'It Just Fell Off"

[poo at Paul's]

Greg_D said:

have you seen a lamborghini front bumper??? the plate looks ridiculous whichever way you mount it. much like a modern bike...

Does it look as ridiculous as the middle aged fat guy driving it?

[tdm34]

Vickers_VC10 said:

Won't somebody think of the children. Can't work out if serious or not.

Deadly serious, every car I’ve ever owned was fitted with a non falling off front plate.

[Jaguar steve]

Tommo87 said:

Its amazing how so many people suddenly go full on teenage girl when anybody reminds them its illegal.

I'm not surprised in the least myself.

Number plate fkuckwittery of any shape or form outside the legal requirement is confirmation the Platee is either entirely ignorant of the law or astonishingly arrogant in their assumption the law doesn't apply to them.

Pass comment on the evidence a ignorant person is being ignorant or a arrogant person is being arrogant then the very nature of a ignorant or arrogant person will invariably provoke a stream of invective and personal abuse rather than a carefully considered response.

Ask me how I know.

[Greg_D]

tdm34 said:

Deadly serious, every car I’ve ever owned was fitted with a non falling off front plate.

And that has presumably been a contributing factor in you not ploughing through a bus queue of kids and pensioners. 🙄

Not that anyone who does engage in hit and run antics wouldn’t be identified by their rear plate as they drive away from the scene.

Dramatic much???

[Gameface]

All the names I'm being called.

Yet you are the ones resorting to personal insults, not me.

Insults you wouldn't dare say to my face.

[Red 4]

Gameface said:

All the names I'm being called.

Yet you are the ones resorting to personal insults, not me.

Insults you wouldn't dare say to my face.

I haven't called you any names. Rest assured though, anything I say to you on here I would say to your face - but let's try and keep it civil, eh guys ?

You said earlier that you are not sticking 2 fingers up to the law and you don't want to attract the attention of the police.

You said that the only reason you don't display a front plate is because you think it spoils the aesthetics of your car.

I pointed out that, actually, you are sticking 2 fingers up to the law and you will attract the attention of the police so your assertion has no logic to it and it has no basis in fact.

Any comment ? Why do you think you are different to everyone else ?

Edited by Red 4 on Tuesday 27th October 18:41

[Gameface]

It wasn't you I was referring to though.

[Red 4]

Gameface said:

It wasn't you I was referring to though.

I know. It couldn't have been me because I didn't revert to name calling.

Any chance of an answer to my question ?

[coolg]

poo at Paul's said:

Does it look as ridiculous as the middle aged fat guy driving it?

I’ve had somebody look through the window and suggest I had a small penis, I was wearing trousers how could he know ??

[Countdown]

Leon R said:

Red 4 said:

Leon R said:

Time to ask my favorite question that nobody can ever answer.

What crucial thing does a front number plate do on a car that it doesn't need to do on a motorbike?

I can answer that question but it's more about what does a number plate on a car not do (unless it's a one in a billion freakish thing) as opposed to what a number plate on a motorbike could do.

I'm sure, if you think about it, you can work it out.

Plus the fact that mounting points are difficult to find on modern bikes. Unless you like your plate sideways, which although still difficult rather defeats the object.

That doesn't answer the question though.

Obviously laws can be enforced on bikes even without a front plate so why do cars need them?

If it is a safety thing then why are older bikes given a choice about having one?

People can be arrested for crimes even though we dont have ANY number plates. However I’m guessing it would be a damn sight easier for the Cops if we did

[Scolmore]

teapea said:

When I picked up my Huracan from a main dealer.

I asked why there was a spare number plate in the boot.
They then pointed out they don't fit one on the front.

I then spent a good month arguing with them about fitting a front plate, bare in mind this was a main dealer.

Anyway in the end I bought a stick on one, but the dealers attitude was "it's just a fine don't worry about it".

Last time I looked (which has been a while) the stick-on ones didn't comply with the law (not a flat surface or mounted vertically if I remember correctly). The penalties for a non-compliant numberplate are harsher (points) than having one missing (fine only) - after all, they can quite reasonably drop off, particularly if mounted low and caught on a speed hump.
Now, the chances of being pulled up on a stick-on plate are minimal, but as this thread shows, pedants abound.

