Fined for small number plate

skez · Post by **skez** » Oct 27th, '05, 14:43

Just been pulled by the police and fined for the number plate being to small, not really bothered about the £30 it's just having to put the oversized original back on, threaders

ZXR400Lee · Post by **ZXR400Lee** » Oct 27th, '05, 14:46

How small is your plate? I have 7x5..?

clunk · Post by **clunk** » Oct 27th, '05, 14:47

Serves you right, you flagrant law breaker you

watters · Post by **watters** » Oct 27th, '05, 14:55

same thing happened to me!

Mark-Blade · Post by **Mark-Blade** » Oct 27th, '05, 15:02

There must be a real crime going on in Plymouth then !!!
Police justyfying there presence elswhere...????

"Sorry serge...I couldn't attend that armed robbery....I was dealing with a serious road traffic offence"

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Oct 27th, '05, 19:43

Oh yes, its a big crime. I have been done for plate twice, and my can, all in the space of a week, at the same time roughly, both after leaving dodgy's house. The dodgy bast*ard has probably set me up!

But my can doesnt even say not for road use. Fu*ckers the lot of them.

Oh and there is now a blue un-marked speed camera van, Dodgy took a pic and will show you all, it was parked outside his missus house. So be careful

frank · Post by **frank** » Oct 28th, '05, 04:47

Tom wrote: Oh and there is now a blue un-marked speed camera van, Dodgy took a pic and will show you all, it was parked outside his missus house. So be careful

Where about is his missus house then Tom ?? Is that where it parks up when it's being used ??

jim · Post by **jim** » Oct 28th, '05, 06:24

they coppa r complete tossers

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Oct 28th, '05, 09:22

Sorry but u get no sympathy for this one.

Everyone know the law regarding plates and cans - if u chose to ignore then fiar enough but you can't blatantly ignore thw law then complain when u get caught.

As for what the police should be doing instead, i agree its a pretty pathetic use of police time but a traffic cop would not be dealing with an armed robbery instead - they are TRAFFIC police. The size of number plates is strictly defined so that they can be easily read because if someone was unable to read your number plate u could easily get away with other more serious crimes.

Of course it'd be different if i'd been caught

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Oct 28th, '05, 18:36

frank wrote:
Tom wrote: Oh and there is now a blue un-marked speed camera van, Dodgy took a pic and will show you all, it was parked outside his missus house. So be careful
Where about is his missus house then Tom ?? Is that where it parks up when it's being used ??

Umm I'm not sure of the name of the road, but its the road with DHS for Girls on, say you come past the petrol station (texaco) opposite Argyle and go past the girls school, and then there is a speed camera further down, by the traffic lights, it was almost opposite that in the bus stop, with a cop car sat up the road tucked away, nicking the speeding cars.

Sorry about the crap description but I am crud with street names

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Oct 28th, '05, 18:41

andrew wrote:Sorry but u get no sympathy for this one.

Everyone know the law regarding plates and cans - if u chose to ignore then fiar enough but you can't blatantly ignore thw law then complain when u get caught.

As for what the police should be doing instead, i agree its a pretty pathetic use of police time but a traffic cop would not be dealing with an armed robbery instead - they are TRAFFIC police. The size of number plates is strictly defined so that they can be easily read because if someone was unable to read your number plate u could easily get away with other more serious crimes.

Of course it'd be different if i'd been caught

I know what you mean, but its not just the plate, they then proceed to claim the bike has been seen racing round town this evening, and reported as being dangerous (When it was actually parked in Dodgy's garage all night). Also I have had, we have reports of a similar bike being stolen. I'm sorry but, my bike is rare as f*ck. Infact so rare its one of a kind.

They make you feel like a big criminal when all you did was added a boarder and cut an inch off your plate to make it look neater. But I will take the £30 fine, but not all the b*llshit they give me.

CvPiper · Post by **CvPiper** » Oct 28th, '05, 19:01

Tom wrote:But my can doesnt even say not for road use. Fu*ckers the lot of them.

Don't take sh*t next time your pulled, they cannot do that at the side of the road so take it for the plate, its your fault, but refuse any crap for other stuff they are using to get their figures up.

sprocket · Post by **sprocket** » Oct 28th, '05, 19:06

If your can isn't marked "not for road use" unless they do a dB test then theres nothing they can do.

Unless of course you left a nice rubbing patch where the writing used to be.

CvPiper · Post by **CvPiper** » Oct 28th, '05, 21:17

Exactly. Then can make you get it checked at an MOT station, the testers discretion is all it needs to pass without a fine.

skez · Post by **skez** » Oct 29th, '05, 07:45

The officer went all over the bike looking at everything, my can has no markings at all and he didn't mention it,