Where do I stand with this .. Police/Number plate content

[TRH_Racing]

Got followed into a petrol station tonight by the 5-0 .. i drove past them leaving work with my fogs on .. left on accidentally due to driving through darkish lanes on the way to work, makes it a bit easier .. anyway.

He was going all over the car trying to find stuff he could do me for, tyres, insurance etc .. he saw the front number plate and told me its illegal and needs changing, "if i see you again, it'll be 3 points and a fine" .. and i dont really want that.

He kept pointing to his and saying its not the same. so where do i stand, do i NEED to change the plate or am i still actually legal?

 

[Daz.]

Well it's the wrong size and doesn't appear to have markings so yes it's illegal.

It also looks stupid, why these small plates are popular is beyond me.

 

[TRH_Racing]

Well it's the wrong size and doesn't appear to have markings so yes it's illegal.

It also looks stupid, why these small plates are popular is beyond me.

i bought it on the car .. never new they where actually illegal ..

 

[charltjr]

Yeah the rules are very specific these days

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

i bought it on the car .. never new they where actually illegal ..

Copper is a prick. Yes it might be an illegal plate but it's not 3 points. It's a £100 fine, no points.

 

[DannyR]

You can only get points for offences that are dangerous to others I believe, and I don't think your number plate is going to attack anyone

 

[Daniel]

'I left my fogs on accidentally'

I call bullshit...

 

[bb55am]

I was pulled and fined £100 for exactly the same size plate, you got lucky, I got a real b*****d I even had the correct one in the boot but he wasnt for letting us swap it.

 

[aucky]

Fog lights are for fog.

 

[Chrisgti6]

Fogs blazin' yO! Should have fined you for that alone!

I'm kidding of course, but how you could you not know that the plates weren't legal? I think you were lucky they let you off to be fair.

 

[Stefan.]

I never got pulled for the 3 plus years i have had them on my clios

Dont drive likean idiot or have fog lights on when it isnt foggy....and no need to pull you over :wink:

 

[leeds_182]

Fog lights by accident - brilliant.

Is the true story that you were brapping off the limiter past the petrol station while blazin with the fogz and the pigz saw you?

 

[Daniel]

It's a 182 so has auto lights.

If you have auto lights and try to turn the fogs on, they wont. You have to physically turn your lights on in order to make the fogs work....

Which means they beep at you when you turn the engine off, no?

 

[TRH_Racing]

I love how it's all bs on the fogs and saying I'm a dick driver haha
It's a habit to have them on while driving the lanes .. I had no reason for them to be on at night due to no fog
I'm not one of them kids who drives round when them on all the time!

Anyway, I asked about the plate

 

[TRH_Racing]

It's a 182 so has auto lights.

If you have auto lights and try to turn the fogs on, they wont. You have to physically turn your lights on in order to make the fogs work....

Which means they beep at you when you turn the engine off, no?

Read my previous post ..

 

[icebergclio]

plates illegal - £100 on the spot fine so you were very lucky

oh and stop 'accidentally' blazin' dem fogs fam!

 

[TRH_Racing]

plates illegal - £100 on the spot fine so you were very lucky.

oh and stop 'accidentally' blazin' dem fogs fam!

-.- .. Yeah brap brap Blud innit

I love how I'm taken for a chav

 

[Short Norman]

There's more than enough to threads on here to know the plate is illegal. All the threads come to the same conclusion, if you fit one you run the risk of being pulled.

'Forgetting' about your fogs made you stand out hence being pulled.

 

[icebergclio]

only a bit of banter, but surely you must realise that most people who pass someone in a renault sport clio with the fogs on will think a complete G is at the wheel. its hard enough most of the time to not look like a chav in a clio with them off..... that and they do jack all anyway lol

 

[DrR]

I hope you get fined, fog light bloody drivers.

 

[TRH_Racing]

Jeez .. people get more pissed off than i thought, im not gonna bother explaining my self cause noones gonna listen (Y)

 

[Knuckles]

Lol at "pointing at his and saying they're not the same"

"One of these things is not like the other"

Fog lights are for w*****s.

Wholeheartedly agree.

 

[Knuckles]

Jeez .. people get more pissed off than i thought, im not gonna bother explaining my self cause noones gonna listen (Y)

It's just a bit of light hearted crack on.

Small/blank plates are illegal though

 

[ForceIndia]

Fog lights illuminate about 3m in front of the car. Unless the 'lanes' are populated by ied's and you're going 3mph, they won't help.

Sounds like the fella has seen a fog light driver, and decided to ruin his day. Understandable.

 

[TRH_Racing]

and i got my answer .. finally

 

[Andyman]

With all the idiots on the road if this is the best the police can do, a few mm reduction in the size of a reg plate and a set of front fogs then they must be desperate...

 

[PP200t]

I drove with my private plate cut down for years (I measured the distance from the edge of a standard 7 digit plate and used that as a rule for my cut down. Never had a problem whatsoever and that was parked on a police station car park for a while.
Problem is each officer deals with things differently and whether they can be bothered or have the time to stop for little things. I'd change it as you will get stopped, and probably by the same officer!!

 

[GiT]

-.- .. Yeah brap brap Blud innit

I love how I'm taken for a chav

Chav.

 

[leeds_182]

With all the idiots on the road if this is the best the police can do, a few mm reduction in the size of a reg plate and a set of front fogs then they must be desperate...

So driving with fog lights should be made legal? Does my head in comments like this! It's the law and it's the polices job to enforce it.

'Shouldn't you be out catching burglars' brigade.