Pulled by the police for no front number plate

Pulled by the police for no front number plate

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m4tti

5,427 posts

155 months

Sunday 4th September 2022
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This would be good. The number of chavs driving Audi A3’s, bmw 1 series things and the like with no front plate, and it sitting on the dash is ridiculous.

I’m not sure why they think it’s so “cool”.

jason61c

5,978 posts

174 months

Sunday 4th September 2022
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such a small chance of getting stopped, surely its better just paying the £50 or so fine?

r o n n i e

365 posts

176 months

Sunday 4th September 2022
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Came across this number plate today - not missing front plate but new numbering system of letter letter number letter letter letter letter.


Nick67

191 posts

243 months

Monday 5th September 2022
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r o n n i e said:
Came across this number plate today - not missing front plate but new numbering system of letter letter number letter letter letter letter.

I suspect it's SN08BET if you do a reg check

YAHOO

341 posts

276 months

Thursday 8th September 2022
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Just use a Flipper, if you know you know.
🙂

DevonPaul

1,187 posts

137 months

Friday 9th September 2022
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Nick67 said:
r o n n i e said:
Came across this number plate today - not missing front plate but new numbering system of letter letter number letter letter letter letter.

I suspect it's SN08BET if you do a reg check
If it lived near me, I nip out and put some yellow tape over the "S".

Bunty Killa

517 posts

199 months

Friday 9th September 2022
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DevonPaul said:
If it lived near me, I nip out and put some yellow tape over the "S".
laughlaugh

Stig

11,817 posts

284 months

Thursday 22nd September 2022
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petjam said:
As did I, but is now surplus to requirements if anyone needs one

Quarterly

650 posts

118 months

Thursday 22nd September 2022
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Stig said:
petjam said:
As did I, but is now surplus to requirements if anyone needs one
I do, I'll message you now.

Contigo

3,113 posts

209 months

Saturday 3rd December 2022
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anonymous-user said:
The lamborghini number plate bracket supplied for the Performante screws in horizontally underneath the front nose bumper and would never been seen unless you were lying on the ground looking up so should you ever wish to remove the plate no one is going to be offended by 2 small holes that you cant see.

Running no front number plate is ridiculous IMHO and what is even worse is attempting to put it somewhere else like the dashboard.
I don't know what gives some owners the idea they are beyond the law or superior to others by not displaying a legal number plate for what, Vanity ???
Cos they look st basically and ruin the lines of the car. Not had one on all my Masers. Super bikes don't have them and no one loses their st about that!

£50 fine for not having one, I'll suck that up. I've run them on many low cars and with a steep drive they rip off and can damage the bumper. It's not vanity at all it's just a personal choice.

CoolHands

18,638 posts

195 months

Saturday 3rd December 2022
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Bilkob

297 posts

135 months

Saturday 3rd December 2022
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Contigo said:
anonymous-user said:
The lamborghini number plate bracket supplied for the Performante screws in horizontally underneath the front nose bumper and would never been seen unless you were lying on the ground looking up so should you ever wish to remove the plate no one is going to be offended by 2 small holes that you cant see.

Running no front number plate is ridiculous IMHO and what is even worse is attempting to put it somewhere else like the dashboard.
I don't know what gives some owners the idea they are beyond the law or superior to others by not displaying a legal number plate for what, Vanity ???
Cos they look st basically and ruin the lines of the car. Not had one on all my Masers. Super bikes don't have them and no one loses their st about that!

£50 fine for not having one, I'll suck that up. I've run them on many low cars and with a steep drive they rip off and can damage the bumper. It's not vanity at all it's just a personal choice.
Imagine if one of your ‘Masers’ got totalled by a £500 Transit van that wasn’t running any number plates because the owner truly believed that they ‘ruined the lines’ of Ford’s finest commercial icon
I’m guessing insurance invalid, no payout but a slap on the wrist £50 fine for the driver
You could spend your time at the side of the road comparing whose vehicle has the cooler ‘lines’ with no pesky number plates.

r o n n i e

365 posts

176 months

Saturday 3rd December 2022
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Bilkob said:
Contigo said:
anonymous-user said:
The lamborghini number plate bracket supplied for the Performante screws in horizontally underneath the front nose bumper and would never been seen unless you were lying on the ground looking up so should you ever wish to remove the plate no one is going to be offended by 2 small holes that you cant see.

Running no front number plate is ridiculous IMHO and what is even worse is attempting to put it somewhere else like the dashboard.
I don't know what gives some owners the idea they are beyond the law or superior to others by not displaying a legal number plate for what, Vanity ???
Cos they look st basically and ruin the lines of the car. Not had one on all my Masers. Super bikes don't have them and no one loses their st about that!

