Category 3 Plates
Discussion
ANPR devices can read and recognise plates regardless of spacing, and even in fonts used exclusively in other countries,
Given that the mis-spacing does not allow anyone to evade capture or avoid prosecution there should be no law forbidding such activity.
Unfortunately the law was passed before the tech existed, so now we are bound by another obsolete law.
Bales of hay in hackney carriges? All women must wear a hat in public? All men must practice archery after church?
outdated/obsolete laws can be ignored as they are not relevant or applicable.
Given that the mis-spacing does not allow anyone to evade capture or avoid prosecution there should be no law forbidding such activity.
Unfortunately the law was passed before the tech existed, so now we are bound by another obsolete law.
Bales of hay in hackney carriges? All women must wear a hat in public? All men must practice archery after church?
outdated/obsolete laws can be ignored as they are not relevant or applicable.
Rawwr said:
Olas said:
ANPR devices can...
How about humans?
"You claim my client was driving a vehicle with a registration plate saying You Tosser and that he committed the grievous offense of blowing you a kiss as he flew past?"
"I only caught a brief glimpse because the car was going so fast but yes, You Tosser and a kiss, that's correct"
"Members of the jury I can clearly show with evidence from the DVLA that no such plate exists, therefore this witness must be mistaken meaning my client can't be placed anywhere near the scene of the crime and cannot therefore be found guilty of it"
Olas said:
outdated/obsolete laws can be ignored as they are not relevant or applicable.
They are still laws though whether they suit your own purposes or not. To suggest that laws are some sort of pick and mix buffet that you can select the ones you like and ignore the ones you don't like on a whim if they don't agree with your views not only implies a quite astonishing sense of entitlement but also demeans every law ever made.If somebody else ignored the law because it didn't suit them and nicked your car surely you'd want them caught and punished rather than having that offense ignored and dismissed because the prep didn't agree with the law that says you can't nick other peoples cars.
Can't have it both ways.
LordGrover said:
Attempting to spell words with numbers or mispacing number plates in an risibility aspirational attempt to make yourself look a bit special falls a incredibly long way short of any compelling reason I can think of.
Jaguar steve said:
They are still laws though whether they suit your own purposes or not. To suggest that laws are some sort of pick and mix buffet that you can select the ones you like and ignore the ones you don't like on a whim if they don't agree with your views not only implies a quite astonishing sense of entitlement but also demeans every law ever made.
If somebody else ignored the law because it didn't suit them and nicked your car surely you'd want them caught and punished rather than having that offense ignored and dismissed because the prep didn't agree with the law that says you can't nick other peoples cars.
Can't have it both ways.
By that logic, can we correctly assume that you have never ever exceeded any speed limit by 1mph? You can just pick and choose laws you know..If somebody else ignored the law because it didn't suit them and nicked your car surely you'd want them caught and punished rather than having that offense ignored and dismissed because the prep didn't agree with the law that says you can't nick other peoples cars.
Can't have it both ways.
How about the 1322 law that all beached whales must be offered to the Monarch? Shall we prosectute everbody employed at the Maritime & Coastguard Agency for disposing of marine mammals instead of dragging them to Buckingham Palace?
The 1872 Licensing Act clearly states that it is illegal to be drunk in a pub. How many people are prosectued for getting drunk in the pub?
It is an offence to beat or shake any carpet, rug, or mat (except door mats before 8am) in a thoroughfare in the Metropolitan Police District
The term 'de facto' is important here, these acts are now de facto legal.
Olas said:
By that logic, can we correctly assume that you have never ever exceeded any speed limit by 1mph? You can just pick and choose laws you know..
How about the 1322 law that all beached whales must be offered to the Monarch? Shall we prosectute everbody employed at the Maritime & Coastguard Agency for disposing of marine mammals instead of dragging them to Buckingham Palace?
The 1872 Licensing Act clearly states that it is illegal to be drunk in a pub. How many people are prosectued for getting drunk in the pub?
It is an offence to beat or shake any carpet, rug, or mat (except door mats before 8am) in a thoroughfare in the Metropolitan Police District
The term 'de facto' is important here, these acts are now de facto legal.
CUR 715S isn't spaced incorrectly. How about the 1322 law that all beached whales must be offered to the Monarch? Shall we prosectute everbody employed at the Maritime & Coastguard Agency for disposing of marine mammals instead of dragging them to Buckingham Palace?
The 1872 Licensing Act clearly states that it is illegal to be drunk in a pub. How many people are prosectued for getting drunk in the pub?
It is an offence to beat or shake any carpet, rug, or mat (except door mats before 8am) in a thoroughfare in the Metropolitan Police District
The term 'de facto' is important here, these acts are now de facto legal.
idealstandard said:
Theres "2 BE" and "NOT 2 BE" in chelsea. Haven't seen them together for a long time now, every time I pass by I wonder which will be there. One of them is on a Range Rover and the other is on a Aston Martin
My favourite pair.I have a version of yin and yang, but nowhere near as good.
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