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[tonyidle]

A few years ago I was stopped by Police in Staffordshire (after drawing attention to myself by going twice round a roundabout). I was asked to look at my car from the rear and try to read the (correctly spaced and legal) number plate the centre letter of which was obscured by the towball. The number plate was fitted in the OEM recess and the towbar was OEM. I asked the Policeman what he would do and his answer was to alter the spacing of the letters - as he said no one cares about spacing as long as the plate can be read. He gave me a form to be signed by an MoT garage once the work was done.

Currently own F11 ATC on a Fiat 500C. Came free with the car.

 

[Tombola]

asked the Policeman what he would do and his answer was to alter the spacing of the letters - as he said no one cares about spacing as long as the plate can be read

Been told this a couple of times when stopped for random checks. Each time I was told on your way, it's readable.
The font was different sort of thicker that the previous owner had on. I believe the font is called "bolts" Didn't pass the first MOT though without chnge

 

[repairer]

Backtracking are we?

How can be “backtracking” when I didn’t originally mention my “word”

Just your imagination

 

[Bailey58]

Does anyone know of any other country that allows number plates to be "adjusted" at the whim of the owner - I don't think so.
So why should we be different?

Don't know about adjusted but it seems you can have a variety of plates in the Faroes.

 

[Al n Val]

It reads like the way I'd pronounce Morelo after downing twelve pints of Stella

After 12 pints of Stella I can’t pronounce anything

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[bigtwin]

How can be “backtracking” when I didn’t originally mention my “word”

It was the use of “Let’s say” that was the giveaway.

Ian

 

[suavecarve]

Yes hopefully if he is a funster he is pretty thick skinned as well, not sure I would be that impressed though

We allow Morello owners on here ?

 

[funflair]

We allow Morello owners on here ?

As well

 

[Gellyneck]

We allow Morello owners on here ?

Yip, we're all for rehabilitation.

 

[Silver-Fox]

Does anyone know of any other country that allows number plates to be "adjusted" at the whim of the owner - I don't think so.
So why should we be different?

If it’s not offensive some States in America allow you to choose your own plate

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[Nirvanauk]

If it’s not offence some States in America allow you to choose your own plate

I was saw a plate in the states for a dentist.
2TH DOC.

 

[Nanniemate]

When did vanity plates become cherished plates
When did manipulation of numbers /letters become personal plates

In the olden days NI plates were used to disguise the age of some commercial vehicles

Now BIL & 4 numbers becomes Williams personal plate

CAZ & 4 numbers becomes Catherine's personal plate

PiL & 4 numbers you guessed it is Philips personal plate

And 3 letters and 4 numbers 1066 is Mr Hastings cherished plate.

There was a plate on mine at one time it was TEX and a number When I bought it put the original number back on

There really is only one of its kind.

 

[eddie]

Private plates, you’re kidding, I can think of many things I would like to spend my money on other than a “private number plate”

I have a word for people who have them on their vehicles!

Interesting "Many things you would like to spend on if you could" Suggests that you can't?

I have a word for people that have to put up with the number that they are given!

"Sympathy"

All this is tongue in cheek, I have private plates to hide the value of my vehicles from my more "nosey" customers

 

[Nanniemate]

Police can impound a vehicle for illegal tints or insist they are removed before the vehicle can move any further. Highly dangerous.

I have noticed recently that some cars have a coloured mirror type windscreen

What's that all about it's spooky to.me
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[Silver-Fox]

Our police do not respond to burglaries, and forces have made official announcements that they will not respond to theft from shops, even when carried out with menace. So any of you who have a reg letter a cm out of line, or a strategically placed black Jap screw, I think you'll be OK.

Unfortunately Jim they seem to look for the easy targets, probably wrong spacing or number plate too small.

Easy nick

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[repairer]

Many years ago I ran an aftersales dept at a large car dealership.

I had one particular customer with a Merc, he was very proud of it, he told me on one visit that when the car got to 3 years old he was going to put a private plate on it so no one knew the age of the car!

My reaction was what a snob! At least I think it was snob?

 

[repairer]

Interesting "Many things you would like to spend on if you could" Suggests that you can't?

I have a word for people that have to put up with the number that they are given!

"Sympathy"

All this is tongue in cheek, I have private plates to hide the value of my vehicles from my more "nosey" customers

Only just seen bottom part of your post fits well with my last post .