£50 fine for not having one, I'll suck that up. I've run them on many low cars and with a steep drive they rip off and can damage the bumper. It's not vanity at all it's just a personal choice.
Imagine if one of your ‘Masers’ got totalled by a £500 Transit van that wasn’t running any number plates because the owner truly believed that they ‘ruined the lines’ of Ford’s finest commercial icon
I’m guessing insurance invalid, no payout but a slap on the wrist £50 fine for the driver
You could spend your time at the side of the road comparing whose vehicle has the cooler ‘lines’ with no pesky number plates.
But the insurance would be valid in your scenario for a third party claim so he’ll be able to replace his totalled ‘Masers’.

Fast and Spurious

1,322 posts

88 months

Saturday 3rd December 2022
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Contigo said:
Cos they look st basically and ruin the lines of the car. Not had one on all my Masers. Super bikes don't have them and no one loses their st about that!

£50 fine for not having one, I'll suck that up. I've run them on many low cars and with a steep drive they rip off and can damage the bumper. It's not vanity at all it's just a personal choice.
Schmuck.

Bilkob

297 posts

135 months

Saturday 3rd December 2022
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r o n n i e said:
Bilkob said:
Contigo said:
anonymous-user said:
The lamborghini number plate bracket supplied for the Performante screws in horizontally underneath the front nose bumper and would never been seen unless you were lying on the ground looking up so should you ever wish to remove the plate no one is going to be offended by 2 small holes that you cant see.

Running no front number plate is ridiculous IMHO and what is even worse is attempting to put it somewhere else like the dashboard.
I don't know what gives some owners the idea they are beyond the law or superior to others by not displaying a legal number plate for what, Vanity ???
Cos they look st basically and ruin the lines of the car. Not had one on all my Masers. Super bikes don't have them and no one loses their st about that!

£50 fine for not having one, I'll suck that up. I've run them on many low cars and with a steep drive they rip off and can damage the bumper. It's not vanity at all it's just a personal choice.
Imagine if one of your ‘Masers’ got totalled by a £500 Transit van that wasn’t running any number plates because the owner truly believed that they ‘ruined the lines’ of Ford’s finest commercial icon
I’m guessing insurance invalid, no payout but a slap on the wrist £50 fine for the driver
You could spend your time at the side of the road comparing whose vehicle has the cooler ‘lines’ with no pesky number plates.
But the insurance would be valid in your scenario for a third party claim so he’ll be able to replace his totalled ‘Masers’.
Yes, of course they would. Silly me

ex-devonpaul

1,187 posts

137 months

Sunday 4th December 2022
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Contigo said:
Cos they look st basically and ruin the lines of the car. Not had one on all my Masers. Super bikes don't have them and no one loses their st about that!
Motorcycles haven't required a front number plate since 1975, and it is illegal to have a front plate on a motorcycle registered since 2001.

Contigo

3,113 posts

209 months

Sunday 4th December 2022
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ex-devonpaul said:
Motorcycles haven't required a front number plate since 1975, and it is illegal to have a front plate on a motorcycle registered since 2001.
So what purpose does it serve then? If Bikes can get away with not being identified from the front why can't cars?

ex-devonpaul

1,187 posts

137 months

Sunday 4th December 2022
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Contigo said:
ex-devonpaul said:
Motorcycles haven't required a front number plate since 1975, and it is illegal to have a front plate on a motorcycle registered since 2001.
So what purpose does it serve then? If Bikes can get away with not being identified from the front why can't cars?
Erm, because the law requires one of them to have a front plate, but not the other.

I gather the front plate ban on bikes was the hazard of a longitudinally mounted fin on the front mudguard which was only visible from the side anyway - probably simpler to remove them than specify a big sail attached to the forks. Or you could blame the EU smile

andrew

9,970 posts

192 months

Sunday 4th December 2022
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ex-devonpaul said:
Erm, because the law requires one of them to have a front plate, but not the other.

I gather the front plate ban on bikes was the hazard of a longitudinally mounted fin on the front mudguard which was only visible from the side anyway - probably simpler to remove them than specify a big sail attached to the forks. Or you could blame the EU smile
sorry to hear of your demise smile

K7hyd

9 posts

27 months

Sunday 1st January 2023
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Think it’s also to do with pedestrian safety. A profile mounted plate on the front of a bike is essentially a blade. It also looks stupid (I ride a V2 street fighter - a front number plate would ruin the look of an otherwise reasonably nice looking sports bike!) Same argument doesn’t apply to a car.
I purchased a quick removable bracket for the front of my 488 because the plate always scrapes the ground as I approach the multi story at work. Forgot to replace the plate when I left work one evening and was stopped on my way back home. As soon as I got out of the car I replaced the plate and was allowed to continue my journey…