Page 1 of Car NumberPlate Crackdown

Since 1/1/03 the DLVA have now issued a requirement that all number plate makers/suppliers shall be regestered with them and this means if you want a numberplate you have to show your logbook or V11 form.

This is to crackdown on falseplates.

Unfortunately the above will NOT work as:

Its for England & Wales only, so whats stoping you in Scoltand and Ireland.

There will be blackmarket punters anywhere in the UK who will make a set of plates for you, no questions asked.

Also you can still buy blank`s and the numbers and latters so as to be able to "make your own"

Or the crooks will just nick your number plates to save them having to make them up, as they did with mine.

When I reported it the police said that they`d had 50 sets of plates sloten over 48 hours, which was nice !!

Cheers,
Rich.

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Also you can still buy blank`s and the numbers and latters so as to be able to "make your own"
Didn`t know that as I believe Halfords and the like stopped selling them ages ago. Would be handy for me though if I could DIY as I need a plate for the trailer.

JohnF

Worryingly, if all goes according to plan, we will soon have to get numberplates with chips in them, so our movements can be tracked! This new DVLA initiative looks like one small step towards that goal - force people to get `approved` plates, then force them to change to the new chipped ones.

No doubt our `sexed up` government will try to spin it as an anti-terror precaution, or some such guff. I shudder to think what this tracking information could be used for, and who might have access to it.

If they could get away with tagging people rather than cars, I`m sure they`d do that instead.

Mike

This item was edited on Sunday, 31st August 2003, 14:59

They might as well just slap an electronic tag around our necks >:(

Shades of George Orwell`s 1984 and Big Brother (No, not the TV show).

JohnF

and explode them when we leave our gardens.!! :/

That latter idea wouldn`t be so bad, would get rid of everyone who goes to a Pop Idol audition for a start. :)

I think I`d need a longer extendy lead to walk the dog though...

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"Also you can still buy blank`s and the numbers and latters so as to be able to "make your own"

Not legally you cant! there is still some places that can sell you a number plate as a sign and if you put it on your car its upto you!. Sticky number plates have be ilegal for a while know. (Halfords worker)