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firebladepaul37

In: Stratford on Avo
Posts: 12

I recently been told riding with a small number plate now gets you 3 points on your licence is this true, I know the fine has gone up from £30 to £60 Can this be true?

Message posted by firebladepaul37 on 14 June 2010 at 18:20

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firebladepaul37 @ 14/06/2010 18:20:02

BOBKAT

In: Burns Country
Posts: 1781

I met someone on Saturday who had been pulled and got a £60 fine, he never mentioned about penalty points though - I will try find out, I'm concerned because I've just changed mine

Message posted by BOBKAT on 14 June 2010 at 18:27

BOBKAT @ 14/06/2010 18:27:20

Deleted Member

In: NA
Posts: 0

Take a look at this page.It details the size requirements for bikes, which is a bit smaller than cars. It also says up to £1000 fine, but there's no mention of points.

Message posted by Deleted Member on 14 June 2010 at 18:33

Deleted Member @ 14/06/2010 18:33:19

bluesbiker

In: Birmingham in th
Posts: 2510

There is no offence code for numberplate offences. Not even under construction and use.

Message posted by bluesbiker on 14 June 2010 at 19:06

bluesbiker @ 14/06/2010 19:06:29

Deleted Member

In: NA
Posts: 0

Just found a reference on direct.gov from last June saying that the fixed penalty's going up from £30 to £60. No mention of points there either.

Message posted by Deleted Member on 14 June 2010 at 19:07

Deleted Member @ 14/06/2010 19:07:09

Deleted Member

In: NA
Posts: 0

Let's hope there's no legislators reading this who'll soon realise we're happy to risk a fine for having a small plate because it looks better, but not if it comes to points which cost us lots on insurance

Message posted by Deleted Member on 14 June 2010 at 20:07

Deleted Member @ 14/06/2010 20:07:04

Deleted Member

In: NA
Posts: 0

Got my old plate on now as i have a race can on mine and loud it is too

Message posted by Deleted Member on 14 June 2010 at 20:34

Deleted Member @ 14/06/2010 20:34:00

bluesbiker

In: Birmingham in th
Posts: 2510

It's also an MOT failure if you leave it on.

Message posted by bluesbiker on 14 June 2010 at 20:42

bluesbiker @ 14/06/2010 20:42:33

firebladepaul37

In: Stratford on Avo
Posts: 12

as I thought, had my small plate on for the Isle of man but think I'll put the snow shovel back on now im back to be on the safe side, lets face it we dont need anymore excuses for them to pull us do we

Message posted by firebladepaul37 on 15 June 2010 at 00:03

firebladepaul37 @ 15/06/2010 00:03:36

Deleted Member

In: NA
Posts: 0

I was chatting to a nice copper the other day who was admiring the pipes on my bike as he has a Sportster "Vance and Hines straight shots?" ..."no officer, they would be far too loud

" at which he just smiled, and gave me the thumbs up as I rode off displaying my small number plate. What a nice man

Message posted by Deleted Member on 15 June 2010 at 00:54

Deleted Member @ 15/06/2010 00:54:03

Daytona_man

In: Bedford
Posts: 206

Maybe I'm old and boring, but I've still got the legal sized one on my daily bike, and have to have a legal one on my trackbike because it always gets pulled on the road for no lights/indicators/mirrors and full race bodywork/race seat. I don't want to give them any excuse to nick me - £60 is half the cost of a sticky rear tyre. It is actually fully MOT'd, but for daylight use only.

On the daily bike (Kawasaki Versys) a small plate would look crap cos the Scottoiler touring resevoir sits behind it. My TS250 trailie has a legal sized one too, come to think of it.

Message posted by Daytona_man on 15 June 2010 at 10:55

Daytona_man @ 15/06/2010 10:55:03

scubasteve

In: Bournemouth
Posts: 19

I'm definitely old and boring then, Iv'e got the plate that came with my bike 4 years ago, complete with dealer name and number on the bottom and have no reason to change it for a beer mat sized plate. £60 is about 3 tanks of petrol as well. Or a beer and curry night.

Message posted by scubasteve on 15 June 2010 at 19:29

scubasteve @ 15/06/2010 19:29:35

Kwak_fan

In: Solihull
Posts: 2

According to the MOT station it will be a fine and 3 points, they reckon the law is changing later this year. Myself i cant be bothered with the hassle and giving them any more reasons to stop me.

Message posted by Kwak_fan on 15 June 2010 at 19:37

Kwak_fan @ 15/06/2010 19:37:11

Phil

In: Liverpool
Posts: 797

It used to be a non endorsable fixed penalty fine. the offence was "failure to display a valid licence plate" I believe that the law is changing to because of the number of plate that has font styles and spacing that make automatic number plate recognition difficult.

Message posted by Phil on 15 June 2010 at 19:46

Phil @ 15/06/2010 19:46:56

Doh Boy

In: Prestwick
Posts: 389

I'm with you KF, why give them more reasons to stop us.

Message posted by Doh Boy on 15 June 2010 at 20:44

Doh Boy @ 15/06/2010 20:44:48

russh1400

In: huntingdon
Posts: 9

ive seen this question asked on other sites and to be honest it just aint worth it,its a red flag to pc plod gives them an excuse to pull you over,yes the snow shovel looks crap but your not going to be pulled over for it

Message posted by russh1400 on 17 June 2010 at 09:27

russh1400 @ 17/06/2010 09:27:33

DeeStruction

In: Colchester
Posts: 7

just stick it on with velcro..... then you can whip it off when you park up or wanna play silly..... no parking tickets, no speeding tickets, and where there wandering about filming bikes in the car parks as they do, they cant touch you.

Message posted by DeeStruction on 20 June 2010 at 13:03

DeeStruction @ 20/06/2010 13:03:21

giantdog

In: Derby
Posts: 205

A group of us got pulled the other week, everyone with black and silver plates got recitification notices but no points or fines. I've got a 5"x7" yellow plate and the plod said 'that's ok, numbers a little small but don't worry about it, on your way'

Message posted by giantdog on 01 July 2010 at 11:50

giantdog @ 01/07/2010 11:50:08

micksaway

In: Weymouth
Posts: 1030

We are so lucky to live in such a crime free country that the plod has so much free time on their hands to bother with such petty matters. What will they have left to do when we have all been banned

Message posted by micksaway on 01 July 2010 at 16:23

micksaway @ 01/07/2010 16:23:27

bluesbiker

In: Birmingham in th
Posts: 2510

Give it a couple of months and they won't have any money to prosecute anyone. Probably be less coppers as well. Less money to run and fix static cameras. less money to run mobile cameras as well. everyone will be out of work and we'll get inner city riots. IT feels just like the eighties again. Except i haven't got me GS1000.

Message posted by bluesbiker on 01 July 2010 at 18:30

bluesbiker @ 01/07/2010 18:30:20

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