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Published Date: 20 December 2007
BREAKING NEWS 8am: MOTORISTS who use illegal number plates are being targeted by police this month as part of a crackdown.
Police will be conducting regular checks on the county's roads issuing £30 Fixed Penalty Notices and Vehicle Defect Retification Scheme, where motorists have 14 days to change the plate.

Last month (November) 78 motorists were issued fixed penalties for illegal number plates.

Sergeant Simon Goldsmith said: "Over the next few weeks we will continue to conduct regular road checks to target vehicles with illegal number plates.

"Not only is it an offence to display these plates but it also creates problems with vehicle identification."

The most common offences in relation to number plates are changing the font and spacing of the registration.

Anyone caught displaying an illegal number plate more then twice could have the number revoked by the DVLA.

Sergeant Goldsmith added: "Motorists may think that their illegal number plate looks good but the fact is they are breaking the law.

"I would urge anyone who is currently driving around with an illegal number plate to replace it to avoid a fine."

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  • Last Updated: 20 December 2007 8:31 AM
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Joff,

Peterborough 20/12/2007 09:14:41
Illegal numberplates have always been that - illegal, so how so many motorists feel they can flaunt it is beyond me and they might as well just display no numberplate at all. Funny how the Police only really started to worry about modified number plates once ANPR came along, rendering the roadside cameras woefully inadequate.
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Lazy Daisy,

20/12/2007 11:45:50
While they are out there, could they please sort out drivers with defective lights, half wits using fog lights when the visability is good and the shy drivers who hide behind darkened windows so others do not know if they have looked in their direction or not. ANPR is a great step forward but nothing beats the bobby on the beat and the alert traffic cop. Less paperwork, fewer targets and more pro-active policing is required.
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John1,

Cambridgeshire 20/12/2007 13:45:59
Hear, hear, Lazy Daisy! I see loads of vehicles with defective lights and also some idiots who think that everyone else can see them in the half-light with no lights on.
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couldn't make it up,

20/12/2007 18:39:15
That's the official line that would like us all to think. The real story is because Speed Cameras can't read your plate and that means good old Gordon Brown looses out, nothing to do with any other reason!
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yasmobile,

saffron walden 20/12/2007 19:47:25
and while there doing this..CAN THEY ARREST any so called parent ,smoking in there car while there kids are in the back...this is the most awfull thing to see, a so called parent killing there kids..the parent has the choice..the children DONT... SO IF YOURE A PARENT READING THIS , and you smoke while youre kids are in youre car.. STOP BEING SELFISH AND STOP KILLING THEM.....please someone in this country make this a crime....even bettet evening telegraph please run a pole on this ask youre readers what they think????
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20/12/2007 22:18:25
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