johnnythefox70 Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Saw this in manchester this morning, had to get a picture (and yes before anyone asks i was the passenger!) this has to be illegal surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutt Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Would fail an M.O.T. letter spacing wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 There's a teacher in my grandchildren's school who changed her number plate from EL14 NET to ELAINE T. She's had this for almost 4 years, so is obviously putting the original plate back on for the MOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 53 minutes ago, steve_b_wales said: There's a teacher in my grandchildren's school who changed her number plate from EL14 NET to ELAINE T. She's had this for almost 4 years, so is obviously putting the original plate back on for the MOT. Surprised she didn’t get pulled by the coppers or by ANPR also plates considered offensive are often pulled so this may well be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Not only illegal, but one has to wonder what sort of oik would wish to display such a plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPARKIE Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 that's reggieguns plate gob job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsbob Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 EL14 NET to ELAINE T the 1 and 4 substituted for A and I , I would imagine you would get away with substituting the characters but not the order . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Wrong spacing and last letter filled in with a marker pen to make it look like a different letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris B123 Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 1 hour ago, sportsbob said: EL14 NET to ELAINE T the 1 and 4 substituted for A and I , I would imagine you would get away with substituting the characters but not the order . I agree, that's not miss spacing or adding a screw to change the appearance, its a completely different number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPP Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 ANPR Cameras through out a huge amount of failures and don't instantaneously pick up 'wrong' plates (although i had a huge problem a while ago with a new car where the glare registers the plate wrong - took ages, and a lot of parking foment discussions to resolve) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 4 hours ago, Lloyd90 said: Surprised she didn’t get pulled by the coppers or by ANPR also plates considered offensive are often pulled so this may well be! As mentioned, it's been on here car for at least 4 years that I know of. There are many 100's of false number plates on vehicles. How they get away with it, beats me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howling Hound Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 6 hours ago, steve_b_wales said: There's a teacher in my grandchildren's school who changed her number plate from EL14 NET to ELAINE T. She's had this for almost 4 years, so is obviously putting the original plate back on for the MOT. Teachers ehh. Probably claim she is dyslexic so it would be discrimination to prosecute her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 6 hours ago, Lloyd90 said: Surprised she didn’t get pulled by the coppers or by ANPR also plates considered offensive are often pulled so this may well be! WHAT coppers? There's none out there !!!!! Certainly in my time it would have not only been pulled but got a ticket. How many road traffic offences do you see these days and they are getting away with it...no tax , no insurance, no mot ..just buy a banger for 50 notes and drive that for a year, then go buy another on and on. I was on the road when the E Type Jags came out and had stick on plates on a slope of the bonnet. We had great fun for a while In Texas you could buy any letters numbers you wished and it was registered to you. There was also an annual sticker which went in the edge of the number plate to say you had paid registration for that year. Drive without that or out of date and you would be wheeled infront of the Judge within the hour !! Been there , speeding 60 in a 50 and did not have my driving license. I was told to follow the Traffic Officer to the court house and put infront of the deputy judge. Nice lady, I apologised and she docked me $35 and a slapped wrist. Here were going down the pan fast in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, steve_b_wales said: As mentioned, it's been on here car for at least 4 years that I know of. There are many 100's of false number plates on vehicles. How they get away with it, beats me. WHO is going to do anything about it ? We are fast heading towards total 'free for all' on our poor excuse for roads ! Edited March 27, 2018 by Westley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 It supposed to be the coppers job to pull you over and give you a ticket . but they can not be bothered to much like haveing to get get out of there nice warm car ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Had a ticket with a cctv still with my number plate on it smashing through a fence and a bill for the repair form the council and court date for failing to stop at an accident. I did the on reasonable thing I could took a day off work drove my Morgan to the court when the magistrate asked me if I wanted council I said no then it started I pointed out vechile in question in the video was a transit van my V5 with the same number plate said Morgan. Waste of all our time and public money someone should have investigated it on getting my address from the DVLA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge911 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 (edited) On 27/03/2018 at 09:53, scutt said: Would fail an M.O.T. letter spacing wrong. 100 % correct mate and when you fail them for it they normally go ape poop with you and the usual reply / retort is " your ************ joking aren't you it passed like that last year and the police car I passed on the way here never stopped me ...... blah blah blah " to which my reply is well it didn't get mot,d here then because it would have failed for it if your not happy with me failing it you can always get in touch with vosa and request them to check it but you must not change the plate back and when they come to co check they will go through the whole mot process again . that's when they normally f and blind as they pay the fee and drive off to return later on in the day with correctly spaced plates fitted ................. but I have had 1 or 2 not return it would also fail for the N/S/R light lens damage thus showing a white light to the rear [ and probs a bit more when tested ] Edited March 29, 2018 by hodge911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 (edited) Wife has a NI plate with an 'i' which had a little bit removed to "dot the eye" which was perfectly OK according to DVLA rules as no change to letter size/width/spacing/shading etc but eventually one MOTer decided they would not play ball so I had a separate set made for that one day of the year. Edited April 12, 2018 by norfolk dumpling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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