Thoughts on this registration plate?

maxwell smart

Saw this 'unusual' registration on Monday.



Any thoughts?

Bah can't seem to upload image!!

Give up! Boards keeps giving me an error message. i will try again later. It's worth a look

mgbgt1978

It's just a Black picture on my Screen.
Are you sure you linked to it properly ?????

edit. Just saw that you were editing as i was replying.

savagethegoat

load via photobucket or similar if you are struggling

_Kaiser_

My guess.... trade plate or diplomatic plate?

GM228

If you can't post a pic can you at least describe it?

mgbgt1978

....could be a "ZZ" Plate ?



OP, this better be interesting .

biko

8/10 for effort OP

Kenny Logins

Was it this one?

http://i.imgur.com/WzrMifT.jpg

degsie

My guess...

biko

ironclaw

robtri

maxwell smart

I'm back and have now figured out how to use a computer

It's probably not as good as the ones already posted but have a look anyway

NIMAN

It's missing a 1 or a 2 after the 14.

degsie

maxwell smart wrote: »

I'm back and have now figured out how to use a computer

It's probably not as good as the ones already posted but have a look anyway

Not getting it, sorry...

GM228

maxwell smart wrote: »

I'm back and have now figured out how to use a computer

It's probably not as good as the ones already posted but have a look anyway

Unusual alright and not a legal license plate!

It's missing the 1 according to Cartell! How long before the Gardaí pull it over I wonder?

maxwell smart

NIMAN wrote: »

It's missing a 1 or a 2 after the 14.

Well spotted, thanks for clearing that up

degsie

NIMAN wrote: »

It's missing a 1 or a 2 after the 14.

Ahhhhh....

SCOOP 64

maxwell smart wrote: »

I'm back and have now figured out how to use a computer

It's probably not as good as the ones already posted but have a look anyway

Bit slow me ,what im i looking for ?

Edit, read above posts, not that i would have noticed that in a miliion years!

Mint Sauce

maxwell smart wrote: »

I'm back and have now figured out how to use a computer

It's probably not as good as the ones already posted but have a look anyway

Looks like they got a new plate pressed, minus the 1 after the 14. Add the one into a number plate checker, and you get that car. BMW X5, Black.

frozenfrozen

It should say 141 - D - 2134

so it's not a valid plate

edit.. I was way too slow

testicle

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Bit slow me ,what im i looking for ?

141

maxwell smart

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Looks like they got a new plate pressed, minus the 1 after the 14. Add the one into a number plate checker, and you get that car. BMW X5, Black.

But why? Hardly for the toll bridge?

frozenfrozen

What would happen with a reg like that for a gosafe fine? Would someone manually check to see whether it should have been 141 or 142 and send it out or what?

maxwell smart

frozenfrozen wrote: »

What would happen with a reg like that for a gosafe fine? Would someone manually check to see whether it should have been 141 or 142 and send it out or what?

I would imagine if it went to court the judge would throw out the fine do you think?

Mint Sauce

maxwell smart wrote: »

But why? Hardly for the toll bridge?

Either genuine mistake, avoidance, or a prestige thing. Either way, not a legal plate.

Could you be stopped for false number plates?

degsie

Interested to know if front plates are the same.

Esel

I was thinking some dimwit cloning another X5...

ironclaw

The 2 before the 1 makes my OCD flip out I have to say.

If it is an attempt to circumvent ANPR or tolls, it's a poor one. Nearly all of them in Ireland rely on the front plate, as opposed to the US where the rear plate is the targeted one. The rear plate in Ireland is usually not scanned and if it is, it's at a lower resolution in the event the front can't be read (M50 for example)

shietpilot

Karsini wrote: »

Could you be stopped for false number plates?

Of course. That plate is as legal as no plate.

Sam Russell

shietpilot wrote: »

Of course. That plate is as legal as no plate.

But not as obvious.

shietpilot

Sam Russell wrote: »

But not as obvious.

True but I'm sure they'll get done for it very quickly.

Sam Russell

shietpilot wrote: »

True but I'm sure they'll get done for it very quickly.

'But, Judge, it was like that when I bought it. Must have been the garage.'

'Case dismissed.'

shietpilot

Sam Russell wrote: »

'But, Judge, it was like that when I bought it. Must have been the garage.'

'Case dismissed.'

It's up to the driver of the car to make sure his/her car is road legal though.

HiGlo

Ha, funny. I was just thinking to myself the other day, I wonder would it be possible to get a proper number plate again - not this 141/142 crap....

Del2005

HiGlo wrote: »

Ha, funny. I was just thinking to myself the other day, I wonder would it be possible to get a proper number plate again - not this 141/142 crap....

Nope SIMI successfully lobbied to get the dual number system and it's here to stay, unless another lobby group comes along with a viable alternative and the money/contacts to push it through.

JoyPad

Sam Russell wrote: »

'But, Judge, it was like that when I bought it. Must have been the garage.'

'Case dismissed.'

What number did you use for the insurance disc? What number did you use for the tax disc? Fine, prison or both.

_Kaiser_

Del2005 wrote: »

Nope SIMI successfully lobbied to get the dual number system and it's here to stay, unless another lobby group comes along with a viable alternative and the money/contacts to push it through.

It was such a moronic move though. We had a perfectly logical, easy to read system and they just had to mess with it.. and no I don't think going to a random sequence (before someone throws that in) would be better

shietpilot

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

It was such a moronic move though. We had a perfectly logical, easy to read system and they just had to mess with it.. and no I don't think going to a random sequence (before someone throws that in) would be better

Yep. I think the above registration with just 14 looks way nicer and more natural. The 1X1/1X2 thing just doesn't work.

GM228

Del2005 wrote: »

Nope SIMI successfully lobbied to get the dual number system and it's here to stay, unless another lobby group comes along with a viable alternative and the money/contacts to push it through.

Apart from the seasonal sales problems apparently part of their logic was people would be put of by the unlucky number "13" and car sales would drpp as a result and so the 131/132 option would keep those superstitious people happy!

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/government-set-to-scrap-unlucky-13-car-registration-564229.html

CiniO

Fiddling with number plates seem very popular in Ireland.
Most likely because there's hardly any consequences. You can always put legal plates for NCT, and chances of Garda fining you for incorrect number plate and slim to none.

Having altered plate like smaller font, or other country code, or different colour are bad enough, but having number altered is another level of this...
Any fiddling with number plate might look like unimportant detail for most, but when someone commits crime with the car, and runs away, a proper, legal, easy to read plate is cruicial.

That's why in most countries in the EU, number plate is an official document issued by vehicle registration authority, has security measures so it can be checkes if it's not forged, and penalties for altering the plate in anyway are very severe.

If Garda started fining anyone who drives with illegal plate something like €1000 per offence, then problem would disappear.

biko

maxwell smart wrote: »

I would imagine if it went to court the judge would throw out the fine do you think?

No, it's not like the owner went over to some fashion plate. They actually changed their reg number.
Judge would not think that was funny.