With all this talk about speed cameras and such like - let me just run a 'SUPPOSE' past you all:-

If one of your letters or numbers on your plate is dirty, say a piece of mud has been thrown up, and it renders that particular digit unreadable (accurately) then it follows that you cannot be done for speeding by a camera.

Considering that the penaly for a dirty numberplate is, what? £20 with no points - then surely, using elementary maths, 3 Dirty Numberplate violations = 1 speeding (at £60?) and the points vanish ... whooooosh!

I take it you can get an infinate number of Dirty Numberplate violations without it flagging up somewhere??

As a point aside, has anyone seen those new Golfs???? every one I have seen has had a rear numberplate that is un-readable (the muck obviously gets thrown up right on that area)

Before all the 'do-gooders' on here jump down my neck for suggesting such a thing - it is NOT what I intend to do or what I recommend others to do - its just the start of a discussion ok??

Pete

 

Hey Pete

Golfs are really bad for dirty rear ends something up with the aerodynamics i think. I used to have a Mk3 and you shoulda seen the back of that sometimes, a layer of muck about an inch thick

Ian

 

So? Ian how many tickets did you get 'off' on then due to a mucky plate??

I'm glad someone has responded to this thread anyway!! I didnt want it disappearing off the page too soon

pete

 

Pete
If you put mudguards on your trailer tent wheels they won't throw mud up onto your rear number plate.....

 

Dave - if you put mudguards over your mouth will it, too, stop sluttering out so much cr4p???????



Pete

 

Well, this looks like a dead thread - all the 'do-goody two shoes' have stayed away and I put my asbestos suit on especially to get flamed tonight

You have let me down - come on - COMMENTS!!

Pete

 

It's an interesting idea. I tend to drive long journeys & often down muddy back roads so often when I come back my number plates are illegible. I clean them coz I don't want to get pulled over but maybe next time I'll think twice