Penalty for driving without a numberplate?
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The penalties for having an illegally written/spaced/font numberplate are discussed fairly regularly, but what about if you chose to forgo a front or rear numberplate altogether?
Obviously it's illegal, but what penalty would you be looking at if you couldn't convince whoever stopped you that it had just fallen off and you weren't aware of the problem?
Obviously it's illegal, but what penalty would you be looking at if you couldn't convince whoever stopped you that it had just fallen off and you weren't aware of the problem?
During a very hot summer I took my front plate off the Griffith that I had.
It was off for about a week before the police stopped me. I had the plate in the car & said it had fallen off, they just told me to replace it & were fine.
I think you can get a fine and maybe points for this if you get a nasty policeman.
It was off for about a week before the police stopped me. I had the plate in the car & said it had fallen off, they just told me to replace it & were fine.
I think you can get a fine and maybe points for this if you get a nasty policeman.
Spotted a lad the Mrs knows driving around in his fairly new Fiesta with no number plate front or rear...
When asked it turns out he is on 9 points, so would rather have whatever size fine than lose his license (and hence his job). He figures there is less chance of being spotted by plod than a speed camera, and even if they see him they will have to stop him (ie going the same direction, and not in heavy traffic) 'cos they wouldn't be able to trace him any other way.
And this is a otherwise decent bloke, that apart from incautious speeding (all sp30's), has never been in trouble with cops, steady job, pays his taxes, etc
Very sad and worrying.
Cheers, Phil
When asked it turns out he is on 9 points, so would rather have whatever size fine than lose his license (and hence his job). He figures there is less chance of being spotted by plod than a speed camera, and even if they see him they will have to stop him (ie going the same direction, and not in heavy traffic) 'cos they wouldn't be able to trace him any other way.
And this is a otherwise decent bloke, that apart from incautious speeding (all sp30's), has never been in trouble with cops, steady job, pays his taxes, etc
Very sad and worrying.
Cheers, Phil
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The law has recently changed, and I believe the maximum penalty is somewhere around £1000, and should you have a cherished number then you may have it confiscated.
This change was effected primarily to combat the baseball cap brigade with blue LED's and italic plates.
wroung thats covering no displayed number plates.
not having on at all is another thing.
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Spotted a lad the Mrs knows driving around in his fairly new Fiesta with no number plate front or rear...
When asked it turns out he is on 9 points, so would rather have whatever size fine than lose his license (and hence his job). He figures there is less chance of being spotted by plod than a speed camera, and even if they see him they will have to stop him (ie going the same direction, and not in heavy traffic) 'cos they wouldn't be able to trace him any other way.
And this is a otherwise decent bloke, that apart from incautious speeding (all sp30's), has never been in trouble with cops, steady job, pays his taxes, etc
Very sad and worrying.
Cheers, Phil
well mr avarage is getting more and more feed up with being muged every time he gets in his car.
as more and more peeps get ****ed off with system they will finaly see the light and will say **** you to the system.
if everyone had the bottal to take em off and stand up for what they belive in like this guy.
the public would win and the system would be ****ed for good.
I comend this chap for standing up for his freedom.
How about leaving the plates visible and if you do get flashed and receive a portrait then fit/remove some decoration (stickers, badges, scraches, etc.) so that you can say it wasn't you it must have been a clone as the car in the photo has e.g. no Pistonheads sticker, or no towbar, etc.
Do you have to have the plate visible at all times, or only when it is being driven or on the public highway.
How about an LCD display configured to the same size as a number plate showing perfectly legal characters that swiches off when you press a switch (or via a signal from your radar detector). It would also switch off when you lock up the car so no-one can clone your reg (anti-theft angle as well!)
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So do we have a definitive answer yet, as to the maximum penalty for failing to display a numberplate?
Exiges on the evo forum got done for this the other day. Fined and threatened that if he was caught another 2 times his car would be given a Q plate.
EDIT: Not accusing him or yourself of talking boolshit, more like the policeman making it up as he goes along to try and scare ya
Excellent info - could you find out how much he got fined, and what the offence was (technically speaking)?
That Q-plate thing sounds suspiciously like boolshit to me, but if that's the worst they can do then that's *fine* by me!
>> Edited by aww999 on Friday 26th July 20:16
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