S172 - Registration mark fails to conform.

[Armchair_Expert]

AlexRS2782 said:

Armchair_Expert said:

You have been seriously unlucky to get a ticket for no BS mark if the plate is otherwise legal, whoever issued that needs to be ashamed of themselves, unless there were other factors at play but only you know what happened with your stop.

Seems a fairly valid ticket tbh - the poster even confirms exactly why they were given it (further to the original valid reason for the pull) but seems to be complaining over the BS mark references in the hope of using that as a get out clause.

They originally got pulled for no valid MOT and, as it turns out in another post from the poster, it seems they had no valid Tax either at the time. Then there's the fact that the guy is running around on a set of designer plates with an Isle of Man flag on (not legal) which is embossed with a honeycomb look background with "Thunderbird 2" ghosted in it.

Scotty2 said:

I got stopped the other week (MOT had expired - my fault £100).
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The issue apparently is that my plates have an Isle of Man flag as opposed to a UK flag, and they have a honeycomb background with "Thunderbird 2" in small script where the new plates have the post code of the supplier.
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Driving within speed limit (40). Car stopped as flagged up as no insurance (false), no MOT (true), no Tax (true), as it ran out end of Feb and I forgot to renew MOT/Tax due to my wife "filing away" the reminder so I forgot all about it.

Valid or not, it is not something in keeping with the ongoing battle of winning public trust and confidence. Pettiness of the lack of a tiny BS mark ( not affecting legibility for human or machine ) alone is unnecessary. And plenty of people have flags on their plates. If the plate is correctly fonted and sized, and not obscured, then there are better things to do.

[ScotHill]

Chebble said:

outnumbered said:

Riley Blue said:

Armchair_Expert said:

When I see others with personal plates, it tells me first and foremost that they clearly love cars / their car and have made the effort to go one step beyond a day to day driver - it makes them stand out as interesting, something different, a passionate car driver or owner. I would even go as far to say that I therefore believe they may be a better driver, a more engaging and interesting person maybe?

This ^^^^ has made me smile more than anything else I've read on PH recently. Thanks, AE, you've cheered me up no end.

It’s worthy of PH meme-hood. And I admit this as a personal plate owner

What on earth have I just read?

‘a better driver, more engaging and interesting person maybe?’

Glad it's not just me then - I spent some time perusing them for irony and found none.

[Ian Geary]

Imo, it's not worthy of a pull on its own.


But given the other aggregating factors that resulted in a a pull, there was zero marginal cost for the police in penalising an illegal plate.

We may not like it, but it's not up to us to decide what laws will be enforced. We just choose whether to break them or not.

To the OP: free MOT text alert. Direct debit for "road tax". Job jobbed.

[Pica-Pica]

ScotHill said:

Chebble said:

outnumbered said:

Riley Blue said:

Armchair_Expert said:

When I see others with personal plates, it tells me first and foremost that they clearly love cars / their car and have made the effort to go one step beyond a day to day driver - it makes them stand out as interesting, something different, a passionate car driver or owner. I would even go as far to say that I therefore believe they may be a better driver, a more engaging and interesting person maybe?

This ^^^^ has made me smile more than anything else I've read on PH recently. Thanks, AE, you've cheered me up no end.

It’s worthy of PH meme-hood. And I admit this as a personal plate owner

What on earth have I just read?

‘a better driver, more engaging and interesting person maybe?’

Glad it's not just me then - I spent some time perusing them for irony and found none.

Yup - stumped me. Irony, irony, I see no Fe — ing irony.