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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #30 on: October 29, 2010, 08:55:15 am »
Quote from: jhtrophy on October 29, 2010, 08:41:05 am
as above, dont touch front as most have factory tint, as for plate!!! i hate when people mess about with private plates to make em look better,its illegal and you knew it so stop moaning.
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #31 on: October 29, 2010, 10:09:58 am »
I was going to get new plates and leave out the space LT55TNN had a kind of symmetry...but to be honest the way Strathclyde's finest are these days I will just not bother...its certainly not worth the risk...you definately see some mad loons really mess with their plates though, I would book them myself...only cos they are chav looking...  :laugh:
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #32 on: October 29, 2010, 10:18:22 am »
Quote from: no golf clubs at all on October 29, 2010, 10:09:58 am
I would book them myself...only cos they are chav looking...  :laugh:

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me  :grin:

If I was in power a number of new offences relating to motor vehicles and their owners would be created  :laugh:
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #33 on: October 29, 2010, 10:38:30 am »
Quote from: del boy on October 29, 2010, 07:48:41 am

get yourself a nice bright interior and you wont want to tint the windows  :signLOL:



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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #34 on: October 29, 2010, 11:30:38 am »
Thats mine Mr Robin  :happy2:

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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #35 on: October 29, 2010, 11:51:11 am »
I believe that illegal plates sometimes work better than legal. The issue comes when you start trying to make characters look like something different, like when people mover letters extremely close together or use the screw caps to add/mask part of a letter. The whole idea is to make it legible to other people should you drive away after an accident or something yet making the plate look more like a word or name makes it more memorable to most people which is surely beneficial?
 Unfortunately the law is what it is and you can't blame the boys in blue for doing there job can you. If you do the crime, you do the time....or pay the ticket at least.
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #36 on: October 29, 2010, 12:07:03 pm »
Robin... are you thinking of getting a full Red Leather interior retrim??  :evilgrin:
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #37 on: October 29, 2010, 12:33:28 pm »
Police cannot win nowadays. If they ticket people they are moaned at for having nothing better to do (despite it being there job) And if they ignore it, then it looks bad, and people start moaning that the police don't give the service the person expects.

If you run a modified number plate, no matter how minor it is, then you need to expect to one day be pulled over, Police do have powers of discretion with motoring offences, but I have seen people continually take the pi$$ until a fine is handed to them, that is the only way to teach people, as education doesn't work most of the time, and then it is a waste of mine and your time.
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #38 on: October 29, 2010, 12:50:56 pm »
Quote from: richwig83 on October 29, 2010, 12:07:03 pm

Robin... are you thinking of getting a full Red Leather interior retrim??  :evilgrin:


.... :laugh:

Definitely not! I don't like leather seats in cars for myself - I can appreciate a fine looking interior though. Cloth or alacantara(?) for me.  :happy2:
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #39 on: October 29, 2010, 01:03:54 pm »
I think nowadays EVERYONE knows the fact that you CANNOT get a number plate made, without showing your docs and having ALL the numbers spaced and sized correctly.

If the plate is made another way, then they are for "show use only" and the place that made them will have stated this. Also they will make them without you producing your documents.

Unless you have been living in a cave all your life, then most people should know these rules.


Also most people know about tinting the front windows. I understand that you didn't, and I think I would be pretty pi$$ed off with the dealer if my sister/mum/gran etc bought a car from them and was then pulled up by the police for the car being illegal.

However, I firmly believe the police would have just given a warning for the tints.

The fact that your plate was illegal WAS prob the deciding factor of your fine IMHO.  :wink:

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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #40 on: October 29, 2010, 03:02:06 pm »
Not everyone is aware of the rules and regulations. People who are part of car owners' clubs and forums would be expected to know but those who see a car as a tool to use to get to/from work may well be uninformed.

I heard of one girl who bought a car recently, was involved in an accident and was investigated. It transpired that the car had an aftermarket air filter (but otherwise standard). She was unaware of this, had not been informed of any mods when she bought the car and hence didn't declare it. Got screwed over by insurance. Yet how was she to know?
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #41 on: October 29, 2010, 03:20:06 pm »
@OP:


Grammar. Use it.

Quote from: stealthwolf on October 29, 2010, 03:02:06 pm
Not everyone is aware of the rules and regulations. People who are part of car owners' clubs and forums would be expected to know but those who see a car as a tool to use to get to/from work may well be uninformed.

I heard of one girl who bought a car recently, was involved in an accident and was investigated. It transpired that the car had an aftermarket air filter (but otherwise standard). She was unaware of this, had not been informed of any mods when she bought the car and hence didn't declare it. Got screwed over by insurance. Yet how was she to know?

Surely she should be aware of what is on her motor vehicle? Ignorance is not an excuse, pleading it is just laziness.
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #42 on: October 29, 2010, 03:23:05 pm »
Quote from: cmdrfire on October 29, 2010, 03:20:06 pm
Surely she should be aware of what is on her motor vehicle? Ignorance is not an excuse, pleading it is just laziness.
But my question is how would you know?

If you bought a car, the seller said it was standard and unmodified, and you bought it, would you then check every single component, nut, bolt and screw to make sure it was all OEM? Remember, this is a girl who probably didn't even bother checking the oil/coolant/washer/brake fluids levels up on a regular basis.
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #43 on: October 29, 2010, 03:28:53 pm »
Quote from: stealthwolf on October 29, 2010, 03:23:05 pm
Quote from: cmdrfire on October 29, 2010, 03:20:06 pm
Surely she should be aware of what is on her motor vehicle? Ignorance is not an excuse, pleading it is just laziness.
But my question is how would you know?

If you bought a car, the seller said it was standard and unmodified, and you bought it, would you then check every single component, nut, bolt and screw to make sure it was all OEM? Remember, this is a girl who probably didn't even bother checking the oil/coolant/washer/brake fluids levels up on a regular basis.
She should have fought the insurance company.  Regulation of UK insurance (all types - cars, house, health, etc) is based on reasonable and/or forseable knowledge.  Because she wasn't told about any mods, and probably didn't ask - then the ins co cant deny the claim.  So in respect of insurance, ignorance does pay.
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Re: police nowt better to do
« Reply #44 on: October 29, 2010, 04:48:47 pm »
This post turned a little sour at points lol, I think the OP has had enough ear bashing for one day! Lesson learnt! I did always wonder about the not knowing if the car was standard or not as my mrs wouldn't know If a car was lowered or different alloys or an airfilter hidden/ different brake pads, disks. There is a whole host of things that you can change and not even know about!
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