Police asked for car reg

[Can'tWeld]

Seems the platemaker screwing up is more common than most think - my colleauge had a Mazda 3 that had different front plates to rear for about 2 years until it was noticed!
The rear one was the correct one.

 

[Erie Fred]

I sometimes wonder if you put a random set of, let’s say Croatian, plates on your car would the cops ever be able to tell if you had tax or insurance.…

I've got a few old Pennsylvania plates laying around you can have cheap.....

 

[bricol]

I've got a few old Pennsylvania plates laying around you can have cheap.....

They do pick up on you if you are seen regularly - I ran my first Lancia integrale around on Italian plates for a while - insured under chassis number - whole waiting to get UK registration. Did have Police follow me late at night, get close enough to see the plate . . . and back off and turn around . . . the thought of trying to deal with an Italian must have been off-putting.

 

[Gavlar]

I sometimes wonder if you put a random set of, let’s say Croatian, plates on your car would the cops ever be able to tell if you had tax or insurance.…

The onus of proof is with you, the driver. If they were to stop you, it is down to you to provide evidence that you are insured, not down to the police to prove you are not. So if you are driving a car with Croation plates, you need to keep your insurance documents with you.

 

[dobbslc]

There were a lot of EU plated cars that were definitely UK spec right hand drive models around a while back, usually driving badly and speeding past cameras, so I know it works. Haven't seen as many for about 3 years now ...

 

[Erie Fred]

There were a lot of EU plated cars that were definitely UK spec right hand drive models around a while back, usually driving badly and speeding past cameras, so I know it works. Haven't seen as many for about 3 years now ...

This happens when residents buy a winter home in Floriduh.
They change registration & plates to Floriduh as the fee's are less,
and the yearly inspection in very much less stringent.

 

[bricol]

This happens when residents buy a winter home in Floriduh.
They change registration & plates to Floriduh as the fee's are less,
and the yearly inspection in very much less stringent.

I was surprised my first time in America - move states and have to reregister the car, and get a new licence in the new state - one national licence and plate in the (lot smaller) UK. Local councils used to issue dirving licences - somewhere, I've got all my grandads little red card/paper ones

 

[Erie Fred]

I was surprised my first time in America - move states and have to reregister the car, and get a new licence in the new state - one national licence and plate in the (lot smaller) UK. Local councils used to issue dirving licences - somewhere, I've got all my grandads little red card/paper ones

They all want their money.....

 

[indy4x]

I presume that's just an example, not the actual plate.

Nope, that was the actual plate, doesn't mean anything to 99% of people but it's my Amateur Radio callsign

M1 something would be better as it would give me a slightly smaller plate

 

[droopsnoot]

Nope, that was the actual plate, doesn't mean anything to 99% of people but it's my Amateur Radio callsign

M1 something would be better as it would give me a slightly smaller plate

I presumed it wasn't the actual plate because a UK plate can't have a zero where you put it - the numeric part is 1-999 for that format of plate. I must admit I have presumed based on your location in the sidebar that you were in the UK when trying to get the plate, if you were somewhere else that might explain it.

 

[Aerohead]

Had a UK plate cover called "the eliminator" on a fast motor for many years some time back.

It looked fine from directly behind, but not clear at any side angle, was a right pop star for flashes going off, only gave it up as one day decided to stop pressing my luck and slow down, mate carried on using it a further few years.

 

[Gritineye]

If you know you know, if you don't you won't. I do but it's rather too tenuous so I don't see the point.

 

[CompoSimmonite]

I remember watching one of the Police Interceptor type programs where the Police stopped a lad for some fairly mundane reason and finding that the front and rear plates on the car were different. Same letters but in different order, dyslexic plate maker perhaps. Turned it was his Mother's car and about four years old. Apparently no one had spotted it before. They let him off.

I had a plate made for use on a trailer after making a note of the number on the rear of the car. Back at the car found the plate didn't match to front so went back to the maker to complain but they pulled out the piece of paper which I'd written the number. Turned out different numbers orders front and rear of the car ! This was back in early 80's on a 4 year old Skoda Estelle 105S

 

[Robotstar5]

Had a UK plate cover called "the eliminator" on a fast motor for many years some time back.

It looked fine from directly behind, but not clear at any side angle, was a right pop star for flashes going off, only gave it up as one day decided to stop pressing my luck and slow down, mate carried on using it a further few years.

The home made version in the 70's was a sheet of perspex with holes drilled in fixed over the plate.

 

[rtcosic]

I was surprised my first time in America - move states and have to reregister the car, and get a new licence in the new state - one national licence and plate in the (lot smaller) UK. Local councils used to issue dirving licences - somewhere, I've got all my grandads little red card/paper ones

That's why US expats in the UK have to pass a UK driving test. There is no 'US' licence to exchange for a UK one, nor a universal standard for the different State ones.

No 2 son had a related plate issue. He bought a vanity plate for his car and updated the DVLA but didn't realize or forgot that the MoT and Insurance needed separate notifications. Drove around camera-infested West Midlands for almost a year until MoT time and the disparity in the records was revealed.

 

[bricol]

That's why US expats in the UK have to pass a UK driving test. There is no 'US' licence to exchange for a UK one, nor a universal standard for the different State ones.

No 2 son had a related plate issue. He bought a vanity plate for his car and updated the DVLA but didn't realize or forgot that the MoT and Insurance needed separate notifications. Drove around camera-infested West Midlands for almost a year until MoT time and the disparity in the records was revealed.

I've always found the local DMVs to be every helpful in every state I've need to contact due to work/living etc - excepting the nice lady trying to improve a queue in Dallas by reassigning the tickets you had to take on entry - gave me one that had already been called!

When we had local vehicle licensing offices in the UK, they simply stamped the existing MOT with the new reg - I registered my first Lancia integrale which was still on previous owners Italian plates and UK MOTed on the chassis number, and then changed the plates on my Caterham at the Leeds office. Worst bit of it was trying to park!

DVLA refused to accept a certified title, ie a legal document, as proof of first registration of my Dodge - so made it look a year older than it is . . . they did the same with that Lancia too - although was funny as it used to confuse the more boring Lancia enthusiasts as it appeared to be a 16V a year too early