling lies in his statement to the court with relation to his opening statement to me the day he pulled me. As his opening gambit - which was clearly intended to rile me - was "You must remember me, i'm the officer you called a superstar last time we met" His statement claims nothing to this effect.
I am so pissed off with this whole situation, i have purchased a different 'dateless' plate and will be selling the existing one.
IN SUMMARY I WANT OPINIONS FROM THOSE IN THE KNOW TO HOW BEST DEAL WITH THIS
Sounds like you've sorted out your own problem? I have a private reg on my 911 turbo that 'pretty much' reads LAWSY, as that is my nickname as all my friends know me. The actual plate is L17WSY. With an upright number 7 and a number plate screw cover between the 1 and 7. The number 7 looks very much like the letter A. When i originally purchased this plate in 1994 - the year the number was first advertised BY THE DVLA - I would appropriately miss space the lettering and use a French 7 with a line thru' so it read LAWSY pretty much perfectly. Of recent times, with plod seeming to have very little better to do, I have been pulled and fined £30, then £40 now £60 and finally now a summons. The crazy thing is, NOW the plate is "perfectly legally spaced" and the 'only' thing not 100% right is the more upright vertical line of the number 7.
99.9% of police NEVER bother me. The plate gets correctly recognised when being followed by a police car, with their onboard machine(whatever this is called) and by speed cameras, as I have been nicked twice in the last 18 months etc.
My real problem, is that 1 particular policeman, who is the one responsible for the summons, is the reason i have to attend court. What irritates me immensely is that, when he pulls you, in his panda car - he is not a traffic policeman - he is very arrogant, borderline rude and we pretty much get in an argument with me telling him that he surely has FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO. Also, that surely the cars road worthiness, IE: MOT, TYRES, TAX and INSURANCE are SURELY more important. He NEVER bothers with any of these however and just takes great pleasure being an absolute arse. I AM NEVER RUDE TO HIM AS HE IS A POLICE OFFICER AND I HAVE THE UPMOST RESPECT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM WHO DO A GREAT JOB. However, I am going to court on March 22nd 2015 to be treated like a criminal, due to this clown! The situation is made worse, due to the fact that when i purchased the plate from the DVLA in 94' ALL OF THEIR PLATES WERE ADVERTISED MISS SPACED in the NATIONAL PRESS. I bought this plate from the DVLA to display it in the way it was PRESENTED and MISS SOLD to me. This policeman is using the DVLA is his 'motivation' and reason to take me to court. He is also telling lies in his statement to the court with relation to his opening statement to me the day he pulled me. As his opening gambit - which was clearly intended to rile me - was "You must remember me, i'm the officer you called a superstar last time we met" His statement claims nothing to this effect.
I am so pissed off with this whole situation, i have purchased a different 'dateless' plate and will be selling the existing one.
IN SUMMARY I WANT OPINIONS FROM THOSE IN THE KNOW TO HOW BEST DEAL WITH THIS
R_U_LOCAL said:
You've had it lucky OP.
If I was still in the police, I'd stop you every day and seize your numberplates.
We used to have a wall full of seized numberplates in the traffic office.
Have you ever considered that the officer is targetting you ang getting arsey because you consistently fail to take his advice and fit legal plates?
Are you a little hard of thinking?
We used to report them to DVLA who took the plates off them after three strikes and issued a new number.If I was still in the police, I'd stop you every day and seize your numberplates.
We used to have a wall full of seized numberplates in the traffic office.
Have you ever considered that the officer is targetting you ang getting arsey because you consistently fail to take his advice and fit legal plates?
Are you a little hard of thinking?
Regs are changing soon so that all fixings must be outside the area containing letters and numbers
Edited by Bigends on Sunday 22 February 14:00
sebhaque said:
LAWSY1 said:
I am so pissed off with this whole situation, i have purchased a different 'dateless' plate and will be selling the existing one.
Sounds like you've sorted out your own problem? Suspect that at some point the OP suggested that he pays the relevant officer's wages, hence said constable is determined to give the OP value for money.