[Red 4]

coolg said:

poo at Paul's said:

Does it look as ridiculous as the middle aged fat guy driving it?

I’ve had somebody look through the window and suggest I had a small penis, I was wearing trousers how could he know ??

Educated guess ?

[Bigends]

Scolmore said:

teapea said:

When I picked up my Huracan from a main dealer.

I asked why there was a spare number plate in the boot.
They then pointed out they don't fit one on the front.

I then spent a good month arguing with them about fitting a front plate, bare in mind this was a main dealer.

Anyway in the end I bought a stick on one, but the dealers attitude was "it's just a fine don't worry about it".

Last time I looked (which has been a while) the stick-on ones didn't comply with the law (not a flat surface or mounted vertically if I remember correctly). The penalties for a non-compliant numberplate are harsher (points) than having one missing (fine only) - after all, they can quite reasonably drop off, particularly if mounted low and caught on a speed hump.
Now, the chances of being pulled up on a stick-on plate are minimal, but as this thread shows, pedants abound.

Missing or incorrect number plate doesn't attract points (yet)

[tdm34]

Gameface said:

All the names I'm being called.

Yet you are the ones resorting to personal insults, not me.

Insults you wouldn't dare say to my face.

I'd happily say it to your face, it's moronic arrogant behaviour. all forms of mucking around with fonts, adding dots and squeezing up numbers/letters to make a word, or not displaying the plate to the front. rand the latest trend of having heavily tinted plates that are basically unreadable from 10 metres should be punished with 3 points on your licence.

Edited by tdm34 on Tuesday 27th October 23:45

Edited by tdm34 on Wednesday 28th October 00:12

[Greg_D]

tdm34 said:

I'd happily say it to your face, it's moronic arrogant behaviour. all forms of mucking around with fonts, adding dots and squeezing up numbers/letters to make a word, or not displaying the plate to the front. rand the latest trend of having heavily tinted plated that are basically unreadable from 10 metres should be punished with 3 points on your licence.

Edited by tdm34 on Tuesday 27th October 23:45

Strewth, I’ll bet you’re fun at a party...

Show me on the doll where the heavily tinted plate touched you!

[tdm34]

Greg_D said:

Strewth, I’ll bet you’re fun at a party...

Actually I am fun, or so my friends say, I'm just sick of people that mess around with number plates, it's a legal requirement
so the vehicle in question can be identified, using the children crossing the road was maybe a bit much for sensitive souls, how about if someone with no front plate parked up next to your car and smashed their door into your car denting it?
but the car park's CCTV can't identify the miscreant. I'm sorry if i've upset people.

[rscott]

The Wookie said:

If you consider giving of these dheads a poxy £100 fine for no front plate when there's inconsiderate and dangerous driving going on as 'doing something' then I'd say you've got pretty low expectations of your local police force. Personally I'd rather they were actually dishing out careless and dangerous driving charges and blasting the length of bans over Facebook. If these people were blighting my life I'd feel something as minor as a £100 fine for a technical offence as utterly insulting.

Edited by The Wookie on Tuesday 27th October 14:11

You might want to take a look at their Facebook page - it has everything from this Lambo to Fiestas, mini cabs and even a tractor.. Offences range from leaving an unattended vehicle running (the tractor) through uninsured drivers to 3 digit speeding offences.

[Cold]

They'd have a field day round here since the weekend. The local ford has been collecting them for fun as it often does after a drop of rain. This time though, a kind person has left them all neatly placed for retrieval - although I did spot a couple still left under the water as I pottered through.

[Gameface]

Red 4 said:

I know. It couldn't have been me because I didn't revert to name calling.

Any chance of an answer to my question ?

I'm no different to anyone else per se, but I make my own decisions and live with the consequences.

If you knew me you'd realise a number plate infringement is of no consequence in the grand scheme of things.

One pull in over 3 years (for which I didn't even get fined) is a level of "attracting attention" from you lot, that I can live with.

[Gameface]

tdm34 said:

I'd happily say it to your face,

You'd call me a:-

Moron.
Belltard
fkwit.
And question my parenting...

To my face?

No. No, you wouldn't.