Small Number Plate Fine

[theshrew]

I know a few people who have been given a £100 fine lately.

One lad in particular got a warning about 2 months ago, he didn't take the warning and just used the same plate. Maybe a month later he got stopped again and given a fine. Fair enough I suppose. He has put a std plate on now which looks bloody stupid and covers his exhaust. Which is why he left it as it was in the first place.

Anyway when he rang up to pay the fine he got told he doesn't have to pay.

So why not ? Copper messed up the paperwork or something ?

[anonymous-user]

theshrew said:

Anyway when he rang up to pay the fine he got told he doesn't have to pay.

So why not ? Copper messed up the paperwork or something ?

If your mate doesn't know how the feck should we?

[LoonR1]

How does a plate cover his exhaust?

[steve954]

LoonR1 said:

How does a plate cover his exhaust?

I suspect because he has a tail tidy on! My bike with a tail tidy and standard plate covers both my exhausts which is why I leave it all standard.

[LoonR1]

Agreed. I've never seen the value of a small plate as I can't see it when I'm riding anyway.

[SAS Tom]

I put a good word in for your mate and they let him off.

[theshrew]

steve954 said:

LoonR1 said:

How does a plate cover his exhaust?

I suspect because he has a tail tidy on! My bike with a tail tidy and standard plate covers both my exhausts which is why I leave it all standard.

Same as /\

It's doesn't cover them fully just a little bit on each one.

[theshrew]

SAS Tom said:

I put a good word in for your mate and they let him off.

I will let him know, sure he will shout you a few beers

[toxgobbler]

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[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

All the years I 'rode on the road' my solution was to get a full-sized plate, and then trim off some of the excess 'yellow' from around all sides.

I still had a full-sized plate of sorts, but without it appearing like a 'sail.'

I never had any grief from the BiB with it.

[moanthebairns]

I was done for drinking in the street, on a cup final day of all days, a pint of strongbow in a plastic cup.

4 police pulled me aside, took them 20 minutes to write a £40 fine.

I went to pay it days later, "there has been a clerical error you don't need to pay this fine"

I imagine the same thing happened with your friend

[Nigel Worc's]

So you modify your bike so a standard plate doesn't fit, then get fined when you fit a smaller plate ?

Good !

What is the bloody point ?

[Rawwr]

I have a full-sized plate so that I stand out in a crowd of other sports bikes.

[theshrew]

Nigel Worc's said:

So you modify your bike so a standard plate doesn't fit, then get fined when you fit a smaller plate ?

Good !

What is the bloody point ?

The bike already had the smaller plate on when he bought it.

[donutsina911]

A week after getting my R1 (complete with the world's smallest plate courtesy of the previous owner) I was pulled over in London and offered the £100 fine or 14 days to get the plate changed. Anyway, there were about a dozen bike trafpol doing spot checks that day by Hyde Park...apparently, every check they'd carried out that day could have resulted in some kind of fine or remedial action....although to be fair, that could be because they were only pulling over tts on R1s and mopeds