If one, hypothetically, were to acquire a bike and discover that the registration number on the plate differed by one character from that on the registration documents and other supporting documentation and one were to, unknowingly, continue to ride with the wrong plate, are there any circumstances under which one might find oneself in trouble with the law? It would seem, in this theoretical case, that the rider of a bike so equipped may well be unidentifiable to speed cameras etc. and only really at risk should the rider be pulled over, at which point one would (seemingly legitimately) express surprise at the discovery of the mismatched plate. -- jeremy '01 Triumph Sprint ST in green _______________________________________ jeremy0505 at gmail.com
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You can get in serious trouble if you're caught, unless you can genuinely convince them it was an honest error. I prefer the Champ "broken plate" approach, myself.
You're kidding, right? The plate's wrong, you know it's wrong, but you think the police are going to believe you? Hah!
The Older Gentleman wrote: But if you can convince them, all is well. Bit nerve racking whilst you wait to see if they're going to believe you, though. I may well use this one myself.
Surely the issue will be whether there is a whole list of offences to be found against the wrong number plate's number. If there aren't then I doubt if anyone woulf be terribly interested, on the other hand if there are then.....
If the bike had only been in the possession of the new owner for , let's say 1 week, and the plate bore the name of the dealer from which the bike was sourced then one might expect that the autorities might take a lenient view. -- jeremy '01 Triumph Sprint ST in green _______________________________________ jeremy0505 at gmail.com
In all practical terms running with *no* plate at all will get you a small fine and no points. Running with a *fake* plate is up to 2 years in prison.
I (unknowingly) had the wrong plate on my van which meant, among other things, the MOT I had for it was not valid. I had to re MOT it when I put the correct plate on it.
