To Anyone I Have Upset Recently.

[timmy]

To anyone I have upset recently, you may, or indeed may not , be pleased to hear that an over enthusiastic Aberystwyth traffic cop dosed me over the weekend with a £30 fine for having a non-prescribed number plate. This does not mean that it wasn't from a doctor/chemist but that one of the letters was in the wrong place. He was correct and I was in the wrong . Hey ho. . Double whammy too, as it creates a paper trail back to DVLA, and if I don't change it, and get caught again, it gets taken off me so I have to have the 'correct' plate made.

To make matters worse, the farm we stayed at suffered the thunderstorm from hell last night, and the mud has made my lovely car very dirty indeed.

 

[bibamus]

so I have to have the 'correct' plate made.

Well, it was probably only a matter of time, as the Government become more reliant on speed camera and number plate recognition cameras, more drivers will be suffering as you have. In the old days, a Policeman could ( usually) read your number plate however it had been messed about. Now, with all the savings that have to be made, a camera is cheaper than a Traffic cop in a big comfy car!

Allan

 

[timmy]

Agreed. Cop said as much himself.

 

[BTB 500]

I see 'doctored' plates every day in central London though (congestion charging relies totally on automatic number plate recognition).

An obvious one today was a BMW 3 series cab. with a back to front L as the first character, I suppose the plate really started with "J".

 

[timmy]

Am not disagreeing at all. I agree totally. Mine was not an awful misrepresentation though, just that the spacing was a little out. Correct font even.

 

[BTB 500]

You see ones all the time with slightly altered spacing ... at least they're still readable by a human. Dog agility friend of mine got done for "K9 0VER" a while back!

 

[guydewdney]

My old plate was C14 OMB misspaced to read C140 MB... correct font, spacing, etc etc - just in the wrong order of spacing. Even the 'o' was and 'o' not a zero

 

[imadoofus]

correct font, spacing, etc etc - just in the wrong order of spacing.

You can't arrest me for 'breaking-in'. officer; I was 'forcing-ingress'!

PJ

 

[grasmere]

in Leeds last Friday, I noticed a big MB (didnt notice the model) drive into the main police HQ at the bottom of Eastgate through the electric security gates. Number plate had a HUGE space in the centre ie letters/numbers at the extreme left and right only. Wonder if she was picked up for it

 

[GSBellew]

Here is a more blatant example of messing about with number plates to get out of fines http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=432825

For those who cant be bothered to follow the link:

Compare the plates

 

[blassberg]

simple trick! got me.