Driving with no number plates on vehicle
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Motor trader with trade policy. Member of staff collected a vehicle from car auction. The car had undergone a plate transfer so only had the old and incorrect plate in the vehicle. These had been removed. Auction usually have the new or correct plate made up. They hadn't .
Staff member was driving car and had front trade plate in windscreen and the rear trade plate in the rear window (convertible Z4)
Rear trade plate fell out and was quite tricky to affix. Police officer in Hyundai stops him and was incredibly irate and rude from the get go with calm staff member. Long and short he issued him a fixed penalty for failure to display registration mark. In the context is this the correct route to go down? I feel it's a bit out of order and having personally been stopped in a vehicle previously while on plates by a pair of polite traffic officers in a Volvo they even said its hard work getting those trade plates to stay put.
Anyone's thoughts before we decide to pay this?
Staff member was driving car and had front trade plate in windscreen and the rear trade plate in the rear window (convertible Z4)
Rear trade plate fell out and was quite tricky to affix. Police officer in Hyundai stops him and was incredibly irate and rude from the get go with calm staff member. Long and short he issued him a fixed penalty for failure to display registration mark. In the context is this the correct route to go down? I feel it's a bit out of order and having personally been stopped in a vehicle previously while on plates by a pair of polite traffic officers in a Volvo they even said its hard work getting those trade plates to stay put.
Anyone's thoughts before we decide to pay this?
Motor trader with trade policy. Member of staff collected a vehicle from car auction. The car had undergone a plate transfer so only had the old and incorrect plate in the vehicle. These had been removed. Auction usually have the new or correct plate made up. They hadn't .
Staff member was driving car and had front trade plate in windscreen and the rear trade plate in the rear window (convertible Z4)
Rear trade plate fell out and was quite tricky to affix. Police officer in Hyundai stops him and was incredibly irate and rude from the get go with calm staff member. Long and short he issued him a fixed penalty for failure to display registration mark. In the context is this the correct route to go down? I feel it's a bit out of order and having personally been stopped in a vehicle previously while on plates by a pair of polite traffic officers in a Volvo they even said its hard work getting those trade plates to stay put.
Anyone's thoughts before we decide to pay this?
Staff member was driving car and had front trade plate in windscreen and the rear trade plate in the rear window (convertible Z4)
Rear trade plate fell out and was quite tricky to affix. Police officer in Hyundai stops him and was incredibly irate and rude from the get go with calm staff member. Long and short he issued him a fixed penalty for failure to display registration mark. In the context is this the correct route to go down? I feel it's a bit out of order and having personally been stopped in a vehicle previously while on plates by a pair of polite traffic officers in a Volvo they even said its hard work getting those trade plates to stay put.
Anyone's thoughts before we decide to pay this?
I know the member of staffs character and a fibber or someone to exegarate is not the way he operates. He wouldn't have gotten angry with the officer either.
I mention Hyundai as I assumed it was given to more lower ranking police officers i could be wrong. Seems a bit of a joey that would be in one of them versus the unmarked X5 types.
I will pay the £100 fine it's not the end of the world just seems very petty and pathetic IMO. I thought he could have at least found an incorrect use of trade plate offence to get the member of staff with.
Front trade plate was displayed for whoever asked.
I mention Hyundai as I assumed it was given to more lower ranking police officers i could be wrong. Seems a bit of a joey that would be in one of them versus the unmarked X5 types.
I will pay the £100 fine it's not the end of the world just seems very petty and pathetic IMO. I thought he could have at least found an incorrect use of trade plate offence to get the member of staff with.
Front trade plate was displayed for whoever asked.
Impasse said:
So what is the price of a fitting kit for trade plates? How much do the rubber straps cost? Would they be a worthwhile investment or can the company afford a potential extra £100 cost for each vehicle movement? Because now the Hyundai driver has got you on his radar.
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