BBC News : Congestion charges face legal challenge

[Alan Braggins]

> From: "James Radley" <james@hiltonbury.com>

> 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....

I bought a number plate recently (for use on a bike rack that obscures
the car's normal plate). There was no attempt to check anything by the
dealer, and since I bought a blank plate and seven sticky backed letters
I could have rearranged them even if they were checked.
Not quite so recently, but less than a year ago, I had a number plate
made (for a trailer) with no checking, and one saying "LONG BIKE" to
go on the back of a tandem trailer cycle.

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