Stavros

I heard people with motorbikes who run with their plates slightly wrong for that reason (and to run from the pigs) and if they DO get pulled they jus say they had no idea and the numberplate maker made a mistake...

M Brian

what like having a plate saying C470 HME.... bolts in right places would be mint!

just get one made up saying just testing! lol

dont help if you get pulled over though with them following you and getting your speed.

R4N SS

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are you thinking what im thinking



why dont u get a set of plates made up but change one letter or number around

M Brian

I got pulled over the other night in brum

got asked my name and where I was from, youd be fooked if you did that with diff plate IMO.

need a james bond one!!

david

Used to know a guy who knocked petrol all the time with the plates from his old car on his current one, never got caught once and did it for well over a year

must be worth a try

Martyn

My mate used to gas and go years ago, used to put nicked plates on his car, but cause it was a recognisable car he got done in the end anyway

CabrioTurbo

'IF' i was going to do it i would pick some foor fucker who was arround the same age as me.. had the same colour and make of car and use his exact details!
by using his plate, name address, D.O.B you are basically 'him' in a random stop check the pigs certainly wouldnt know any diference! even if they did an insurance check!

James_RST

i used to drive my frst on my 1.1 fiesta plates lol i owned two red fiestas both identical (both had teh kit wheels etc) but 1 had the frst name and engine to insure it i had to be 19+ atleast, to insure the 1.1 with a declared engine conversion to 1.6 engine was £1100 at 18

so yes slightly illegal but only because i couldnt be bothered to take the engine out and put it in the other one.

my old boss had one of those nissan kingkab truck things neway, he got pulled over and the copper spotted that one of the numbers on the rear plate was different to that on the front plate (wrong order) he didnt know this as he bought the vehicle brand new and it was a genuine mistake, he got a ticket thing that said he had to have the plate changed to the registered numbers etc and get an mot station to stamp and sign to say all was well now.

so no penalty just a new plate and a tenner to the mot fella

Clare

Would it not be classed as Fraud if you were caught?

If is, you could be in a whole heap of trouble and possibly jail time!

Martyn

Just remembered... my g/f's brother got a fine in the post showing his car in leeds on some speed camera. Turned out someone had copied his plates on a silver sapphire (not cossie) which was exactly what he had too!
He had to send off photos of his car to prove it was slightly different from the one on the camera pic (different wheel discs, no boot spoiler etc)

K3V HA

Only time ive ever been done is with black plates, not sure about other plates.

Im pretty sure ive been told that people have got away with swapping numbers round and then saying they are dyslexic or that the guy in the shop must have been!!!

Lambchop

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as far as i know its only a fineable offence...£30 perhaps? after you got stopped and told to change them tho it'd be really takin the piss to do it again and you'd get nailed if pulled again especially by same copper.

i say take a chance and c how long ya get away with it

Deano

When I was 17 I had a 5 Turbo , bought some fancy show plates for it a week later

A week after that I got stopped for a routine check

I hadnt realised the 3 letters were back to front

Was arrested there and then car was impounded , coppers went round to my house , luckily I had the receipt for the car showing its TRUE reg along with the reciept for the show plates

4 hours later I was a free man

Stavros

Fuck that then! The pigs used to try to impound my car just for the noise n flames, never mind fookion dodgy plates!

Deano

Not only that Steve 2 weeks later I had to take the car to another police station for one of those proper blokes that work in the vehicle crime squad to go over the car to make sure nothing on it was dodgy

Thank fuck it wasnt

As I could have ended up being MR BIGS little biatch

Sexy-RS

Some one i know used to do boot legging he would just have his plates made up with one digit wrong on the front or back can't remember which So he could not get clocked to musc going through customs! You can say it must have been an error and you never noticed So i would do that on the back if you are going to do it just 1 letter/ number wrong

Neil S

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Sorry to piss on your bonfire chaps, but you now need the V5 and ID to buy plates

Guess the info goes on a database too, so I reckon you'd get done eventually

I know cos I've considered it lol my runaround astra is J 662 ***, J622 is also a red astra

Neil.

Stavros

No you dont

Can buy them from many many places as "show" plates and no need to show ID or owt then...

Sexy-RS

At shows they make you up whatever you want no id needed

Neil S

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cool - i didnt know that!

Neil.

RWD_cossie_wil

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Official line on plate offences- 1) missing/incorrectly spaced/ illegible plates = £30 fine and a 7 day V.R.N (vehicle rectification noitce) and after the second occurance the D.V.L.A can withdraw the reg mark and issue a Q plate to that vehicle
2) false plates= unlimited fine and up to two years in prison
so be very very careful. Prob best just letting your plates get filthy