shootnfish Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) At work today and got a phone call from the Mrs to say she had popped out and parked in car park and when she got back some scrote had nicked both number plates. She has informed the police but should she let the dvla know. Shame they didn't take the car would of done us a favour then. Probably have the police smashing my door in now in a week or so because a car with the same plates has been used in an armed robbery! Edited March 2, 2015 by shootnfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegleg31 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 At work today and got a phone call from the Mrs to say she had popped out and parked in car park and when she got back some scrote had nicked both number plates. She has informed the police but should she let the dvla know. Shame they didn't take the car would of done us a favour then. Probably have the police smashing my back door in now in a week or so because a car with the same plates has been used in an armed robbery! Could of worded that a little better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Bloody hell see what you mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooterluke Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yes inform dvla or you will be getting speeding fines aswell as other crimes thrown at you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolkngood Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 And a few petrol thefts thrown in for good measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooterluke Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Happened to me i was supposed to have done double the speed limit through a camera in Cardiff when my car was sat on my drive at barnsley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett1985 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 you dont have to report i to the DVLA, but it would be wise to. police is a definate though. should you recieve any fines or problems, a police crime reference number is all that should be needed to explain the situation. i had mine stolen a few years ago, a few niggly issues came from it but they were easily sorted with a crime reference number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 The most common reasons for plates being stolen are: congestion charge,fuel theft & robbery. Interesting to see which yours get used for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 They have cctv there and she was right near it but when she found the office the person who was in there didn't have access to it for some reason ,so she's going back in the morning to see it. The bloke who she spoke too said most likely travellers as apparently the had been a bit busy around there lately, but who knows all I know is its £20 I wont be spending on cartridges or something new plates instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveboy Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Inform the DVLA and keep the letter they send you in the glove box. This happened to a mate of mine and he got pulled at every police checkpoint for the next six months.(ANPR) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Inform the DVLA and keep the letter they send you in the glove box. This happened to a mate of mine and he got pulled at every police checkpoint for the next six months.(ANPR) Yup +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Thanks for the replies will contact dvla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Good advice to get everything documented and wrapped up tight as quickly as you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Had someone copy my plates not steal them I was a bit concerned when I had a private claim against me for knocking down a statue, luckily cctv caught it all from across the road and showed a transit van when my car was a Morgan and 4 hours drive away at a garage being serviced at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 get it logged and reported to dvla as in the past they seemed to be computer says operation. Farmer our way kept getting speeding/congestion charges in London. plate had not been stolen just copied. Trouble was it belonged to a very large self propelled sprayer and it's 100 miles to the capital from his farm. It took that much time sorting and proving every time which happened on a regular basis he sold the unit and brought another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanj Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Could of worded that a little better & hes part of the essex massif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 I had my van stolen, tools taken and plates swapped for those on another transit. Van they put them on was used in an armed robbery. The police were fantastic. If fantastic means did very little,left me to confront the thieves and when my van was recovered and many people had touched it "can we take finger prints " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly47 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Probably have the police smashing my back door in now that has really cracked me up. I can't stop chuckling Edited March 2, 2015 by belly47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett1985 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Shootnfish, if your not in a rush and you let me have your reg number via pm i'll whizz you up a pair of plates in work And post them out to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 It does make you wonder if they should not be selling tamperproof fittings for numberplates. When the front one on my ex wife's car fell off it had only been stuck on with four self adhesive pads. This was after it had been in for a repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Brett1985 thanks for the offer ,much appreciated but my Mrs got some sorted yesterday picking them up this morning but thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landy george Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Some one at work has just been done as well. Looks like a lot of it about at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie-fox Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) I have a bit of experience on this subject The plates I delt with were stolen off a decent car and were used in cash van robberies around Liverpool.. It's quite a common thing in certain areas of the uk for Volvo/Audi owners as those cars will take a good ramming and keep going so gangs tend to steal those types of cars then look around supermarket car parks to find a matching car and steal the plates... I'm quite sure you will get a call in a few days saing they were found on a burnt out car matching yours... Edited March 3, 2015 by Archie-fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nial Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Shootnfish, if your not in a rush and you let me have your reg number via pm i'll whizz you up a pair of plates in work And post them out to you. Can I have a pair of his plates too? Seriously though, the fine for having wrong plates is minimal isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett1985 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) we had a phone call at the dealership last year (Audi) from uk customs saying that they had our A3 cabriolet with them, and that they had just recovered it from a container about to be shipped to latvia. funny thing was, one of our technicians had the car in milton keynes on a training course. it wasnt untill the police were actually sat with the technician that it was worked out that the car had been cloned. right down to the chassis number. its big business.... Can I have a pair of his plates too? Seriously though, the fine for having wrong plates is minimal isn't it? depends on who stops you. at best its a fine, at worst its farud, a defective vehicle and no insurance. you could potentially lose your licence... Brett1985 thanks for the offer ,much appreciated but my Mrs got some sorted yesterday picking them up this morning but thanks. no problem matey. glad you gt it sorted! Edited March 3, 2015 by brett1985 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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