Interpretation of a number plate

[Ivor Windybottom]

Yeah, perhaps I should have said Starmer-era instead.

 

[johnny2007]

Ok, so coppers called and apparently one of the 1 in the number plate has been registered as the letter i.
Insurance confirmed the driver is insured.
Police said they'll make enquiries with DVLA to understand why they allowed an ambiguous number plate to be registered.
Apparently, if caught speeding, they wouldn't take any action rather then hotlist the number plate because a vertical line on a UK number plate is always read as a 1 by machines as well as any reasonable person.
Fecked up Britain!

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

That's nuts.

So the owner of the number plate is immune to anyone claiming from him while he drives around randomly ramming into people?

Isn't that then an invalid number plate, as it has a letter where a number should be?

 

[johnny2007]

That's nuts.

So the owner of the number plate is immune to anyone claiming from him while he drives around randomly ramming into people?

Isn't that then an invalid number plate, as it has a letter where a number should be?

Yes, but somehow it got registered on the DVLA database like that, so technically he hasn't done anything wrong.
Now I know why when I was taking his details and I asked for his number plate he said "you've taken a picture of it"
They know all the loopholes!

 

[HayMaker]

If you don't claim from your own insurance or you claim and they then get their money back then your No Claims Discount will be unaffected.

Not true in my case. I made a claim 5 years ago. I was found not at fault, and got my excess back. But it still counted as a claim. My NCD went back to 0. It's only "unaffected" if you pay for protected no claims. At least that's how it was with Tesco Insurance.

 

[King Billy]

Here's a good explanation:

Number Plate Formats | NetPlates

A highly detailed guide to the formats that UK number plates have taken over the years since their inception. Includes dateless, suffix, prefix and current-style.

netplates.co.uk

It's not a dateless (pre 1963) number plate.

As a double check, it's worth bearing in mind that a dateless plate could only contain a maximum of six characters plus a space. If you see a UK plate with seven characters (not including the space), it can't be dateless.

So it must be a NI plate.

you can have the letter "I" on a UK number plate, but only on Northern Irish registrations or older dateless/suffix-style plates.

 

[ellal]

Yes, but somehow it got registered on the DVLA database like that, so technically he hasn't done anything wrong.
Now I know why when I was taking his details and I asked for his number plate he said "you've taken a picture of it"
They know all the loopholes!

As has been previously mentioned, cameras only pick up a vertical line as a 1.
So if DVLA allow an 'I' for personalised numbers, aren't they complicit with a loophole that is being exploited for road offences?

 

[Mottie]

Many Irish registrations include the letter 'i'. They’re legal for use on cars in this country.

 

[johnny2007]

The guy was anything but Irish

 

[Mottie]

The guy was anything but Irish

Neither am I but I once owned a MK1 Escort with Irish plates.

 

[Murdochcat]

Plod need to clamp down on number plates 100%

 

[Brigadier]

Plod need to clamp down on number plates 100%

1 agree, IOO%

 

[Murdochcat]

I was passed by a top of the range Range Rover on the M25 recently

At both ends of the registration number were vertical black bars - meaning no camera could read the number plate

 

[Brigadier]

I was passed by a top of the range Range Rover on the M25 recently

At both ends of the registration number were vertical black bars - meaning no camera could read the number plate

Seize.

Crush.


Same goes for the "front plate on the dashboard" brigade