If you buy new replacement number plates....

davetrousers

If you buy new replacement number plates remember to remove the opaque protective film before driving on public roads.

Thanks

megaginge

davetrousers wrote: »

If you buy new replacement number plates remember to remove the opaque protective film before driving on public roads.

Thanks

Neverr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ebe_Scrooge

I sense that there's a particular point you're trying to make here ? Do elaborate !


Were it not for your post count and status I'd be calling troll

Strider590

At a guess he's seen someone with that anti-speed camera film over their plates (proven to not actually work).

Norman_Castle

davetrousers wrote: »

If you buy new replacement number plates remember to remove the opaque protective film before driving on public roads.

Thanks

What happens if you don't?. Is this a public information thread?.

scotsbob

davetrousers wrote: »

remove the opaque protective film

If it's "opaque" you would need to remove it, otherwise your number wouldn't be seen by anyone and that's an offence.

Prothet_of_Doom

scotsbob wrote: »

If it's "opaque" you would need to remove it, otherwise your number wouldn't be seen by anyone and that's an offence.

On the one hand NOT having a numberplate at all is a none endorsable offence, on the other hand there's cloning someone elses numberplate which is VERY bad.

Owning 2 identical cars and only paying one lot of tax and insurance. That would be bad right ?

neilmcl

davetrousers wrote: »

If you buy new replacement number plates remember to remove the opaque protective film before driving on public roads.

Thanks

So, have you been done for driving with obscured number plates then?

davetrousers

I have a relatively short commute and have seen a few times in recent months cars with an opaque film over their rear number plates. I am guessing that this is a protective/packaging film that is on the plate that needs to be removed. The one I saw the other day made the (yellow) plate look white from about 20 yards away and the digits unreadable.

I doubt it is one of those "anti-flash" films.

Ebe_Scrooge

If a PC notices you with an unreadable ( for any reason ) number plate he can pull you for it. I once saw a guy stopped because his plate was completely caked in mud. The copper must have been in a good mood, because he stood and watched as the guy cleaned it off there and then with some newspaper, then sent him on his way. But you could be fined.

iolanthe07

You also see bike racks completely covering the number plate. The problem is that the penalty for obscuring a number plate is a lot less than the penalty for speeding, so drivers hide their reg number from the cameras and get away with it.