L plates

[steveh]

Well the girlfriend thought it wud be a good idea for Me to go to mcdonalds for some food, this is about 12:45 on sunday night, so got gear on and went down and parked the bike up next to this other 125 i knew the guy that owned the bike, so walked towards the door and a copper shouted out of a van and said "come here and bring your bike with you..." he looked at front and rear and only saw 1 L-plate on the rear, he said to me i need to get it sorted, and come down to the station after 5.00, he only took my name and reg No, all he wanted to see was that i was displaying full L-plates front and back, fair enough as if it was traffic police they would of gave me a fine, so wat can they do ? they didnt give me a name number or a producer, just said turn up with full L's

whats likely to happen ?


Steve
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[Frost]

They are likely to say "very good, now off you go.".

[steveh]

bloody hope so, i really wont be able to pay off a fine, im paying of my bike, still just blown aload on my g/f xmas present havnt even got one of my familys presents and theres a load of other stuff to pay off yet, like a bloody mobile fone.

own stupid fault for not having them, but still , bastards.
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[Bendy]

[Jammy-G]

They can't give you a fine unless you got a producer because they have no evidence that they stopped you at all.
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[steveh]

Bendy, yeah i know there only doing there job and all, and they could of been " bastards" about it just my own stupid fault, new theyd get me sooner or later, will i have to take all my documents down ?

cheers , steve
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[Ste]

If they didn't give you a producer then you don't have to take them with you, but I'd take them anyway as they could if they feel like it give you a producer now and that'd just mean coming back another day, just take them with you so you can show them.

Can't see it being a big deal about the L's, just stick them on and go show him them and that'll be that I'd expect.

[karen_moomin]

Sounds like he just wants to scare you and make sure you have L plates in future!

I agree with the others, I wouldn't worry about it.

[stinkwheel]

Agree with the above. If he was going to be an arsehole about it, he would have slapped you with a £60 fine and three points on the spot.

Whilst you are under no compulsion to nip down the station with the bike (as he didn't give you a producer), it would be politic for you to do so. This way said copper has you down as "Not a bad kid." as opposed to "To be huckled at every oppertunity." They will see you around and can be surprisingly on the ball when it comes to this kind of thing.
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[steveh]

Well thanks for all the info, turned out ok , went down and a officer came out and said

" are you the lad about the L-plates"
"yep"
" one at the back?"
"yep"
"one at the front?"
"yeah"
" go on bugger off"

n1 Plod

yeah as u say could of gave me a fine,

cheer, steve
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[Barker-CBR 600]

Teach you a lesson, if someone wants you done they do it there an then. He probably wouldnt have come after you had you not even bothered going, but would be infinitly more likely to book you next time he saw you without it... or even to some other poor sod he catches.

I still maintain my opinion, your (not you personally mate) no different to a chavved up ped boi pretending his ped does 90mph at 60 BHP with a sports exhaust and go faster stripes if you ride without L plates when you dont have a full license. i.e Pretending to be something your not, a fully licensed rider.

Of course i know they split/fall off/come unstuck and it might be a while for you to sort it out. But thats fair enough, same as someone who's mirror might break off, number plate need replacing etc... it happens an long as they know and intend to get it sorted... then alright then.

But people who take them off out of choice in my book need to grow up

(ironic coming from a 17 year old... but still. I kept them on the whole time on both my bikes before i passed... because thats what i was. a learner.

No one thinks your cool when you 17 pretending to be 21 to get in somewhere... so why should pretending your not a learner make you cool?

You get more respect just saying fair enough i'm a learner, going to do my test when i can and then get bigger bike, till then i'll continue to ride whatever i am allowed because i want to.)
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[Barker-CBR 600]

Blimey i went bitchy.

Cool that nothing bad came from it, a fine would be annoying.

I think you'll find most (or some at least) cops are either bikers themselves or would rather get a good reputation than worry about menial things like L Plates unless it becomes a nusiance.

Same with speeding (camera's are less forgiving) if your only a bit too fast often just a 'sorry' and some geniune respect will get you off with an unofficial slap on the wrists.
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[T.C]

[18aprilia]

dunno mate, i aint been caught by the old bill yet (touch wood) dont seem to give a hivho wither u got 10 L plates or 1 L plate, bit shit u got stopped thuo, should made up some lie, like... it came off while i was turning a corner and im just on my way to the bank so i can get some money out to go to the petrol station, works all the time for me.
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[Barker-CBR 600]

But eventually it'll be the same copper as before... and then the excuse wont hold.

Plus if everyone takes that opinion, then wont work for anyone. The 19th time a copper hears that it got snapped off he will either put out a warrant on the phantom L plate snapper... or simply say he doesnt believe you and be annoyed at your BS.

T.C is a policeman or something similar aint he? (i think i was cheeky about it once ).

So i guess he would know the real deal
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[18aprilia]

barker u are 100% right, but untill that time comes, Im still gona be 1 L plate Billy.
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[NY_Sniper]

well L plates aint that bad at least u can still naff off wen u want on ur bike on ur own unlike a car lol need a full licence with ya so at least we got some freedom

[steveh]

18apprilia, why lie, especially a crap one? came off on a corner? going to bank at 12.45 at night to get money for L-plates.. very belivable..

fair enough i didnt have them on, i was wrong , copper was Very right, but yeah he said that he used to have a bike and he understood so that probably why, anyway lesson learnt


Steve
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[CBRPETER]

There's guys everywhere over here without plates on, thats mainly because they are riding illegal bikes but the cops only see it as a minor offence.
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[steveh]

yes but how did i get there? i obviosly had to drive on public roads to get to the car park, unless ive carried the bike
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