One wonders...

[TravisBickle]

I understand it's potentially a higher penalty for having a non-compliant number plate than not having one at all?

Wondering... if one's number plate were to break off or come away from the fixings (say for example it was not secured very well, or the screws rattled loose, or the holes where the screws go through got wider and wider to the point where the plate fell off), PURELY ACCIDENTALLY YOU UNDERSTAND, and one were to retrieve it and store it under the seat, and one didn't bother to get it fixed for an indefinite amount of time and try one's luck just riding around without the plate showing until one gets pulled over (my typical routes not being anywhere near London or a major city and limited motorway mileage to be honest so unlikely to be pulled over for a LONG time, if ever, as popo are scarce on my usual routes), and one were to just blag it if pulled over and say "yeah sorry it broke off earlier, I picked it up though it's under my seat I'll fix it when I get home".

One wonders how long one would/could get away with that. Whether it would wash or not.

Would be nice not to have to worry about speed cameras...

Purely hypothetical of course!
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[MarJay]

Apparently the police have the ability to note down lid design, kit colour and type and bike type and colour... supposedly.
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[TravisBickle]

Some very quick Googling...

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/353546/drivers-could-get-points-number-plate-offences-under-proposed-law

So looks like currently a fine is worst case scenario but even if the new bill passes to give 3 points to number plate abusers, it's no worse than the dozens of speeding tickets one could have potentially avoided.

Seems like a no-brainer to me. Dunno if I've got the guts to do it or not though LOL.

I wasn't seriously considering it just curious as to the possible ramifications of deliberately (but not provable) not displaying a number plate. My scenario seems a lot more credible and able to talk your way out of than having a heavily italic/stylised number plate that blatantly can't be ready by ANPR.

I don't go blattering around like an idiot anyway so would be an excessive step for someone like myself to take just to eliminate the worry of static speed cameras but still, curious...
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[TravisBickle]

[chickenstrip]

Would they even let you ride the bike away from being stopped without the number plate affixed?
If so, they're going to log the offence. Maybe you'll even have to produce the bike for inspection somewhere to check that you have rectified the fault, and I expect there would be a time constraint on getting it done.
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[TravisBickle]

I think it would be a pretty harsh officer to not let you ride away but to cover all angles you could maybe carry some cable ties or other method of bodging the job that might not necessarily have been obvious to you at the time it fell off. For example no good saying the screws fell out, and when they say you can't ride it away you then produce a pair of screws, as that would make it blatantly obvious you were lying in the first place. But some method of 'fixing' it at the side of the road.

And yeah you may get a producer which I think has a 14 day timeframe? Some might consider that an inconvenience they'd be happy to face if collared.
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[Easy-X]

If you could justify the money you could get an LCD number plate and just turn it off as you pass a camera.
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[Hong Kong Phooey]

In theory yes, but play the game ever so slightly wrong and you're PCOJ - which is more than points and a fine.

There's nothing a court loves more than setting an example of people who think laws can be bent or broken to suit.
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[Skudd]

My plate fell off once many years ago, I was stopped, as there was no mud or muck over where the plate should have been and the rest of the bike being very dirty, the officer didn't do anything except let me go on my way with the promise of getting it done. I was only about 3 miles from home too.
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[TravisBickle]

[Skudd]

Having no plate is a possible error or accident, having the wrong size or spaced plate is deliberate.
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[TravisBickle]

Exactly my point...
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[ThunderGuts]

I personally wouldn't want to be riding around with no numberplate - I'd think everyone would think I'd nicked it!
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[MarJay]

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You'd be better off not carrying the plate at all. Who the hell is going to notice it falling off mid ride?

Also if anyone's reported a motorcycle riding around with no plate previously and reported it, the cops are going to throw the book at you if they see its the same bike with the same rider on it when you do get pulled.
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[Ice Burger]

If you wanna avoid speed cameras on an empty road my trick is to go all the way into the oncoming lane for about 150ft whilst passing the camera.

Basically you are out of its vision when passing.

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[A100man]

[Ice Burger]

[Easy-X]

[Hetzer]

2007, I forgot to put the plate back on my RR7 after washing it (it was velcroed), I was stopped and the copper just wanted to check the bike was really mine (and ask why no plate). I thought it had fallen off. He was fine with it, told me to get it sorted asap and let me go on my way.
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