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the Mrs has just been pulled over on Broadmayne, Basildon, after going through a police interception team that were parked at the roundabout by Gloucester Park!!!

Made her pull over opposite the fire station on the duel carriageway with kids in the car - all for her number plate!!!! Its not big enough!

The Met's funds must be low this month - or maybe their just not on target for time wasting!!! Gave her a £30 fine - she even explained that its usually in the window (its on the floor), but apparently its not legal to display it in the window either!

He also mentioned the exhaust!!!! Was gonna give her a ticket because it was too loud!!!! (Full De-cat ) Apparently "the law states....." that when a car has a modified exhaust it needs a silencer still or else its above the permitted noise level!!!!

So just be aware - to avoid the basildon Police interception team! Keep your exhausts quiet and get your number plates sorted to the legal size and mess up the look of you FMI's!!!

Fantom

Massive crackdown on numberplates going on at the moment I think mate.

Tissy

Seems fair to me

bibo_boy

Hmmm, arn't you slightly biased?

WRX_Dazza

big numberplates sign in....

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Spec'c'57

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IIRC they are STANDARD size..... have one myself... maybe slightly different spacing tho...

V4JDMSTi

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i was behind a police evo yesterday. had anpr interception team / unit on it. i want that job. driving round in one of those all day

Was driving like a good boy and number plates are full size on mine. have learnt the hard way before. not worth the hassle of smaller plates anymore imo.

Spec'c'57

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maybe Tissy then......

V4JDMSTi

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i did wonder.

Spec'c'57

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Be warned tho.. there are 2 of them..

bushiwarrior

i cant for the life of me understand why anybody would change the spacing or not display plates. If my car was stolen and there was a chance of a patrol car with anpr picking it up it would be better not to do it in the first place. Just my view.

V4JDMSTi

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Mark_B4

Might have to put my full size plate on mine

Just to keep Tissy and his work mates happy as they seem to be targeting number plates at the moment.

snowy78

I was told recently that slightly smaller plates are legal if you have an import ? Anyone know if this is true ??

V4JDMSTi

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there is some road traffic act or law / something from the dvla that has a section 14a. this states that imported vehicles can have smaller plates because of the recess in the bumper being too small to accept uk size plates. not a problem for impreza's though i'm afraid. they take uk size plates. will depend on the office that pulls you over.

sure someone will be along in a mo with the full title of the document that i'm refering to.

Mark_B4

Mine has a small bumper recess

I may have to consult an expert....

Tissy, whats the standing on this???

V4JDMSTi

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not that small though mark

Mark_B4

My plate is exactly the width and hight of the recess

Adidas

Think you'll find that its Essex's whose coffers are low. Something has to pay for those Evo's

V4JDMSTi

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you may be ok then.

V4JDMSTi

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lol. heard a roumour that mr plod doesn't have to have road tax or conduct mot so if true they'll be saving a few quid.

but then again imagine the servicing bill on those evos

Adidas

I've heard its true. All marked vehicles will have tax discs as it wouldn't look good if they didn't, but if you look carefully it shows them at 'Nil' cost. Likewise they don't need mot's, but they'll always have them to be on the safe side

Tidgy

o that explains it, the police were to buys pulling people over for small number plates and loud exhausts to stop the house next door from being burgled,,,

bunch of tossers, and they wonder y people don't like police, not even sure if the gestapo were that bad?

Adidas

Or perhaps with the Intercept Team working, an ANPR operation may have been on the go looking for stolen cars, such as Scoobies

Mark_B4

You obviosly don't know that there are a few officers of the law posting on this thread not mentioning any names...

Mark_B4

and there goes another flying pig... (no pun intended)

Tidgy

tbh mate i'm not overly concerned (and i kinda guessed that from the post above), police have got more important crimes to be worrying about, 99% of the population agree with me, they are just going after easy targets so they can get good crime reduction figures and make abit of cash.

90% of the burgleries in nottingham go unsolved, yes 90% unsolved, and they worry about stupid things like that? come on, get your priorities right.

V4JDMSTi

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police can't stop a house being burgled, just hopefully catch the people that done it. maybe they use a getaway car with a small number plate and loud exhaust. if they pull it over job done if you wask me.

V4JDMSTi

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Mark_B4

I know what your saying, but the ANPR team that this thread started for are actually pretty good, there not out for noisey cars etc, they try to catch the people with no MOT's TAX, insurance and stolen cars etc, which can't be a bad thing.