BBC News : Congestion charges face legal challenge

[James Radley]

 Roland Perry writes:

> Sent: 16 July 2002 21:00
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: Re: BBC News : Congestion charges face legal challenge
>
>
> In message <1026843373.2158.10.camel@yeltsin.mthink>, Pete Chown
> <1@234.cx> writes
> >You would only need to put
> >the plate on for the time it took to drive past the camera, so the
> >chances of getting caught would be small.
> >

Police might think that the people constantly changing numberplates at the
side of the road are suspicious though. Unless you have the 007-eqse
rotating ones.

The law did change recently making this a bit harder ( for the non criminal
types ).
To buy a car number plate, you need to provide the old ( presumably broken )
one, or
proof of ownership ( ie. the owners document ) before you can have a license
plate
done for you. I don't know how well this is done by dealers though....

You still have the speed camera problem. If your car was snapped, you can
claim that it
was someone with the same model/colour with fake number plates, or that
you can't remember who was driving. I suspect the camera's are forward
 facing to deal with this.

And that's probably why motorcycles are excluded from the charge.

James R