whats' the law on T-shirts?
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Strange question!!!!
BUT, lets say you had a t-shirt that has, as part of it's design, a collection of number and letters printed on the back which was the same a valid registration mark, and you were then to go shopping one summer afternoon in the centre of london, would the owner of such registration mark get a CC letter through the post?
BUT, lets say you had a t-shirt that has, as part of it's design, a collection of number and letters printed on the back which was the same a valid registration mark, and you were then to go shopping one summer afternoon in the centre of london, would the owner of such registration mark get a CC letter through the post?
Ooh, and on a similar subject... how about if you paint your car white at the front and yellow at the back, and then paint on lots of random letters and numbers - the same size and font as on a reg plate, effectively hiding your real plate inside a mass of information.
I doubt this would work to fool cameras but is there a law against it?
I doubt this would work to fool cameras but is there a law against it?
if you couldn't distinguish the real numberplate then probably illegal, but interesting.
Can't think of anything illegal on having letters and numbers on your clothing though, providing they aren't offensive, (then again, FCUK have been getting away with it for years)
I don't think that the software can tell is the plate is on a car though.
IR cameras take a still, then a search algorithm looks for numberplate signatures in the bit map image. Character regognition then does the rest.
I'm pretty sure it DOESN'T know if the plate is on a car or not.
Can't think of anything illegal on having letters and numbers on your clothing though, providing they aren't offensive, (then again, FCUK have been getting away with it for years)
I don't think that the software can tell is the plate is on a car though.
IR cameras take a still, then a search algorithm looks for numberplate signatures in the bit map image. Character regognition then does the rest.
I'm pretty sure it DOESN'T know if the plate is on a car or not.
bryan35 said:
Strange question!!!!
BUT, lets say you had a t-shirt that has, as part of it's design, a collection of number and letters printed on the back which was the same a valid registration mark, and you were then to go shopping one summer afternoon in the centre of london, would the owner of such registration mark get a CC letter through the post?
I suspect the owner of the vehicle to which the registration mark pertained might have something to say!
unless you made sure it belonged to a car living in, say, aberdeen
cue: official embarrassment by the truckload 
bit of a tangent here.
recentley i stopped at the petrol station on the a1/a14 roundabout to fill the truck i was driving up with fuel.
they have one of those numberplate systems that records the plates of all the cars that fill up there.
on the moniter in the shop was a picture of the truck next to mine with the number plate 'BOX 7'. 'nice plate' i thought, when i went outside the camera had focused on the id code of the trailer unit.
i wonder if the trucker had driven of without paying wheather the owner of 'BOX 7' (if it exists) would have been chased for the debt?????
just goes to show that it doesnt always work!
recentley i stopped at the petrol station on the a1/a14 roundabout to fill the truck i was driving up with fuel.
they have one of those numberplate systems that records the plates of all the cars that fill up there.
on the moniter in the shop was a picture of the truck next to mine with the number plate 'BOX 7'. 'nice plate' i thought, when i went outside the camera had focused on the id code of the trailer unit.
i wonder if the trucker had driven of without paying wheather the owner of 'BOX 7' (if it exists) would have been chased for the debt?????
just goes to show that it doesnt always work!
Saw a Peugeot 405 on the M3 a few months back with 3 numbeplates on the front. He had lots of 'I support hunting' and 'speed kills' stickers in the side/rear windows. He was driving down the middle lane of an empty motorway at 75mph which is why I noticed him.
I assume the 3 plates on the front were to confuse the Kengestion cameras. As long as one is the correct plate I believe you're legally OK. Not sure what the traffic cops would say though ... mind you he's probably never come across one in years.
I assume the 3 plates on the front were to confuse the Kengestion cameras. As long as one is the correct plate I believe you're legally OK. Not sure what the traffic cops would say though ... mind you he's probably never come across one in years.
Streetcop said:
new angle on stealth cars.
cover your car in known reg numbers that match cars the same make and colour of your own
youd look daft but would you get away????
more liable to be arrested and have your car recovered for examination..
Arrested on what grounds? c@u regs would identify the VRN of the vehicle - it would be the one with number plate lamps.
Can`t see any grounds for complaint.
I thought reg plates were copyright DVLA ? That's how they can take them back if you misrepresent them on your car. If they're copyright you'd have to be willing to destroy them if (when) DVLA realised what you were doing. They're not going to allow you to get away with it and will have local plod marching you to pay a number misrepresentation tax very quickly.
>> Edited by busa_rush on Friday 4th February 21:08
>> Edited by busa_rush on Friday 4th February 21:08
towman said:
guru_1071 said:
new angle on stealth cars.
cover your car in known reg numbers that match cars the same make and colour of your own
youd look daft but would you get away????
more liable to be arrested and have your car recovered for examination..
Arrested on what grounds? c@u regs would identify the VRN of the vehicle - it would be the one with number plate lamps.
Can`t see any grounds for complaint.
"C@u regs would identify VRN of vehicle"
what does that mean Steve? How can legislation, ie Construction and Use Regulations possible determine a vehicle's registration???? Or have I missed something.. As for arrested...?
1) pervert course of justice
2) going equipped...
Proving it at court might be another story...but grounds to arrest are very real...
Streetcop said:
"C@u regs would identify VRN of vehicle"
Ok, we`re at cross purposes here.
Lets say we have a vehicle (van makes it easier) with the back doors painted number plate yellow. On those doors are "dvla font" numbers& letters. If a number plate was screwed to the van so that it blended in with the background, to follow c&u regs, the ligitimate plate fo the vehicle must be illuminated. Any other numbers/letters are just decoration.
hardly perverting the course or going equipped, because the vehicle complies with the law and displays the correct VRN.
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