Speed Camera vans!!!

[ash-fd95]

Yesterday i was driving home from work in the dark, i saw a speed camera van in its usual place i wasnt really speeding anyway it was something like 42 in a 40 but i let off the accelerator anyway as i was approching the :censored: money trap. Well anyway it flashed red as i went past and since at the very most i was doing 41mph i cant see it being for speeding, anyone have any ideas?
 
I dont have a front number plate which i thought could be it but then if thats the case whats the point in flashing me if they dont have my details?
 
Ash

[jayra]

lol, if you dont have a front plate (like me) its prob because of that, if you definately were\'nt speeding that is. If you were speeding, who cares, they dont know who you are.
I have been pulled a few times because of the lack of front number plate however. Result = £30 fine and a ticket to get it sorted and stamped by an MOT garage. Black tape does the job to hold it on to get the ticket stamped lol.

[B.Martin]

I hate the robbing, thieving, money grabbing, delusional, tax payer costing, anal exits.



That is all.

[RobMatthews]

might have been a tax camera van?

[jetpilot]

might have been a tax camera van?

Do they take their info from number plates or from reading the disc?

[ash-fd95]

I did see a tax camera van earlier in the day on the same road but i was in a different car with trade plates but im sure it wasnt the same van.
Is there no points for not having a plate? mind you they cant send me a letter if they dont know my reg ha.
 
I definetly wasnt speeding though, :censored: traffic cops

[RobMatthews]

Yes they take the info from the tax disc, , if they also cant see the number plate its a court apearence under section 16 of the road traffic act, driving a motor vehicle with intent to decieve by not having the front number plate in the correct position on the front of the vehicle.

They seem to like crushing cars and making you pay them to do it, depending on county normally £1000 and 3 points........

[jayra]

Wow, Ive been pulled maybe 4/5 times in all for no front plate, couple times got away with it completely and the others were a £30 fine. Maybe there coming down harder on this now!?

[jetpilot]

This is a real grey area!

I can find no information to suggest number plate offences are points endorsable. Even more so when bikes show no front number plate under the above circumstances!

[wolfie1]

i know its an mot fail not to have a front no plate

[jetpilot]

i know its an mot fail not to have a front no plate

Or one that is not properly secured!

[wolfie1]

there is a heap of stuff on this that constitutes as an rfr- delaminated, dirty, honeycomb effect, incorrect characters, something that changes the appearance eg a no plate bolt in the middle of a 0 which makes it look like an 8, i could go on! thats my job :Giggle

[B.Martin]

Speaking of which, why are german style number plates such an issue. More to the point, why are the rest of europe allowed that particular font but we arent?

Here is Cyprus the font is not an issue as long as its clearly readable.

[wolfie1]

because they are ANAL! only reason i can think off. mot is supposed to be to make sure your car is up to a minimum safe standard yea, then why does a no plate light not working fail!

[jetpilot]

A curious topic. I have always pondered the regs and usual strict enforcement of number plate characters/spacing etc. If you saw a car speeding by, if you were Police, what are you more likely to remember, and this is plate from round my way, FA57 CAR or FAST CAR or another JET 80Y or JETBOY?