Tampering with a number plate

[Mr_S]

Was sitting behind this earlier, and it got me wondering if deliberately altering numbers would carry a worse punishment than just not having a plate at all?

Edited by Mr_S on Thursday 6th August 20:03

[Steffan]

Interesting question. Given the extent of the bodging as in the plate you showed making the plate unreadable, it does beg the question whether that is the intention? I suspect the Poloce could use different legislation to pursue an abscence of plates rather than the registration legislation. It may be some legal beagles on here can confirmor otherwise. Certainly I think that is the intention of some of these alterations. I believe the super cars group is discussing this on PH.There may be an answer there!

[littlebasher]

Mr_S said:

Was sitting behind this earlier, and it got me wondering if deliberately altering numbers would carry a worse punishment than just not having a plate at all?

Edited by Mr_S on Thursday 6th August 20:03

Surely got to be bored kids or something rather than an attempt to alter the plates?

[mygoldfishbowl]

The basics, After 95 mouths you still know st. I don't get it, I really don't get it.

How hard is it to the learn the fundamentals.

[mybrainhurts]

mygoldfishbowl said:

The basics, After 95 mouths you still know st. I don't get it, I really don't get it.

How hard is it to the learn the fundamentals.

It's hard, feeding 95 mouths...

[4rephill]

mygoldfishbowl said:

The basics, After 95 mouths you still know st. I don't get it, I really don't get it.

How hard is it to the learn the fundamentals.

Kettles and pots or what!

[btcc123]

There are clear rules regarding number plates and how they should be displayed.The police do not seam to bothered on this and there must be thousands of plates where the owners are taking the piss.Its against the law just like speeding and should be treated as such.

I think that the owner should be pulled and be given a £100 fine,if they are caught again its a £250 fine and the third time the number gets confiscated and a £1000 fine.

This may even be a bit soft as with regard to speeding CAMERAS,ANPR cameras,parking tickets etc they are Perverting the course of justice and should be delt with as such.

[anonymous-user]

For the life of me, I can't see what the owner is trying to achieve with that plate

[Mr_S]

280E said:

For the life of me, I can't see what the owner is trying to achieve with that plate

I just assumed it was an attempt to get around any ANPR systems.

[krisdelta]

Looks more like vandalism to me - bodged bodging otherwise!

[mygoldfishbowl]

4rephill said:

mygoldfishbowl said:

The basics, After 95 mouths you still know st. I don't get it, I really don't get it.

How hard is it to the learn the fundamentals.

Kettles and pots or what!

What is it that I don't know?

Oh yeah, mouths instead of months.. You people are such a wheeze

Edited by mygoldfishbowl on Thursday 6th August 22:07

[mph1977]

arguably it might be PCoJ ...

not sure why a normal registration would be confiscated unlike those which are mispaced to read differently or have the characters changed substantially to try and read as something else

[Roo]

Bit of a fail. The real registration is insured and the one it's been altered to look like doesn't exist.

[gazzarose]

Not quite fiddling with the numbers, but I've got an off road bike which is road registered and so has a plate on the back. Is a common thing for guys to fit smaller plates in an attempt to stop them breaking so easily of road. I know groups of bikes have been spotted, and the guys with small plates have been fined, but bikes who's plates have "fallen" off just get a warning. I guess you can lose a plate while riding but they don't accidentally shrink, or in this case accidentally gain a few lines and some extra screws.

[covboy]

krisdelta said:

Looks more like vandalism to me - bodged bodging otherwise!

Double Bluff ?

[Jagmanv12]

Roo said:

Bit of a fail. The real registration is insured and the one it's been altered to look like doesn't exist.

Why is the number insured? It is just an ordinary number that means/spells nothing.

[Oilchange]

At worst it's perverting the course of justice, I'd say.

[mph1977]

Oilchange said:

At worst it's perverting the course of justice, I'd say.

at 'worst' , at least, PCoJ is a serious offence

[Oilchange]

Quite, that's assuming he/she is found guilty of course...

[speedking31]

btcc123 said:

I think that the owner should be pulled and be given a £100 fine,if they are caught again its a £250 fine and the third time the number gets confiscated and a £1000 fine.

What if it is vandalism? There's not many who would see a vandalized/damaged plate on their car and then delay their journey until a replacement was sourced.

Who would deliberately alter their plate to include greek characters?