VRNs and Motorbikes

[Glassman]

Motorbikes don't have front number plates...(?)

Does this mean they can speed past Truvelos? With no front plate, this means they go undetected past all the front-facing cameras for speed/emissions/toll??

[liner33]

yes ...but

There have been cases of the authorites stacking up photos of offending bikes and then putting a car out to stop them , for example for bikers wgho commute along the same stretch at around the same time

Scamera vans operators have also been known to jot down the number of a speeding motorcycle as it goes past for later prosecution

[SS2.]

Glassman said:

With no front plate, this means they go undetected past all the front-facing cameras for speed/emissions/toll??

In most cases, yes - but not all..

[Glassman]

SS2. said:

Glassman said:

With no front plate, this means they go undetected past all the front-facing cameras for speed/emissions/toll??

In most cases, yes - but not all..

That's hilarious from both sides of the fence.

[Gilbertd]

It's taking the piss a bit, but it had to be in Bedfordshire......

but I'm biased having had a run in with them in the past!

[Brite spark]

Bikes used to have front number plates, still wouldn't of been visable to cameras as they were viewed from the side, unfortunately if the bike collided with a pedestrian it made such a mess they were known as bacon slicers(ok they were made from metal, but you get the idea)

[wildone63]

It was about 1975 when front mudguard mounted number plates were outlawed on motorcycles,but it was also common practice for a curved number plate to be mounted above the headlight ( maybe this method is still legal?).
Also many older british bikes had deeply valanced front mudguards allowing the number plate to be bolted or riveted to the side of the mudguard,or the reg. no. even painted on it.I wouldnt be suprised if this practise is still legal.

[Hooli]

wildone63 said:

It was about 1975 when front mudguard mounted number plates were outlawed on motorcycles,but it was also common practice for a curved number plate to be mounted above the headlight ( maybe this method is still legal?).
Also many older british bikes had deeply valanced front mudguards allowing the number plate to be bolted or riveted to the side of the mudguard,or the reg. no. even painted on it.I wouldnt be suprised if this practise is still legal.

who cares if its legal or not? im not putting a front plate on my bikes. a real copper will be able to follow & stop me if i do something wrong. a damn scamera is only fit for arson in my eyes.

[wildone63]

Hooli said:

wildone63 said:

It was about 1975 when front mudguard mounted number plates were outlawed on motorcycles,but it was also common practice for a curved number plate to be mounted above the headlight ( maybe this method is still legal?).
Also many older british bikes had deeply valanced front mudguards allowing the number plate to be bolted or riveted to the side of the mudguard,or the reg. no. even painted on it.I wouldnt be suprised if this practise is still legal.

who cares if its legal or not? im not putting a front plate on my bikes. a real copper will be able to follow & stop me if i do something wrong. a damn scamera is only fit for arson in my eyes.

The bib dont seem to care about the legalities of number plates LOL,judging by the number of bikes on the roads with very small illegal plates,and vehicles with personal reg. plates with wrongly spaced letters & numbers etc.