Driving with false plates
Discussion
Unlike in the VIZ comic that suggests you change your name to match your registration, ie SSF 333V, somebody I used to know many years ago decided to just put his name on his. He decided upon STE 1 and drove about for years, this was back in the eighties.
He may still be doing it now but think how much you can save by adopting the plate you want instead of forking out £0,00sss? :scratchchin:
He may still be doing it now but think how much you can save by adopting the plate you want instead of forking out £0,00sss? :scratchchin:
'Someone I know' swears he has 2 letters swopped around - like AAB instead of ABB - and has driven like this for several years. He's going to just plead ignorance if it ever gets picked up.
Not sure what ANR would do - if the amended number is a valid registration, then he's be fine. But what happens if it's a non-existing number - does the system realise that?
Not sure what ANR would do - if the amended number is a valid registration, then he's be fine. But what happens if it's a non-existing number - does the system realise that?
I took my front plate off 4 months ago because of cooling problems with my TVR in the summer (It is on the front grill and so prevents air flow).
Keep meaning to get a stick on one for the bonnet but have never got around to it (Yeah I know they are illegal too).
Since I've done about 4000 miles without a problem and if I do get stopped £30 is not so much of a problem.
A lot of my driving is around London so I am constantly passing BiB. Rightly I guess they have more important things to worry about!
Keep meaning to get a stick on one for the bonnet but have never got around to it (Yeah I know they are illegal too).
Since I've done about 4000 miles without a problem and if I do get stopped £30 is not so much of a problem.
A lot of my driving is around London so I am constantly passing BiB. Rightly I guess they have more important things to worry about!
A family friend of mine ran for years with a plate on his M5 that looked his surname, My Dad pointed it out to me one Sunday at a DVLA auction of "Previously Unregistered. We called him & told him of the "Error" and he had to admit he didn't own it, he then had to go to the auction in Glasgow and fork out £12k not to lose face!
A chap I know who imported his car from Belgium SIX years ago still drives around with the Belgian plates on the car. I don't think he's ever bothered to get it registered even though he lives full time in the UK.
I bought my car abroad too, and I still have the original foreign plates in my shed. I can't say I havent been tempted..........
I bought my car abroad too, and I still have the original foreign plates in my shed. I can't say I havent been tempted..........
TypeR said:
A chap I know who imported his car from Belgium SIX years ago still drives around with the Belgian plates on the car. I don't think he's ever bothered to get it registered even though he lives full time in the UK.
I bought my car abroad too, and I still have the original foreign plates in my shed. I can't say I havent been tempted..........
Oo how naughty. But then, how many BiB, ANPR- or Scamera-operators are going to bother to investigate?
Very few I'd guess. I often see foreign registered cars during the rush hour - some I see repeatedly for a lot longer than the 6 months (I think it is) that you're allowed to drive around before registering as a permanent import and getting a UK 'plate.
Back in the late 80's British forces in Germany were issued BFG plates, black background with silver letters/numbers, they were wicked, waved through customs at Dover, i got caught doing 98 on the M4 & let off as the copper was ex squaddie, never paid for one parking ticket as they were never followed up. Trouble was it made the IRA's job a little easier & suddenly soldiers started getting shot as they sat in their cars in traffic.
Saved a few parking tickets though & thats why i thought id mention it
Saved a few parking tickets though & thats why i thought id mention it
deva link said:
Not sure what ANR would do - if the amended number is a valid registration, then he's be fine. But what happens if it's a non-existing number - does the system realise that?
The earlier systems were certainly based on storing a local copy of "interesting" registrations, but I believe the latest systems query the live combined PNC system which will pick up uninsured cars, and presumably non-existant registrations. However I don't think this is nationwide, I imagine quite a lot are still using the batched lists.
Gareth
Splodge S4 said:
Back in the late 80's British forces in Germany were issued BFG plates, black background with silver letters/numbers, they were wicked, waved through customs at Dover, i got caught doing 98 on the M4 & let off as the copper was ex squaddie, never paid for one parking ticket as they were never followed up. Trouble was it made the IRA's job a little easier & suddenly soldiers started getting shot as they sat in their cars in traffic.
Saved a few parking tickets though & thats why i thought id mention it
My father was caught speeding in Germany. Instead of being pulled up by the Polizei they sent a letter to his Commanding Occifer. His best excuse to get let off was "my wife must have been driving".
He got off with it (ok so it was 1979)
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