Do the police / dvla care about fake plates?
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A neighbour of mine has put fake plates on his car. MOT has also run out and no insurance. It is taxed under the original plate.
The registration isn't cloned, it's just made up and does not link to any vehicle.
Reported it via a form on the met police site a week or so ago. Be interesting to see if they come round to clamp/tow it.
Anyone had any success with this in the past? Bloke drives like a cretin so would be good for his uppence to come.
The registration isn't cloned, it's just made up and does not link to any vehicle.
Reported it via a form on the met police site a week or so ago. Be interesting to see if they come round to clamp/tow it.
Anyone had any success with this in the past? Bloke drives like a cretin so would be good for his uppence to come.
sunnyb13 said:
How do you know it has no insurance?
Google AI says 'No, a car without a valid MOT (Ministry of Transport) test certificate is generally not insured. Most car insurance policies require a valid MOT as a condition of coverage, meaning that if you drive without one, your insurance may be invalidated, and you could face legal penalties.'Simpo Two said:
sunnyb13 said:
How do you know it has no insurance?
Google AI says 'No, a car without a valid MOT (Ministry of Transport) test certificate is generally not insured. Most car insurance policies require a valid MOT as a condition of coverage, meaning that if you drive without one, your insurance may be invalidated, and you could face legal penalties.'Simpo Two said:
sunnyb13 said:
How do you know it has no insurance?
Google AI says 'No, a car without a valid MOT (Ministry of Transport) test certificate is generally not insured. Most car insurance policies require a valid MOT as a condition of coverage, meaning that if you drive without one, your insurance may be invalidated, and you could face legal penalties.'
Cold said:
Simpo Two said:
sunnyb13 said:
How do you know it has no insurance?
Google AI says 'No, a car without a valid MOT (Ministry of Transport) test certificate is generally not insured. Most car insurance policies require a valid MOT as a condition of coverage, meaning that if you drive without one, your insurance may be invalidated, and you could face legal penalties.'So, as my attempt to explain why the OP might think think the car has no insurance seems to have been rejected, let's throw the question out again:
sunnyb13 said:
How do you know it has no insurance?
Simpo Two said:
Cold said:
Simpo Two said:
sunnyb13 said:
How do you know it has no insurance?
Google AI says 'No, a car without a valid MOT (Ministry of Transport) test certificate is generally not insured. Most car insurance policies require a valid MOT as a condition of coverage, meaning that if you drive without one, your insurance may be invalidated, and you could face legal penalties.'So, as my attempt to explain why the OP might think think the car has no insurance seems to have been rejected, let's throw the question out again:
sunnyb13 said:
How do you know it has no insurance?
MickTravis665321 said:
A neighbour of mine has put fake plates on his car. MOT has also run out and no insurance. It is taxed under the original plate.
The registration isn't cloned, it's just made up and does not link to any vehicle.
Reported it via a form on the met police site a week or so ago. Be interesting to see if they come round to clamp/tow it.
Anyone had any success with this in the past? Bloke drives like a cretin so would be good for his uppence to come.
No. I've reported someone previously[1]....nothing happened. The registration isn't cloned, it's just made up and does not link to any vehicle.
Reported it via a form on the met police site a week or so ago. Be interesting to see if they come round to clamp/tow it.
Anyone had any success with this in the past? Bloke drives like a cretin so would be good for his uppence to come.
Now sure if I'd gone to the effort of going down to a station and demanded they do something they may have bothered but IMO if you report it online, even saying where its parked, when its parked and when they're driving it nothing will come of it.
[1] Somewhat of a coincidence I noticed but a car parked during the pandemic had a broken rear screen. Then suddenly it had a different registration....and then the screen was fixed and it was being used and then a while later another different registration. If it wasn't for the broken screen I'd never have noticed it.
Simpo Two said:
sunnyb13 said:
How do you know it has no insurance?
Google AI says 'No, a car without a valid MOT (Ministry of Transport) test certificate is generally not insured. Most car insurance policies require a valid MOT as a condition of coverage, meaning that if you drive without one, your insurance may be invalidated, and you could face legal penalties.'Not ai but actual intelligence
sunnyb13 said:
How do you know it has no insurance?
I used the askMID service for both the new (fake) and old (real) plate and ticked the box where it says "It's an offence to check a vehicle that does not belong to you" - the police are welcome to come and arrest me for that if they also pop over to tow him 
Fastdruid said:
No. I've reported someone previously[1]....nothing happened.
