Forgot to tell Insurer about Private Plate Change... Pulled over for no insurance

He's not posted for nearly 22 months though, I reckon the rozzers caught up with him in the end. Hope he let Admiral know about his change of address to Strangeways.
 
Richie said:
Eh, no!

By extension that would mean he could drive any car that is the same make and model as his even if it had a different reg number... This is wrong.

Phone them to change it. Even if the cop was going to check on it, going by the time of your post, he would be on nightshift so wont be on again till tonight and will check it then if at all... He will probably just wait the 7 days to see if you have produced it. Dependant on what Admiral do, the certificate may not have a different date/time that when your policy started...
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It's the fact that even though a car might have a cherished plate on, it never loses its original plate.

When you sell the car and keep your plate, the original one goes back on.

At least that's how I understand it.

So to me, it seems like an honest mistake and nothing more should happen penalty wise.
 
lnoton said:
It's the fact that even though a car might have a cherished plate on, it never loses its original plate.

When you sell the car and keep your plate, the original one goes back on.

At least that's how I understand it.

So to me, it seems like an honest mistake and nothing more should happen penalty wise.
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I put a private plate on my first e38, sold it with the car but eventually the new owner sold the plate as it had (annoyingly for me!) considerably risen in value, the e38 was re registered back to a regular number but it didn't have the original registration number from when I'd initially bought it, can't think why the original plate was nothing special ie I doubt it had something about it that made it worth something as a private plate, so at least from my own experience, that car dosen't always keep its initial registration.
 
Scania said:
I put a private plate on my first e38, sold it with the car but eventually the new owner sold the plate as it had (annoyingly for me!) considerably risen in value, the e38 was re registered back to a regular number but it didn't have the original registration number from when I'd initially bought it, can't think why the original plate was nothing special ie I doubt it had something about it that made it worth something as a private plate, so at least from my own experience, that car dosen't always keep its initial registration.
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Hmm. Thanks for that, didn't know that could happen.
 
lnoton said:
Hmm. Thanks for that, didn't know that could happen.
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No problem, come to think of it, my mum had a Ford Escort XR3i back in 1985, B502SEH (remembered via a photo record, I can't remember last week!) ,my dad bought a private plate for it, when it was traded in it lost the plate (which to this day is on my dads car) but was re registered with a different registration from its original.
 
Tell insurer to changed reg on policy, take in the proof. The police seem to be so bad at admin these days they probably won't put 2+2 together.
 
I think changing registration can lead to loads of admin headaches.

1. When we changed the Mrs car reg, it never updated the insurance database, and got pulled for no insurance, but I just downloaded the certificate on my phone which appeased the officer, and phoned the insurance company the next day, and it was soon corrected.
2. I parked using an app and forgot we'd changed the reg! Queue a parking ticket, and a very polite letter to contest it, fully confessing it was 100% my mistake and attached the reg transfer receipt from DVLA to show it was only a few days before the fine... with the most condescending letter back, although they did let me off it had a 4 paragraph lecture on why they are within their rights to still fine me.. odd, but jobsworths gonna jobsworth..
 
Demon said:
I think changing registration can lead to loads of admin headaches.

1. When we changed the Mrs car reg, it never updated the insurance database, and got pulled for no insurance, but I just downloaded the certificate on my phone which appeased the officer, and phoned the insurance company the next day, and it was soon corrected.
2. I parked using an app and forgot we'd changed the reg! Queue a parking ticket, and a very polite letter to contest it, fully confessing it was 100% my mistake and attached the reg transfer receipt from DVLA to show it was only a few days before the fine... with the most condescending letter back, although they did let me off it had a 4 paragraph lecture on why they are within their rights to still fine me.. odd, but jobsworths gonna jobsworth.
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I didn’t have my phone on me when I got pulled . Just a headache all round, but totally my fault. I’ll except a fine but hoping no points. Hopefully they’ll accept that it was a genuine mistake. That’s terrible you would think they would accept that and forfeit the fine. Too many jobsworths out there
 
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