Five-O Police Forums

Muncher · 29 Mar 2006 at 18:25

I'm trying to find the Five-O police forums but I can't seem to find a URL for it anywhere, does anyone have it bookmarked or can remember the URL?

TripleT · 29 Mar 2006 at 18:26

http://www.5ive-o.org/forum/portal.php

Muncher · 29 Mar 2006 at 18:53

Thanks.

SB118 · 29 Mar 2006 at 19:03

heh, you been a naughty boy?

edit

.. doing 97.49mph .. OOPS!

Muncher · 29 Mar 2006 at 19:23

99.85mph allegedly too.

[TW]Fox · 29 Mar 2006 at 19:23

Could this mistake not be down to the fact you have an illegally spaced numberplate?

killsta · 29 Mar 2006 at 21:38

[TW]Fox said:
Could this mistake not be down to the fact you have an illegally spaced numberplate?

Would that really matter though providing the letters are the correct font and size?

Muncher said it was the first letter that he got completely wrong, the spacing on the plate wouldn't really matter surely...

[TW]Fox · 29 Mar 2006 at 23:50

killsta said:
Would that really matter though providing the letters are the correct font and size?

They are not - the plate is smaller, the font is smaller, and it's spaced to read something other than what it is.

Personally, I'd not want to rock the boat. Think yourself lucky you've not been done for the plate, pay the fine, and move on

The_Dark_Side · 29 Mar 2006 at 23:59

killsta said:
Would that really matter though providing the letters are the correct font and size?

there are very specific regs concerning plates.
size of plate,characters and their spacing are all detailed.
can't remember what the fine is for infringement but IIRC it's not a great sum of money.

Nozzer · 30 Mar 2006 at 00:04

£30, non endorsable. Which is why I run around sans front plate.

andi · 30 Mar 2006 at 00:21

Do have the right to take your private plate off you though.

Muncher said:
does anyone have it bookmarked or can remember the URL?

Funnily enough....

Nozzer · 30 Mar 2006 at 00:22

andi said:
Do have the right to take your private plate off you though.

They can take any plate off you if you're caught repeatedly, sticking you on a Q plate. Which'll shaft the resale value.

The_Dark_Side · 30 Mar 2006 at 00:26

Nozzer said:
...sticking you on a Q plate...

are you sure that's correct?

Nozzer · 30 Mar 2006 at 00:30

Reasonably, why?

The_Dark_Side · 30 Mar 2006 at 00:34

Nozzer said:
Reasonably, why?

because in the UK the plate denotes the age of the vehicle.
Q stands for questionable in as much as the exact age of the vehicle cannot be determined.
i've never heard of anything being given a Q for any reason like the above.

andi · 30 Mar 2006 at 00:36

Yeah, you can be put onto a Q plate.

The_Dark_Side · 30 Mar 2006 at 01:00

andi said:
Yeah, you can be put onto a Q plate.

on what grounds?
the age of your vehicle wouldn't be questionable at all.if they were going to remove your private plate then surely you would be given a "dead" plate relative to the year your vehicle was registered?

Muncher · 30 Mar 2006 at 01:00

The plate has nothing to do with it, be got the first letter totally wrong.

It is incorrectly spaced, but the sizing is legal as is the font. He wasn't bothered by it. Funnily enough he didn't look at the front of the car to find no front plate either.

andi · 30 Mar 2006 at 01:16

The_Dark_Side said:
on what grounds?
the age of your vehicle wouldn't be questionable at all.if they were going to remove your private plate then surely you would be given a "dead" plate relative to the year your vehicle was registered?

Don't know tbh, all I know is this, from oldcodger who is a JP..

As I understand it courts have the power to rescind a specific reg number if the user has been taking up a lot of police time with wrong spacing, fonts etc.

As these offences are not endorseable there are a number of folk who are quite happy to pay an FP every now and again in order to display their personalised plates.

The Q reg will actually be issued by the DVLA.

The_Dark_Side · 30 Mar 2006 at 06:28

andi said:
Don't know tbh, all I know is this, from oldcodger who is a JP..

if that really is the case then i'm shocked.