On the question of whether the officer in question, or indeed police in general, have something better to do with their time, then yes they have.
Therefore I hope that any fines are commensurate with the costs incurred in wasting the time of the criminal justice system in the widest possible sense.
I also implore Haymarket to send you a bill for the wasted bandwidth.
Hth.
On the question of whether the officer in question, or indeed police in general, have something better to do with their time, then yes they have.
Therefore I hope that any fines are commensurate with the costs incurred in wasting the time of the criminal justice system in the widest possible sense.
I also implore Haymarket to send you a bill for the wasted bandwidth.
Hth.
Vaud said:
LoonR1 said:
Half term wind up, but on the slight chance that it's not, then I hope you enjoy the Q plate that might be coming your way.
Would it be Q or just a random plate matching the date of registration? kowalski655 said:
Im sure a PHer posted a pic of BE11 END as his plates once
I've just been reading this morning in one of the papers that DVLA have just given a list of plates they've held back, BA11 BAG being one of them as they feel it may cause offence.I'm not sure it would cause offence, I think most people would just laugh when they saw that plate
LAWSY1 said:
My previous username password got lost therefore had to create new one, Mr billy judgemental.... Ask for opinion, what a mistake to allow someone like yourself a chance to simply slag me off and give an intelligent response. NOT LOOKING FOR SYMPATHY OR DOGst UNNECESSARY COMMENTS
From what you posted it seems like you've been pulled, told off and fined numerous times for havingf a number plate that doesn't conform correctly to the UK regulations.t UNNECESSARY COMMENTSAs you've done it numerous times already, it's likely to be dealt with harshly in court as you can't claim ignorance.
Perhaps the police officer got annoyed at you constantly repeating the same offense over and over and decided to make an example of you.
LAWSY1 said:
My previous username password got lost therefore had to create new one, Mr billy judgemental.... Ask for opinion, what a mistake to allow someone like yourself a chance to simply slag me off and give an intelligent response. NOT LOOKING FOR SYMPATHY OR DOGst UNNECESSARY COMMENTS
Lawsy, try looking at this from another point of view.t UNNECESSARY COMMENTSWhat it you were crossing zebra crossing one day and a car didn't stop, hit you and drove off.
Fortunately you saw the plate; so you tell the police from your hospital bed.
But the plate you saw and remembered isn't the real plate. The police have drawn a blank, no-one to claim off the insurance for etc etc.
There are real reasons we need number plates that are clearly identifiable as what they are. Not just for ANPR, but the proper reason, that you and every other driver is identifiable when you or someone else f
ks up as is bound to happen now and again.I couldn't give a rats ass about spacing, but turning 17 in A... you may as well just remove your plates. Would you think that is ok?
Efbe said:
LAWSY1 said:
My previous username password got lost therefore had to create new one, Mr billy judgemental.... Ask for opinion, what a mistake to allow someone like yourself a chance to simply slag me off and give an intelligent response. NOT LOOKING FOR SYMPATHY OR DOGst UNNECESSARY COMMENTS
Lawsy, try looking at this from another point of view.t UNNECESSARY COMMENTSWhat it you were crossing zebra crossing one day and a car didn't stop, hit you and drove off.
Fortunately you saw the plate; so you tell the police from your hospital bed.
But the plate you saw and remembered isn't the real plate. The police have drawn a blank, no-one to claim off the insurance for etc etc.
There are real reasons we need number plates that are clearly identifiable as what they are. Not just for ANPR, but the proper reason, that you and every other driver is identifiable when you or someone else f
ks up as is bound to happen now and again.I couldn't give a rats ass about spacing, but turning 17 in A... you may as well just remove your plates. Would you think that is ok?
TheEnd said:
That doesn't really work though, you'd have a far greater chance of remembering L17WSY as a plate than a string of random letters or numbers.
only if you know it is 17 and not an A.If you think it is an A, then you will never find the car. The police probably wouldn't bother matching a partial plate with the make/model/colour either, as they didn't when my friend gave them 6 out of 7 digits of a hit and run recently.
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