Police Marker On My Car

[T5R+]

BIB not TrafPol turned up to view a "suspect vehicle" in the street, as one of the neighbours had reported it.

One of the 2 then took an interest in my car parked on the road and started scribbling in his pad. Thought that I had better pop out and understand if we have an issue.

One of the pair explained that one of the letters and numbers are "a little close" - is a reasonable chap. Other pipes up with " I have put a marker on this one and that one in the driveway". (One on the driveway is naughty but parked off the road behind gates).

Ironically, the one on the road was sat in front of a TrafPol last night for the best part of 2 miles (double crewed X5 in full livery) - not pulled or issue expressed. In fact same font/plate set up for the last 12+ years on different vehicles with no pulls or ticking off.

(Other chap rapidly went and sat in their car - as would like to think he thought - middle aged fella with a few okay cars and civil demeanour "why bother")

Now that this tw4t (sorry) has seemingly seen fit to issue a marker - what should I expect, for how long and also did he need to issue me any paperwork.

[KungFuPanda]

I think he's bullstting you. If he had a proper bee in his bonnet about the plate, he would have issued with a notice to get it changed back.

[liner33]

is the plate legal ? if not get it changed , seems simple to me

[anonymous-user]

if you feel umbrage complain, if not forget about it. Policemen aren't the brightest buttons so probably just flexing his power.

[Butter Face]

T5R+ said:

Now that this tw4t

Because you've got misspaced plates on your car and he noticed, he's the tt?

Right on.

[Sump]

He's out for a troll.

[Greendubber]

Lets have a look at the plate and see which one of you is a tt then.

[SlimJim16v]

Greendubber said:

Lets have a look at the plate and see which one of you is a tt then.

[MitchT]

Send him to Bradford. He'll think all his Christmases have come at once!

[Matt UK]

SlimJim16v said:

Greendubber said:

Lets have a look at the plate and see which one of you is a tt then.

Agreed, it's hard to be objective with an opinion without the facts.

[Loyly]

You're sore because you got caught with some dodgy plates, you took the risk though, and now your vanity has come back to haunt you. Looks like you're the tt!

[Meridius]

If they've put a marker for the plates it probably means that if you get pulled over again and they check, the officer will know you have been warned about the plates already and have less sympathy about letting you off this time.

[MidlifeC2S]

Ask the dvla for a refund on the plate. Tell them your furious that you can't tamper with the lettering.

[Bradley1500]

The Police drove to your house to check out a dodgy numberplate that a neighbour had complained about, really?

[anonymous-user]

0/10 must troll harder.

[parabolica]

Plot twist; BIB is a poster on the crappy plates thread and will have pics of OP's car on there soon enough.

[PorkInsider]

As said earlie, we need to see just how council these plates are.

[XCP]

My daughter had an illegally spaced number plate, got stopped and breath tested ( also illegally !)

[SpamCan]

Sounds like a friendly warning to me "get it sorted or the next time I see the car you'll be getting a ticket" the officer is being reasonable if you ask me.

A mate of mine mentioned this very thing the other day, somebody at his work got stopped with a dodgy spaced plate, was told to sort it or he'd get a ticket. He didn't sort it so ended up with a fine and still had to get the plate sorted out.

My advice would be to take the hint and get some new plates made up with the standard legal spacing to prevent any future issues.

[Vaud]

So two of your cars have non standard plates?