Worst Illegal number plates
Worst Illegal number plates
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nickfb1

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927 posts

272 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2005
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After reading just trouble's thread about being pulled over for his number plate spacing reminded me of a plate i saw a couple of weeks ago at one of my customers sites that truely astounded me.

Id actually stood looking at the rear plate for a couple of minutes scratching my head knowing something wasnt quite right but it took those 2 minutes to actually see what the owner had done.

The plate read as T MOY, but eventually i noticed it should read T 11 MOY.
What they had actually done was make each of the 1's from the 11 about a third the width it should be and placed the first one literally one millimeter from the T and the other, one millimter from the M hence reading T MOY.

The police had probably never pulled them up because the 11 is virtually invisible, if they ever do they'll have a field day.

crankedup

25,764 posts

272 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2005
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So what would the likely outcome be for this type of offence?

paul gotts

4,113 posts

291 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2005
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Aside from the Construction & Use Regs.,doesn't this potentially fall into the category of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, which could lead to a stay at HM's pleasure?

satman

2,455 posts

275 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2005
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paul gotts said:
Aside from the Construction & Use Regs.,doesn't this potentially fall into the category of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, which could lead to a stay at HM's pleasure?


I thought that the 'pervert the course of justice' would only apply to an on going prosecution, although I do see what you are implying....I think you will find the BiB will generally 'slap your arse' for £30...

ferlin

357 posts

268 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2005
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crankedup said:
So what would the likely outcome be for this type of offence?

The maximum fine for mis - spacing or mis-representation of registrations on number plates is £1000 and in some cases the number will be withdrawn permanently from use!

drum4it2

658 posts

278 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2005
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satman said:



I 'the pervert' would only generally 'slap your arse' for £30...


reading between the lines...

K1 CERB

579 posts

287 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2005
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Not that I condone Number Plate mis-spacing..... but I was pulled recently.

Coz I was a fine Upstanding fella, he gave me a MOT Producer - I had to put on my 'proper' plates and take car to a Garage... which cost me a fiver for a 'retest'.

Good VFM IMHO

K1 CERB

Hoover33

5,993 posts

271 months

Wednesday 4th May 2005
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Never been pulled for my plates even had the Bib sitting behind me in traffic and say nice car (Shiny Red S2)

Illegal spacing, illegal positioning of screw, and illegal type face, illegal plate (no makers mark)...

I was easily recognised when I turned up to S Club Heaven last year as well

Many coments on Nice Car and Great Plate

Ohhhh for some reason it does not register in Kens Congestion Charge either wonders why ??????

Centre page of Januarys Sprint if your interested

Guess its only a matter of time

kevinday

13,828 posts

309 months

Wednesday 4th May 2005
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crankedup said:
So what would the likely outcome be for this type of offence?


The ultimate sanction is for DVLA to withdraw the number and issue a Q plate instead.

crankedup

25,764 posts

272 months

Wednesday 4th May 2005
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I don't rate these fancy plates much but have to admit to being highly amused and impressed by 800 85

Used to be on a nice Porker 911 around the Chelmsford neck of woods some years ago now.

jellison

12,803 posts

306 months

Wednesday 4th May 2005
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nickfb1 said:
After reading just trouble's thread about being pulled over for his number plate spacing reminded me of a plate i saw a couple of weeks ago at one of my customers sites that truely astounded me.

Id actually stood looking at the rear plate for a couple of minutes scratching my head knowing something wasnt quite right but it took those 2 minutes to actually see what the owner had done.

The plate read as T MOY, but eventually i noticed it should read T 11 MOY.
What they had actually done was make each of the 1's from the 11 about a third the width it should be and placed the first one literally one millimeter from the T and the other, one millimter from the M hence reading T MOY.

The police had probably never pulled them up because the 11 is virtually invisible, if they ever do they'll have a field day.

Ideal for that Bastard Red Kens Conjestion charging!

RUSSELLM

6,002 posts

276 months

Thursday 5th May 2005
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Mine's not all that good either

sidpinup

1,006 posts

284 months

Thursday 5th May 2005
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I think most are a bit poor really but three I have seen and liked are:-

EEE333
BEG 41T
2 DIX

Ed

bona8-2

117 posts

278 months

Thursday 5th May 2005
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Unbelivably a bloke who lived near me used to drive around in his ford scorpio with the number plate looking alot like the word HOPE, it didn't quite look right so i had a closer look and amazingly it was made up of the number L76PEL it wasn't long before it was back to normal i think the old bill had had a word.
To cap it all Hope wasn't even his name!

tonyvid

9,889 posts

272 months

Thursday 5th May 2005
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A bloke round my way has a flash new Range Rover with tints, bling wheels etc and his plate is H2O something with the 2 being tiny and set low so it reads as water - it is amazing he doesn't get pulled as he has been around for about 6 months with it!

2 Smokin Barrels

32,005 posts

264 months

Thursday 5th May 2005
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drum4it2

658 posts

278 months

Friday 6th May 2005
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2 Smokin Barrels said: