How common is car cloning?

[Zio Di Roma]

We've just had a bus lane fine for a car with our plates on. It's not what you'd call a common car and I am surprised anyone would do it. It seems they have though. Is it a common problem?

[Zio Di Roma]

The Gauge said:

My car is currently cloned, having received a PCN from the council for a bus lane contravention in my city centre. I've reported it to the police to get an incident number, sent a letter to the DVLA and am disputing the PCN

I phoned the DVLA to report it, they create a reference number and give you an address to write to explaining why you think your car has been cloned

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Thankfully there are differences in the number plate such as screw holes and font that I'm using as the basis of my appeal

Edited by The Gauge on Thursday 18th April 18:22

The council has written to us waiving the ticket and telling us we must tell plod.

I don't think we will bother with plod unless it becomes a repeat problem. Why? Because I anticipate that it would just add our car to the police database, a situation from which no good will come. Just the driver being stopped for plod to check the car.

[Zio Di Roma]

The Gauge said:

Zio Di Roma said:

The council has written to us waiving the ticket and telling us we must tell plod.

I don't think we will bother with plod unless it becomes a repeat problem. Why? Because I anticipate that it would just add our car to the police database, a situation from which no good will come. Just the driver being stopped for plod to check the car.

That's good news. What was it that helped you prove it wasn't your car?

Mine now has a police PNC marker which I see as a good thing. I don't mind being stopped by the police, in fact I welcome it as there's a chance they will stop the car that generated the bus lane PCN I received

Edited by The Gauge on Thursday 18th April 20:01

Some decals. As luck would have it, I had photos of the car from a few days before the incident, clearly showing the decals which were absent in their image.

Have you got CCTV at home?

[Zio Di Roma]

Hol said:

Zio Di Roma said:

The council has written to us waiving the ticket and telling us we must tell plod.

I don't think we will bother with plod unless it becomes a repeat problem. Why? Because I anticipate that it would just add our car to the police database, a situation from which no good will come. Just the driver being stopped for plod to check the car.

The police are just as likely to stop the cloned car as they are your own.
They only need to do that once for your problem to go away. It’s not going to be indefinitely.

How is that not good?

Have a think.