Wifeys Nissan Micra was cloned a few years back....red, basic, so not difficult to do! Brought car nearly new from local main stealer.
Was caught with numerous parking and speeding fines in London area, over a period of several months, and it was a right palaver to try to sort out. We lived in Cornwall. Tried explaining we were not in habit of driving to London and parking said Micra on red routes etc... Occasionally several times a week!
NOT impressed with the apllied intelligence and common sense of our boys in b!ue! As ever it's an easier (and safer for them?) nick for them to try to nail the law-abiding general public than b!atant villans. Their argument went that we could have lent the car, etc...
Clone was eventually written off in an accident on M4 flyover...coppers even questioned that, but yet again due to our professions, it was simple enough for us to prove where we both were, but more importantly where the actual REAL car was....we still had our undamaged car. That closed the matter for good. I sold the car, asap!
IMHO yet another example of how decent folk support the crime industry, both sides of it! The scam could be easily stopped, if they REALLY wanted to. Control access to reg plates!
Just one example, Sherlock, ...who do you think these people might be who seem to be confident enough to whizz past, overtaking me at 70+, when i am pushing my luck at 55 in a 50 roadworks on the Mway? Maybe worth a pull?
So OP, you will have to prove where the car was, or that the offending car was not yours; they will still come after you if they believe that you are the "keeper".
Rant over!
