James Bond-style Flipping Number Plates in use on our roads.

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Another use for these that I can think of :

A friend lives in a council house and has , on occasion , been told to remove untaxed cars he has ( otherwise legally ) parked up his drive ( there apparently is a council term in his rental agreement that any vehicles on the property , albeit off the highway , must be road legal ) and 'snoopers' seem to go around checking on this , as well as tidiness of gardens and suchlike , then issuing letters for any perceived contraventions . We are not talking about wrecks here ( surely the purpose of such regulation ) but perfectly respectable and functional cars such as many of us have and use in turn , or during different seasons .

Putting a cover over the whole car ought to be enough , since technically they aren't supposed to lift them , but in these days of tax discs being abolished , having the number plates covered would also make it more difficult for the snoopers to do the dirty .

 

[Giantvanman]

One thing the 'big and clever' types haven't considered by using these devices is if caught, they are laying themselves open to a charge of doing something which constitutes Perverting the course of Justice i.e. participating an act which is intended to evade justice.

There were a couple of media reports a while back of people being sentenced for using this type of device and guess what; they didn't just get a small fine and points on their licence.
No, time to stock up on soap-on-a-rope.

 

[hotrodder]

It's not really a new idea, flip up plates have been around for eons for motorbikes and while they may negate a few speed cameras it hasn't stopped the odd idiot from being jailed. As said it did mean perverting the course of justice got added to whatever driving offences they were charged with

On the flip side a plate that's illegible 'cause it's broken, filthy or fell off etc is at most a fixed penalty fine unless things have changed. Those "unlucky" enough to keep damaging/losing plates eventually risk having the number withdrawn and a Q plate issued IIRC? Same deal with "dyslexic" plates but i'd have thought that one is harder to get away with on anything newer than 2001 or whenever the numberplate rules changed?

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

Didn't a member recently (earlier this year) from overseas enquire about a proper one and how to install it? It was a fully flipping plate holder, which obviously projects a few cm out from the original plate. It did look pretty cool

On the topic of cloning, my first Impreza was cloned. Mine was only a uk turbo2000, in green with multispoke gold alloys. I was sent an array of photos from what would of been a camera van positioned at the side of the road.

I had to send in pictures of my car, as luckily I had put the larger spoiler on it and fitted a front lower lip on the front bumper shortly after I first got it, with parts receipts and also work in progress photos from a spray shop. The car that clocked the camera had the standard exterior (small boot lip spoiler etc)

The cheeky bint who cloned my car, even had the small writing on the bottom of the plate the same as mine! Long winded process that was to get out of

 

[Lennox]

That's why tracker is a great thing. Proves where the car is at all times!!


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[DSB SL AMG]

We do make things easy for the cloners...just search for the exact car spec on fleabay or a/trader and there is your plate
I think always best to conceal / hide were possible which many have started to do...

 

[DSB SL AMG]

But unfortunately can easily be disabled or signal blocked...

That's why tracker is a great thing. Proves where the car is at all times!!


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[Lennox]

But unfortunately can easily be disabled or signal blocked...

You've taken that off into a different context, that may be the case but proving where your car was at a specific time, works a treat!!!