Visit from BIB
Discussion
On my way out of the front door this morning, I was greeted by a WPC enquiring if I was me, and if I owned my car. Once confirmed she said I had been reported for leaving the scene of an accident on June 15th, about a mile from my home, on a road I drive most days. I told her I'd remember if I was involved in a shunt. She then checked my car over (no damage) and took notes of license, MOT and insurance(all present and correct). I was then asked to contact a PC (the officer dealing?) who, it turns out, is on night shift. Any BIB's that can offer an explanation as to what is going on?
It happens quite often DJ. A lead following an rta is being followed up. The pnc result has been done, hence the wpc arriving at your address.
It is quite possible your vehicle has been cloned, you may have to give a statement in relation to your whereabouts etc, but that is purely to eliminate you / follow up leads.
It's a bit offputting knowing or thinking your car has been cloned but they have to follow up what they are given.
It is quite possible your vehicle has been cloned, you may have to give a statement in relation to your whereabouts etc, but that is purely to eliminate you / follow up leads.
It's a bit offputting knowing or thinking your car has been cloned but they have to follow up what they are given.
Kinky said:
But surely a cloner would not clone a car right on his own doorstep?
Oh I dunno - there would be certain advantages, i.e. the clonee not being able to categorically deny responsibility for stuff with any degree of believability. Much easier to prove you were at the other side of the country at the time of an alleged offence than 2 streets away, I'd think
Maybe a Audi A3(or similar) had a minor bump at say midnight and the person did`nt get the number so they decided to see if the same car came down that stretch of road 24 hours later, and there you where, so they get your number and phone the BiB.
Adding 2 and 2 and getting 5.
Thats the sort of thing i`d do.
Adding 2 and 2 and getting 5.
Thats the sort of thing i`d do.
Just spoke to the officer dealing with the case, who was very helpful. It seems that someone's car was hit by a passing vehicle that failed to stop. Apparently, the primary reason for this mornings visit was to check my licence, insurance & MOT as the main reason for failure to stop is lack of one of these. As the WPC checked out my car this morning, he reckoned that mis-identification was probaly the culprit in this instance. I'm hoping that he's right and that my car hasn't been cloned.
Thanks to all for your ideas.........
Thanks to all for your ideas.........
It doesn't have to be anything sinister, just coincidence.
The plate on my RRS is 1 digit different from the plate on the parents of my sons best friends Disco. To someone who doesn't know their cars one Landrover is very much like another. They live less than a mile from me.
The original plate on my GT3 is also 1 digit different from a Cayenne that seems to do the same M4 commute as me at the same time each day. I see it 2 or 3 days a week. We both come from Berkshire into West London. Both cars were originally supplied by OPC Cambridge.
The plate on my RRS is 1 digit different from the plate on the parents of my sons best friends Disco. To someone who doesn't know their cars one Landrover is very much like another. They live less than a mile from me.
The original plate on my GT3 is also 1 digit different from a Cayenne that seems to do the same M4 commute as me at the same time each day. I see it 2 or 3 days a week. We both come from Berkshire into West London. Both cars were originally supplied by OPC Cambridge.
djmotorsport said:
Just spoke to the officer dealing with the case, who was very helpful. It seems that someone's car was hit by a passing vehicle that failed to stop. Apparently, the primary reason for this mornings visit was to check my licence, insurance & MOT as the main reason for failure to stop is lack of one of these. As the WPC checked out my car this morning, he reckoned that mis-identification was probaly the culprit in this instance. I'm hoping that he's right and that my car hasn't been cloned.
Thanks to all for your ideas.........
Thanks to all for your ideas.........
Feel free to pm me if you need any further help.
I'd agree with Robbie, In my case I had a new Freelander a few years ago I'd ordered in advance of the face lift model arriving and in a new colour, the day it arrived it was on a trailer with about 10 others all the same colour all the same spec which were then all registered within a few days of each other, I don't know if all 10 had consecutive number plates but I certainly had to do a double take a few times when I saw "my car" driving around with only one digit different on the plate, it didn't help that because they were all from the same dealer most of the customers lived fairly close to each other, it also explained why very often random people would just wave at me.
Consecutive plates seem quite common, I have seen quite a few cars with plates similar to vehicles I know. These days I presume the letters rather than numbers increment for each registration.
As for the cloning - I recall somebody here was going along the motorway one day and saw an identical car with "their" plate on it. I have, however, also read that it is possible for two cars to be registered on one plate, although I suspect it gets picked up by the DVLA and the RK's quite quickly.
Gareth
As for the cloning - I recall somebody here was going along the motorway one day and saw an identical car with "their" plate on it. I have, however, also read that it is possible for two cars to be registered on one plate, although I suspect it gets picked up by the DVLA and the RK's quite quickly.
Gareth
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