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SMART PARKING PCN - Cloned Plates
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I really don't think it's cloned.
All images are photoshopped to make them show what the parking firm wants it to show, once they decided to enhance the images to show your plate.
I think ParkingMad might have it right, and the H just has a rivet above the centre bar.PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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Does look pretty clear to me it's a WCoupon-mad said:I really don't think it's cloned.
All images are photoshopped to make them show what the parking firm wants it to show, once they decided to enhance the images to show your plate.
I think ParkingMad might have it right, and the H just has a rivet above the centre bar.

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If it is a genuine clone, then tell the parking company, and tell them they must stop pursuing you over this immediatelyFrom the Plain Language Commission:
"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"2 -
Done 👍🏻 👍🏻Half_way said:If it is a genuine clone, then tell the parking company, and tell them they must stop pursuing you over this immediately0 -
Two typos spotted above and you don't need spaces before brackets.Half_way said:........... companies (note the BPA limited and IAS or not regulators) form from their sites with immediate effect as the presence of unregulated parking companies is putting them, and employees at risk .......1 -
Grizebeck's appeal will kill it anyway.lostmyname said:
Done 👍🏻 👍🏻Half_way said:If it is a genuine clone, then tell the parking company, and tell them they must stop pursuing you over this immediately
We'll have to agree to disagree. Us regulars have been doing this for over a decade and almost never see a real clone.
We see ANPR misreads a hundred times more commonly.
I still think that might be an H with an enhanced black blob as the PPC has quite possibly guessed & 'improved' the final smudged digit. In that enhanced image too.
When I zoom in on my phone, the middle of that final digit looks to be in a slightly different thickness and bluer black...PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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BMW have never made a 1 series Estate.ParkingMad said:In the photo of the rear number plate, could the last digit possibly be an H?
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Thanks @Castle, not an H then! It looks like a W to me in the much clearer colour photos.3
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Yes to me too, hence reporting it as cloned plates.ParkingMad said:Thanks @Castle, not an H then! It looks like a W to me in the much clearer colour photos.1 -
And another one... "(note the BPA limited and IAS or are not regulators)"Le_Kirk said:
Two typos spotted above and you don't need spaces before brackets.Half_way said:........... companies (note the BPA limited and IAS or not regulators) form from their sites with immediate effect as the presence of unregulated parking companies is putting them, and employees at risk .......3
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