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Rear number plate woes

Postby jerzybondov » Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:21 pm

So I’ve been rattling round in my DeLorean for 12 years, the vast majority of those with a U.S. style plate on the back which actually fits in the bezel, unlike a UK plate, which on my particular registration makes it ambiguous about what the letters are as the tops are obscured.

I’ve been pulled up for it once in central London - £50. But a number of separate police have seen the plate and not given a monkeys. It’s technically no more ‘illegal’ than the plates with the protruding letters or letters moved closer together.

And don’t get me started on the squids riding their R1s with a numberplate the size of a gnat somewhere up behind the hugger.

Anyway, I’m about 20 minutes into Belgium on the autoroute today and flashing lights behind me. He pulls me over into a services and threatens to confiscate the car for it having a ‘fake plate’.

He didn’t like my absence of GB sticker either. In the end he just fined me 125 euros. Madness. It’s not even their country’s plate?!

Really wasn’t expecting it to be cracked down on harder out of the country than it ever has done in the country. :doh:
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Re: Rear number plate woes

Postby A Van » Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:22 pm

Fake ?
Be interesting to see what the Belgian guys have to say about it


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Re: Rear number plate woes

Postby Dan 6511 » Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:26 pm

They probably just want to be arsey because of brexit. Also the GB sticker is meant to be a UK sticker now. Is your plate the California one Gez?
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Re: Rear number plate woes

Postby dmc4087 » Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:00 am

Madness. Was the 125 euro for not having the sticker??
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Postby jerzybondov » Mon Nov 22, 2021 1:06 pm

It was 125 euros for not having a correct UK style plate (yes Dan, I’ve had the US style on for years now and don’t give it a second thought). I didn’t help my cause by not having a front plate on, or the UK sticker.

Having spoken to a Belgian today, seems that all their motorways are covered in cameras now and I will have set off an alarm somewhere which will have scrambled the cops to go intercept me.

Hence how arsey they were and why they didn’t just give me a slapped wrist.
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Postby dmc4087 » Mon Nov 22, 2021 1:29 pm

The return journey could be costly too then :(
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Postby jerzybondov » Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:35 pm

Fortunately I've got normal UK plates with me. Otherwise I'd be having to go so fast through Belgium they couldn't catch up with me before I get to France :D
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Postby bandit » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:06 pm

Got fuck all else better to do obviously. Just like the prick who did me with GUll 81.
Oh & the other 6 who have nicked me for small bike plates over the years
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Postby jerzybondov » Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:56 am

bandit wrote:Got fuck all else better to do obviously. Just like the prick who did me with GUll 81.
Oh & the other 6 who have nicked me for small bike plates over the years


What size have your plates been on the bikes Julian? I’m running 8x6 inch on mine and was hoping that was a decent compromise that wouldn’t attract the attention of the law!
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Postby Dan 6511 » Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:04 pm

jerzybondov wrote:which will have scrambled the cops to go intercept me.


I wonder how quickly they scramble for a burglary :?
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