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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 11:56:04 GMT
Are these still mandatory?
I've seen a few cars without them recently, mostly on tatty vehicles. But there's a new-shape RS6 frequently parked outside the nearest gym which does without one, and I can't believe the owner couldn't afford to set it straight. |
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Post by racingteatray on Jun 26, 2017 12:17:15 GMT
Yes, they are. But it's a trend to not put them on "because it looks better" and because apparently the fuzz rarely stop you for it, and the fine isn't large.
I think it looks pretentious.
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Post by Boxer6 on Jun 26, 2017 12:18:46 GMT
Are you sure they don't have them sitting on the front dash instead? Blarno's your man for all things "Dubbery" but I believe that having the front plate in the windscreen has been de rigeur in certain circles for some time now; maybe one or two of the proponents of such a look have made the leap to "serious" machinery!
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Post by racingteatray on Jun 26, 2017 12:34:16 GMT
A friend who owns a 360 Modena mentioned that he was thinking of removing the front plate and asked me what I thought. I wasted no time in replying that my first thought whenever I see a nice car without a front plate is "dickhead".
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Post by LandieMark on Jun 26, 2017 12:46:12 GMT
I tried a 3/4 plate on the TVR (aids cooling) but the crack handedness of previous number plate fitters mean it would need painting first. I am sure people put the number plates in the front screen so they can avoid ANPR and SPECS cameras by simply removing it when necessary.
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Post by Tim on Jun 26, 2017 12:59:10 GMT
I've just seen some superheated, late model Mitsubishi EVO with no front plate. I expect it'll get a ticket as Dundee seems to be overrun with traffic wardens.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 15:41:55 GMT
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Post by PetrolEd on Jun 26, 2017 16:23:24 GMT
As I'm wearing a pink shirt I shall say no.
The problem also lies in that the Italians have a tendency to design cars with no where to put a front plate. See the new Aventador S as an example
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 17:33:20 GMT
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Post by Blarno on Jun 26, 2017 17:40:46 GMT
I am no Dubber expert, thank you!
Front plates are mandatory - we are supposed to fit a plate bracket to the front of every Mono, but pretty much every customer asks for it to be left off so they can run with no plate at all. Some have a square stick on plate instead. To be fair though, the Mono looks miles better without a front plate and we have yet to be pulled over for driving one without.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jun 26, 2017 20:20:44 GMT
I think it is an increasing "trend". It is, without any doubt whatsoever, particularly prevalent in VW/Audi circles. It's difficult to deal with on an ad hoc basis as you see it as it approaches and by the time you will have been able to turn round, the car will be long gone. Those that I have stopped, the driver always gives the ever so predictable response, "yeah, sorry, it fell off a couple of days ago." Desite the lack of any tape, holes, whatever. That said, traffic offences are so far down the list of priorities for your average bobby now that they just get ignored until some police/VOSA joint operation.
Personally, I think anyone with a plate on the dash rather than the front bumper is a prick, simply trying to avoid ANPR cameras and camera vans (which have forward facing cameras as well, for motorbikes).
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Post by Alex on Jun 26, 2017 21:32:46 GMT
I've always wondered with the front facing ANPR camera: did k about how they'd track the speed of motorcycles given that they cannot have a front plate for safety reasons?
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Post by Blarno on Jun 27, 2017 8:19:41 GMT
But is it worse than the other Dubwanker mainstay: The German style pressed plate?
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Post by Big Blue on Jun 27, 2017 10:00:32 GMT
But is it worse than the other Dubwanker mainstay: The German style pressed plate? Ahem.... I have thin aluminium plates with gel lettering which aims to look like a pressed plate, principally because the number plate holders are made for German pressed plates because I bought the car in ... er.... Germany. I also have a pair of red tag pressed plates in my garage which were on it for export. Aaaanyway... all this non-plateish ness is nothing compared what I saw last week: a car with its number plate moved to the side a la Alfa Romeo 159 revealing the hugely ugly front grille in full. No prizes for guessing it was..... an Audi. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2017 13:49:44 GMT
There's a B7 A4 that I see every now and again that's been Barried to make it look (if you squint, at a distance and haven't great eyesight) like an RS4. Saw it again today, and guess what's gone missing?
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jun 27, 2017 16:50:36 GMT
I've always wondered with the front facing ANPR camera: did k about how they'd track the speed of motorcycles given that they cannot have a front plate for safety reasons? ANPR cameras read and record number plates. They are a separate entity to speed cameras which usually take a photo to view the number plate (although some may use an ANPR system to record vehicle details). So, you don't a front number plate to read the speed of a vehicle, simply a laser- or radar-measuring device that "sees" the vehicle. A camera that views the vehicle once it has passed will sufficiently deal with those without a front number plate. |
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Post by Alex on Jun 27, 2017 18:52:27 GMT
I've always wondered with the front facing ANPR camera: did k about how they'd track the speed of motorcycles given that they cannot have a front plate for safety reasons? ANPR cameras read and record number plates. They are a separate entity to speed cameras which usually take a photo to view the number plate (although some may use an ANPR system to record vehicle details). So, you don't a front number plate to read the speed of a vehicle, simply a laser- or radar-measuring device that "sees" the vehicle. A camera that views the vehicle once it has passed will sufficiently deal with those without a front number plate. But what about the front facing average speed cameras? Do they have another one that looks at the back of the vehicle? |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jun 27, 2017 19:08:52 GMT
ANPR cameras read and record number plates. They are a separate entity to speed cameras which usually take a photo to view the number plate (although some may use an ANPR system to record vehicle details). So, you don't a front number plate to read the speed of a vehicle, simply a laser- or radar-measuring device that "sees" the vehicle. A camera that views the vehicle once it has passed will sufficiently deal with those without a front number plate. But what about the front facing average speed cameras? Do they have another one that looks at the back of the vehicle? Some have rear facing cameras, too. I suppose bikes have that extra little advantage that dubbers and the like are trying to immitate. But it will only work to a point. |
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