Illegal Number Plates Being Watched

I've never actually come across a report of a motorist being fined for illegal car number plates but, finally, the day has come. I have, at last, spotted a news item about a driver being fined for the misrepresentation of a personalised number plate. So it's true! Illegal number plates do get seen, and punishments are given.

Nina Garthwaite, who made the wise decision of purchasing a personalised registration, followed this up with the rather unwise decision of altering the spacing of the characters in order to represent her initials. As a result, she was spotted and has been ordered to pay a fine of £87. Hmm, I was under the impression that penalties for such an offence were going to be a little steeper. Or perhaps it depends on how indecipherable a plate actually is. Changing the spacing isn't as bad as covering up certain characters, or using a font that looks as though it's been penned by a 3 year old ape.

I still see an awful lot of illegal, difficult-to-read plates on the road though. It's odd that these plates are never spotted while Ms. Garthwaite's slightly misrepresented plate was targeted. Odd, very odd.

But there you go...evidence that number plates are being watched! (At least a little.)

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