Now sure if I'd gone to the effort of going down to a station and demanded they do something they may have bothered but IMO if you report it online, even saying where its parked, when its parked and when they're driving it nothing will come of it.
That's disappointing, like you say it's a slam dunk easy win for them, and in this day and age of KPIs / stats etc I'd have thought quite appealing.Now sure if I'd gone to the effort of going down to a station and demanded they do something they may have bothered but IMO if you report it online, even saying where its parked, when its parked and when they're driving it nothing will come of it.
MickTravis665321 said:
sunnyb13 said:
How do you know it has no insurance?
I used the askMID service for both the new (fake) and old (real) plate and ticked the box where it says "It's an offence to check a vehicle that does not belong to you" - the police are welcome to come and arrest me for that if they also pop over to tow him Fastdruid said:
No. I've reported someone previously[1]....nothing happened.
Now sure if I'd gone to the effort of going down to a station and demanded they do something they may have bothered but IMO if you report it online, even saying where its parked, when its parked and when they're driving it nothing will come of it.
That's disappointing, like you say it's a slam dunk easy win for them, and in this day and age of KPIs / stats etc I'd have thought quite appealing.Now sure if I'd gone to the effort of going down to a station and demanded they do something they may have bothered but IMO if you report it online, even saying where its parked, when its parked and when they're driving it nothing will come of it.
Fastdruid said:
MickTravis665321 said:
A neighbour of mine has put fake plates on his car. MOT has also run out and no insurance. It is taxed under the original plate.
The registration isn't cloned, it's just made up and does not link to any vehicle.
Reported it via a form on the met police site a week or so ago. Be interesting to see if they come round to clamp/tow it.
Anyone had any success with this in the past? Bloke drives like a cretin so would be good for his uppence to come.
No. I've reported someone previously[1]....nothing happened. The registration isn't cloned, it's just made up and does not link to any vehicle.
Reported it via a form on the met police site a week or so ago. Be interesting to see if they come round to clamp/tow it.
Anyone had any success with this in the past? Bloke drives like a cretin so would be good for his uppence to come.
Now sure if I'd gone to the effort of going down to a station and demanded they do something they may have bothered but IMO if you report it online, even saying where its parked, when its parked and when they're driving it nothing will come of it.
[1] Somewhat of a coincidence I noticed but a car parked during the pandemic had a broken rear screen. Then suddenly it had a different registration....and then the screen was fixed and it was being used and then a while later another different registration. If it wasn't for the broken screen I'd never have noticed it.
Going down to the station and "demanding" action is very unlikely to make a difference. Crime is prioritised by Threat Harm Risk. False number plate is low in all of those.
MickTravis665321 said:
A neighbour of mine has put fake plates on his car. MOT has also run out and no insurance. It is taxed under the original plate.
The registration isn't cloned, it's just made up and does not link to any vehicle.
Reported it via a form on the met police site a week or so ago. Be interesting to see if they come round to clamp/tow it.
Anyone had any success with this in the past? Bloke drives like a cretin so would be good for his uppence to come.
I'm confused.The registration isn't cloned, it's just made up and does not link to any vehicle.
Reported it via a form on the met police site a week or so ago. Be interesting to see if they come round to clamp/tow it.
Anyone had any success with this in the past? Bloke drives like a cretin so would be good for his uppence to come.
Are you saying that he's using the car on the road while displaying a made up registration number?
Or is it just parked on his drive with the titty plates on?
Could be one for the odd things your neighbours do fred.
Rusty569 said:
Plates that don’t conform exactly to the specified legislation? No
Plates that are either cloned or illegible to ANPR? Yes
amongst many cars I have seen sporting the same sort of plates, there is one Range Rover parked on a main road into town donning those darkened grey / 'smoked' number plates in plain view of everyone.Plates that are either cloned or illegible to ANPR? Yes
Researching this style of plate points towards a certain type of person who believes they are a necessity, but who mistakenly believes ANPR won't be able to make out the VRN, namely if the camera flashes.
The Police don't seem to care about numberplate conformity when it comes to these, given how many cars now seem to have them (never mind hexagonal / shortened / '4D' fridge magnet effect) and how illegible / badly obscured so many 'smoked' VRNs are to the human eye.
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