'It Just Fell Off"

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Saleen836

Original Poster:

11,061 posts

208 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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You shell out £340k for a special edition Lamborghini and the front number plate falls off! hehe
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18821843.sp...


Mikebentley

6,037 posts

139 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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Car should be seized and sold. Proceeds to charity.

Red 4

10,744 posts

186 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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£340k car. £100 fine. fks given, zero. Probably.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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Red 4 said:
£340k car. £100 fine. fks given, zero. Probably.
Exactly.

survivalist

5,614 posts

189 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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Mikebentley said:
Car should be seized and sold. Proceeds to charity.
rofl

To soft. String ‘em up and execute their families.

Esceptico

7,340 posts

108 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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garyhun said:
Red 4 said:
£340k car. £100 fine. fks given, zero. Probably.
Exactly.
That will learn him! Probably less than a tank of petrol.

Seriously what was the point of the prosecution? Did the owner bother to fit a number plate after he was prosecuted?

Biggy Stardust

6,796 posts

43 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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Do they have a 'no excuses team' for non-motoring offences? Asking for a friend.

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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There are so many supercar owners who manage to run without plates and don’t get done that it seems a reasonable risk to take.


The Wookie

13,909 posts

227 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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I know this sort of thing has to be done, rightly so to an extent, but considering the general mood and the sort of crimes that have to deal with on a daily basis, their PR department really seem to want to go out of their way to look like they’re picking peanuts out of poo for the sake of fluffing up the jealous brigade and rule pedants for 10 minutes

pquinn

7,167 posts

45 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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The Wookie said:
fluffing up the jealous brigade
That old chestnut? 'Jealous', or just 'why do you think the rules don't apply to you, you ?'

No different than if it was some stty old Golf or A3 with a US spec grill.

The Wookie

13,909 posts

227 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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pquinn said:
That old chestnut? 'Jealous', or just 'why do you think the rules don't apply to you, you ?'

No different than if it was some stty old Golf or A3 with a US spec grill.
And you've proven my point exactly, they probably wouldn't have bothered putting it on twitter if it was a stty old Golf or A3.

Omitting the front plate isn't exactly exclusive to owners of expensive cars, and by the fact that it's only a £100 fine it's clearly considered a minor offence which they've correctly dealt with, so why the fk should we care?

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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The Wookie said:
pquinn said:
That old chestnut? 'Jealous', or just 'why do you think the rules don't apply to you, you ?'

No different than if it was some stty old Golf or A3 with a US spec grill.
And you've proven my point exactly, they probably wouldn't have bothered putting it on twitter if it was a stty old Golf or A3.

Omitting the front plate isn't exactly exclusive to owners of expensive cars, and by the fact that it's only a £100 fine it's clearly considered a minor offence which they've correctly dealt with, so why the fk should we care?
If you only have one of 6 special cars, it's not as though you can hide so the rationale for the plate is somewhat moot. Some exotics just look terrible with a front plate too and if I was lucky enough to own one I wouldn't put the plate on either.

normalbloke

7,401 posts

218 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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They may care a little more if the proposed legislation currently going though the houses gets through, it will become endorsable.

Salmonofdoubt

1,413 posts

67 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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The Wookie said:
And you've proven my point exactly, they probably wouldn't have bothered putting it on twitter if it was a stty old Golf or A3.

Omitting the front plate isn't exactly exclusive to owners of expensive cars, and by the fact that it's only a £100 fine it's clearly considered a minor offence which they've correctly dealt with, so why the fk should we care?
I saw some bloke hammering around in a focus with no number plates at the weekend and they didn't fine him!

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The Wookie

13,909 posts

227 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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hehethumbup

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Why anyone cares about front number plate offences I will never know.

Put a front plate on your car or don't, I really do not care.

Unlike many other motoring offences, it affects no one other than the Police, speed camera operators and possibly local councils.

BoRED S2upid

19,643 posts

239 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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It must be a design fault on most supercars.

paralla

3,528 posts

134 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Thread title reminded me of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlllvd_AMDw

The World is an imperfect place.

Leon R

3,185 posts

95 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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pquinn said:
The Wookie said:
fluffing up the jealous brigade
That old chestnut? 'Jealous', or just 'why do you think the rules don't apply to you, you ?'

No different than if it was some stty old Golf or A3 with a US spec grill.
You do see this kind of thing directed at the owners of expensive machinery all the time.

Car park accident between two hatchbacks? Nobody cares.

Car park accident involving a supercar? Worthy of pages of discussion and a news story.

Red 4

10,744 posts

186 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Lord Marylebone said:
Why anyone cares about front number plate offences I will never know.

Put a front plate on your car or don't, I really do not care.

Unlike many other motoring offences, it affects no one other than the Police, speed camera operators and possibly local councils.
What if you had your extremely rarerare, £340k, brightly coloured, loud, look at me supercar nicked and the police couldn't identify it when it drove past them because it had no plate ?

You wouldn't be so self righteous and full of indignation then, would you ...