 

[Silver-Fox]

TerryL 13,720 drivers with fines in 2020 apparently its the most common vehicle modification so the odds will be quite high

So that’s 13,720 burglaries that could have been attended

 

[Bailey58]

Don't know about adjusted but it seems you can have a variety of plates in the Faroes.

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As an add on it appears you can choose your own plates here.

 

[Silver-Fox]

All this is tongue in cheek, I have private plates to hide the value of my vehicles from my more "nosey" customers

Any one that knows their vehicles will know about what year the vehicle is

If not google is your friend.

Tap in the reg and the gov web site will tell you it’s year

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[Silver-Fox]

I have noticed recently that some cars have a coloured mirror type windscreen

What's that all about it's spooky to.me
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27579196...pid=5339023013&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1

They first appeared on Renaults I think.

Those helped stop sun glare

 

[Pausim]

A year or so ago the Police pulled a biker up outside our home. They clearly didn’t like his number plate which was smaller than usual. They even had a sample plate with them to show the size and style of the plate he should be using, which really surprised me. I was eating a late breakfast at the time and the live entertainment was appreciated. A large number of bikers gather at a cafe on the A29 a few miles from our village and there is a large Police presence in the area on nice summer weekends. I guess they might have found a number of bikers plates did not register on their ANPR devices and they had been sent out to make an example of a few of them. I can’t believe that many Police cars normally carry sample number plates.

 

[Coolcats]

So that’s 13,720 burglaries that could have been attended

Really? 5 mins to sort out a number plate and an hour at burglary. when we were burgled a Detective and scene of crime officer came and they were here in about 20 mins of me reporting it and stayed about an hour.

 

[Coolcats]

A year or so ago the Police pulled a biker up outside our home. They clearly didn’t like his number plate which was smaller than usual. They even had a sample plate with them to show the size and style of the plate he should be using, which really surprised me. I was eating a late breakfast at the time and the live entertainment was appreciated. A large number of bikers gather at a cafe on the A29 a few miles from our village and there is a large Police presence in the area on nice summer weekends. I guess they might have found a number of bikers plates did not register on their ANPR devices and they had been sent out to make an example of a few of them. I can’t believe that many Police cars normally carry sample number plates.

A mate who was a police motor bike rider used to carry videos in his panniers which were speed educational ones, if a biker was speeding but aware when he pulled them over and polite all was good and he just gave them a dvd. But those that were unaware or gave attitude were fined and points.

 

[Captain Yoghurtpot]

Why do people buy an expensive MH then put an illegal number plate on it.
Do they think because they’re got money they can.??



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[Captain Yoghurtpot]

I tried to replicate the plate as
MI 00 RLO on the government MOT check site, and it won't accept it.
Tried other permutations and still no luck.
So what IS the correct format of this plate before any jiggery-pokery with spacing?
Asking as I am looking at putting a private plate on my wheelbarrow!

 

[Silver-Fox]

Really? 5 mins to sort out a number plate and an hour at burglary. when we were burgled a Detective and scene of crime officer came and they were here in about 20 mins of me reporting it and stayed about an hour.

As I said before, easy numbers, easy money.

 

[funflair]

I tried to replicate the plate as
MI 00 RLO on the government MOT check site, and it won't accept it.
Tried other permutations and still no luck.
So what IS the correct format of this plate before any jiggery-pokery with spacing?
Asking as I am looking at putting a private plate on my wheelbarrow!

The government MOT site says don’t use spaces and plates don’t use I so it must be a 1 easy enough really and must be a liner as it’s on a Mercedes

 

[Nanniemate]

I tried to replicate the plate as
MI 00 RLO on the government MOT check site, and it won't accept it.
Tried other permutations and still no luck.
So what IS the correct format of this plate before any jiggery-pokery with spacing?
Asking as I am looking at putting a private plate on my wheelbarrow!

There's too many digits
But on a serious note is your wheelbarrow air-conditioned

 

[Coolcats]

As I said before, easy numbers, easy money.

Have you thought why the rule and why? it is helpful to make the plate clear unambiguous as you may need or want to remember then number and it could be a stressful situation you have witnessed

from Wiki


"The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information"[1] is one of the most highly cited papers in psychology.[2][3][4] It was written by the cognitive psychologist George A. Miller of Harvard University's Department of Psychology and published in 1956 in Psychological Review. It is often interpreted to argue that the number of objects an average human can hold in short-term memory is 7 ± 2. This has occasionally been referred to as Miller's law.[5][6][7]

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