Cloned Number Plates
Discussion
Just asking about number plate cloning and is it ever legal???
I saw 2 cars parked on a street as I was on my way home from work and they both had the same registration. I have seen them before and just thought they were similar but had a closer inspection today.
I have done a search on the AA and it comes up with one of the 2 cars.
I saw 2 cars parked on a street as I was on my way home from work and they both had the same registration. I have seen them before and just thought they were similar but had a closer inspection today.
I have done a search on the AA and it comes up with one of the 2 cars.
2 Smokin Barrels said:
backman said:
I can see that I am not going to get a very sensible answer this evening.... The replies have been very amusing though
someone on another website said:
Evidence from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's automated number plate recognition (ANPR) systems and the police suggests that cloning is being used by a small minority of motorists to avoid fines and charges. The police and DVLA are working closely to detect cloned vehicles.
In order to combat the problem of cloning and preventing people obtaining number plates to which they are not entitled, the Government have introduced measures to tighten up the supply of plates. Since 1 January 2003 all suppliers of number plates have been required to register with DVLA and to keep records of sales. Purchasers of plates are required to produce evidence of their identity as well as the vehicle registration document. Number plate suppliers who fail to comply with these requirements can be fined up to 5,000 and suspended from the register for up to five years. The Road Safety Bill currently before Parliament will extend the register of number plate suppliers to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
It is already an offence to fail to display the correct registration mark on a vehicle and the maximum penalty is £1,000.
Hope this helps
>> Edited by SotonS2 on Tuesday 1st March 21:00
backman said:
Do you know what penalty (if any) they could face if caught and it isn't legitimate?
Theoretically they could be done for attempting to pervert the course of justice, but I would imagine it would come down to a number plate offence.
I imagine the problem is proving that it was done for dodgy reasons. Having two cars with the same plate in the same house is a pretty stupid way of escaping fines, all it would need is a copper to spot the plates and they could trawl through previous fines and see the pattern.
Gareth
this could be a good way of having two cars on one policy. husband and wife by 2 cars exact same make model and colour and then just replicate the plates. say you lost the tax disc and get a replacement = 2 tax discs. This could be a total winner for some 
if all your details are correct and youdont look too dodgy the police never check chasis numbers e.t.c. i wonder how many people in the UK do this?
edited to say: Two for the Price of one
>> Edited by Hardcore2000 on Tuesday 1st March 21:38
if all your details are correct and youdont look too dodgy the police never check chasis numbers e.t.c. i wonder how many people in the UK do this? edited to say: Two for the Price of one
>> Edited by Hardcore2000 on Tuesday 1st March 21:38
I know of a hire co. that regularly drops "slightly" different plates on their Transit vans. If they get scammed or stopped, they admit their error being down to the plate makers, making the wrong plates !!! Has got quite a few people off the scamera mind, as they can legitimately state that the van scammed was not in that area that day. Easy when you think about it
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