Crackdown on Illegal Number Plates
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For Information Purposes: (It will be relevant to a couple of people I know)
Pistonheads Article: http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...
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CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL PLATES
Police warn drivers with misrepresented plates
A nationwide crackdown on illegal number plates begins today with motorists facing fines of up to £1,000.
Operation Larch is a week-long national campaign to step up enforcement of current regulations and officers will target vehicles with misrepresented plates.
Illegal alterations rangefrom changes to the layout of plates or use of non-standard fonts, through the use of tape, screws, and other objects to obscure plates, to sophisticated measures such as the use of stolen or false number plates to clone vehicles.
Frank Whiteley, ACPO lead on Automatic Number Plate Recognition and Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary, said: ‘Criminals make use of vehicles to commit crimes and in some cases, will tamper with number plates in order to try and avoid detection by roadside cameras. Operation Larch will bear down on this growing concern as part of The Police Service’s ongoing campaign to target criminals through their use of the roads.
‘It is not known how many motor vehicles display misrepresented number plates or how many are driven by active criminals, but Operation Larch will provide intelligence for the first time on the link between this offence and broader criminality, and inform a debate around the tightening of legislation around number plate offences.’
Police warn that not only do drivers face fines, their registration mark may be withdrawn without any compensation, and cars may fail their MOTs.
Pistonheads Article: http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...
Content Below:
CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL PLATES
Police warn drivers with misrepresented plates
A nationwide crackdown on illegal number plates begins today with motorists facing fines of up to £1,000.
Operation Larch is a week-long national campaign to step up enforcement of current regulations and officers will target vehicles with misrepresented plates.
Illegal alterations rangefrom changes to the layout of plates or use of non-standard fonts, through the use of tape, screws, and other objects to obscure plates, to sophisticated measures such as the use of stolen or false number plates to clone vehicles.
Frank Whiteley, ACPO lead on Automatic Number Plate Recognition and Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary, said: ‘Criminals make use of vehicles to commit crimes and in some cases, will tamper with number plates in order to try and avoid detection by roadside cameras. Operation Larch will bear down on this growing concern as part of The Police Service’s ongoing campaign to target criminals through their use of the roads.
‘It is not known how many motor vehicles display misrepresented number plates or how many are driven by active criminals, but Operation Larch will provide intelligence for the first time on the link between this offence and broader criminality, and inform a debate around the tightening of legislation around number plate offences.’
Police warn that not only do drivers face fines, their registration mark may be withdrawn without any compensation, and cars may fail their MOTs.
because they aint there
I like the way they use the word criminals any one who prints there plate for affect is not likely to brake into my garage a nick my tools its moor likely to be booies Why don’t the police
Uck off and catch the ankers who broke into my garage I never see a single police officer, also some vermin copied my identity redirected my mail still no copper they say they are only there to uphold the and enforce the law well leave the driver alone and concentrate on the low life 
Edited by neilsfishing on Tuesday 29th January 20:59
neilsfishing said:
I like the way they use the word criminals any one who prints there plate for affect is not likely to brake into my garage a nick my tools its moor likely to be booies Why don’t the police
Uck off and catch the ankers who broke into my garage I never see a single police officer, also some vermin copied my identity redirected my mail still no copper they say they are only there to uphold the and enforce the law well leave the driver alone and concentrate on the low life Edited by neilsfishing on Tuesday 29th January 20:59
good luck getting ur id back Neil!!
Just to let you all know, in Herts and I suspect other forces only Traffic Police have been tasked with this and.......................when did you last see a traffic car???
Guess this is just a press release trying to enforce the law instaed of having real coppers on the ground, I for one would love to get stopped it would mean they are out there catching all the numpties.
Guess this is just a press release trying to enforce the law instaed of having real coppers on the ground, I for one would love to get stopped it would mean they are out there catching all the numpties.
viper paul said:
Just to let you all know, in Herts and I suspect other forces only Traffic Police have been tasked with this and.......................when did you last see a traffic car???
Guess this is just a press release trying to enforce the law instaed of having real coppers on the ground, I for one would love to get stopped it would mean they are out there catching all the numpties.
...M27 always used to be (don't use it much now) crawling with unmarked BiB - 'boys in blue' and as shown on Police Camera Action, they sit in laybys too with the plate no. recognition kit, ready to pounce... Guess this is just a press release trying to enforce the law instaed of having real coppers on the ground, I for one would love to get stopped it would mean they are out there catching all the numpties.
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