Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Rectification Notice

[webbyc]

Are being pulled over on sunday I have now complied with the producer and rectification notice in the required manner. It is interesting when ringing round MOT stations trying to get someone to spend 2 seconds looking at the plate, signing and stamping the form, that they all charge different amounts to do it - ranges from nothing to £10.

Top marks go to Sunami in Morden who undertook it for nothing - they were recommended by DLS. Bottom marks go to Tippetts in Surbiton who needed an appointment and wanted £10!!!

Overall if I work out the cost of doing all of this, what with the police time, MOT time, my time etc etc., then surely it might have been cheaper just to issue a fine!!!! At least they would have covered some of their own costs!!!

Lesson learned? I'll probably leave the std plate on now, its one less thing to worry about. I can't help wondering what the real point of this was since my termis and dark visor were completely ignored, so if you're going to rectify one thing, why not the whole lot. By ignoring the other issues, are the police not actually encouraging their use?

Still look forward to my appearance on "UK's Most Wanted"

Originally posted by webbyc
I'll probably leave the std plate on now, its one less thing to worry about. I can't help wondering what the real point of this was since my termis and dark visor were completely ignored, so if you're going to rectify one thing, why not the whole lot. By ignoring the other issues, are the police not actually encouraging their use?
Wanted"

I've said it before & I'll say it again. One thing that's bound to draw notice & get you pulled is messing with the plate. If it's too blatent the Police think you're taking the p*ss and will usualy stop you for it. Tough I know...

[TP]

To be fair though I didn't think Webby's was that small! There are planty of others kicking around that are blatant p*ss taking - especially the one liners!

I run the standard one though ...

[Mr_S]

Had a chat about this with the off duty plod that took me for my Edge44 assessment.

His opinion, and that of local Traffic Officers in general, was that if you've messed with your plate you've probably done something else less obvious too, and are possibly attempting to evade identification....

If your plate's reasonably sized, they'll not pull you. Reasonably sized in his eye was legible at 20 metres. If it's really small, and has a comedy one liner on it you can expect a look over the bike for other "defects"

Loud pipes, dark visors etc, aren't a concern for them down here and are too much hassle to prosecute most of the time as they'd have to go for testing etc unless marked not for road use.

[guest1]

What's the score with the one liner at the bottom of the plates?

Friend of mine had to get a new plate where it had been tickled by a moronic short sighted car parker and the new plate had the licence plate makers name along the bottom edge. The plate maker said this was now required by law.

So, "Ivan rip-em-off car dealership" or "The bike in front is still...in front"?

[Mr_S]

The one liners often indicate the "mentality" of the rider, and general attitude to other road users. Things like "The bike in front is still...in front" opens up your psyche as a person who's not happy to sit behind a car and may take risks to stay ahead. It's really easy to read things into the witty stuff we can dream up to put on the bottom of a plate.

The plate makers name doesn't have to be highly visible just on there. It should also have the post code included.

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regm...tishstand ard

I've had a few sets made up recently for the family cars at Halfords, the makers details are tiny and can't be read unless you're really looking. (lettering is almost the same colour as the background).

It doesn't have to be in bold black across the bottom, they're just trying ot get a free advert out there.

[Edited on 30-6-2004 by Mr_S]

[DJ Tera]

Originally posted by Mr_S
The one liners often indicate the "mentality" of the rider, and general attitude to other road users. Things like "The bike in front is still...in front" opens up your psyche as a person who's not happy to sit behind a car and may take risks to stay ahead. It's really easy to read things into the witty stuff we can dream up to put on the bottom of a plate.
[Edited on 30-6-2004 by Mr_S]

Sweet! So if I have "Slow as fcuk" on mine I'll never get pulled over?

Sounds like a plan

[Ian]

you can't have anything on your plate now, - we did have some DSC ones a while back but something in the law changed, - interestingly I noticed another illegal one on that ride, just behind you Chris although the right size, it is not "standard issue" as it has a flag, - so was that one picked up?

By the sound of it your episode was just a stunt for the cameras, I don't think they actually wanted to prosecute any of you, - as what was the reason for stopping you in the first place? Not strictly allowed to road block, although it happens and you would be foolish to point it out to the officer. It happens all the time on the entrance road to where I live, - about 10 trainess officers waving torches to stop you, they then get close enough to smell your breath and send you on your way. Which is fairy muff in my opinion.

[webbyc]

My plate had a ducati down the side, with the ducati logo as a background and a small logo on the bottom. Are we now saying that these are illegal? The kind policeman didn't say anything about those, he was more interested in the size and font. For anyone who's not seen it, it is clearly visible at more than 20m and is only just smaller.

[guest1]

Originally posted by Mr_S
The one liners often indicate the "mentality" of the rider, and general attitude to other road users. Things like "The bike in front is still...in front" opens up your psyche as a person who's not happy to sit behind a car and may take risks to stay ahead. It's really easy to read things into the witty stuff we can dream up to put on the bottom of a plate.

The plate makers name doesn't have to be highly visible just on there. It should also have the post code included.

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regm...tishstand ard

I've had a few sets made up recently for the family cars at Halfords, the makers details are tiny and can't be read unless you're really looking. (lettering is almost the same colour as the background).

It doesn't have to be in bold black across the bottom, they're just trying ot get a free advert out there.

Am I reading the BS correctly: No other markings surely means no one-liners. Also, you could interpret the BS so that the manufacturers name/post code could be on the none-visible side, engraved for instance. Doesn't say it has o be visible at same time as registration.

WRT to the "The bike in front is still ....in front", it was intended as a subtle reference to the avatar. But taking the physche interpretation I would expect that particular car driver to have a one liner along the lines of "I'm in front because I'm a f***in' idiot"