Registration plate not displayed in correct manner

[oneofsix]

Hence now I carry Dunkin Donut vouchers as bribe currency just for these occasions

great idea. Been trying to work out how to carry a six pack of donuts and keep them fresh, no need to with vouchers

[Clockwork]

If there was a quota...

Noice

[manxkiwi]

People have mentioned push bike racks. I've seen quite a number of vehicles where the tow ball itself is right over the plate! Don't know how they even get a warrant, let alone ticketed every few k's!!? I think they just don't look/notice on an average 4 wheeler.

[rastuscat]

People have mentioned push bike racks. I've seen quite a number of vehicles where the tow ball itself is right over the plate! Don't know how they even get a warrant, let alone ticketed every few k's!!? I think they just don't look/notice on an average 4 wheeler.

Same ol' chestnut.

WoF checks don't include a number of things that people think they do.

Including the legal obscurity of the number plate.

So, I stop a car for an obscured plate. Driver whines "But it's got a warrant". I sez "That's not part of the warrant check" and I endz up being the bad guy.

Ah well, natural justice, I guess.

[oneofsix]

Same ol' chestnut.

WoF checks don't include a number of things that people think they do.

Including the legal obscurity of the number plate.

So, I stop a car for an obscured plate. Driver whines "But it's got a warrant". I sez "That's not part of the warrant check" and I endz up being the bad guy.

Ah well, natural justice, I guess.

I do honestly feel for you there. But I suspect you are taking the shit for who the driver sees as the real bad guy, usual front line staff issue of them being the only ones your can directly bitch at.
But that is an issue with WoFs and why they are so useless. Instead of checking the basics and necessaries they check the frills like do you fog lights work when you don't have to have fog lights.
If we didn't have WoFs would drivers make themselves more aware of the vehicles requirements rather than leaving it up to the tester? It is easier to find the vehicle requirements than it is to find what a WoF actually covers.

[Paul in NZ]

Everyone who gets ticketed sees so many other people doing exactly the same thing, it makes them feel that they are being picked on. truck drivers feel picked on, so do boy racers, so do ethnic minorities, so do middle aged white males.

To be fair - us middle aged (cough) white males ARE an ethnic minority....

[Voltaire]

Same ol' chestnut.

WoF checks don't include a number of things that people think they do.

Including the legal obscurity of the number plate.

So, I stop a car for an obscured plate. Driver whines "But it's got a warrant". I sez "That's not part of the warrant check" and I endz up being the bad guy.

Ah well, natural justice, I guess.

Does that get the quotas up or is it the 'gotcha' when everything else check out....

[rastuscat]

Does that get the quotas up or is it the 'gotcha' when everything else check out....

Nah, its the thing I ignore coz nobody ever died as a result of a towball covering the number plate.

Thats probably why it's so widely disregarded, coz we don't enforce it much.

Blame us.

[Swoop]

Nah, its the thing I ignore coz nobody ever died as a result of a towball covering the number plate.

A less commonly known fact is: the towball was originally designed as a donut holder. Its purpose was to retain a single "bait" donut that would lure unsuspecting followers in behind the vehicle, whence the victim could be lead towards the perpetrator's remote and secluded location.
While the victim was down on hands and knees nibbling on the tasty bait donut, the perpetrator would sneak up behind and have his wicked way with the victim.
Hence the origin of the term "dunkin' donuts".




I bet you didn't know that.

[5150]

A less commonly known fact is: the towball was originally designed as a donut holder. Its purpose was to retain a single "bait" donut that would lure unsuspecting followers in behind the vehicle, whence the victim could be lead towards the perpetrator's remote and secluded location.
While the victim was down on hands and knees nibbling on the tasty bait donut, the perpetrator would sneak up behind and have his wicked way with the victim.
Hence the origin of the term "dunkin' donuts".




I bet you didn't know that.

And here I thought it was used for towing.

[Usarka]

Nah, its the thing I ignore coz nobody ever died as a result of a towball covering the number plate.

Thats probably why it's so widely disregarded, coz we don't enforce it much.

Blame us.

Bollocks, have you ever whacked your shin on a tow bar? Fuck me that smarts so hard you want to die.

[rastuscat]

A less commonly known fact is: the towball was originally designed as a donut holder. Its purpose was to retain a single "bait" donut that would lure unsuspecting followers in behind the vehicle, whence the victim could be lead towards the perpetrator's remote and secluded location.
While the victim was down on hands and knees nibbling on the tasty bait donut, the perpetrator would sneak up behind and have his wicked way with the victim.
Hence the origin of the term "dunkin' donuts".




I bet you didn't know that.

No, that fact had escaped me. Explains my nervousness near donut baits though.

[Katman]

If we didn't have WoFs would drivers make themselves more aware of the vehicles requirements rather than leaving it up to the tester?

Is that a serious question?

[spanner spinner]

[QUOTE=oneofsix;1130362683]If we didn't have WoFs would drivers make themselves more aware of the vehicles requirements rather than leaving it up to the tester?


As has been said the number plate fitting is not a wof requirement, all that is needed is some proof of the rego plate details. All the WOF check looks for is that there is a operating number plate light, even if there is no number plate fitted for it to light up.


As for not having WOF's you have got to be taking the piss. Having seen the falling to bits bikes that people will ride and hearing the horror stories from friends of mine that do car warrents of the death traps that people will drive this would be a recipe for disaster. I have seen bikes come in for WOF's with no brakes at all and the people riding them thought that this was fine. They usally tryed to convince me that they should get a WOF as they could ride fine with no brakes. And these where people who had some "awareness of there vehicle requirements". The people who had no vehicle awareness would turn up with 2 to 3 PSI in the tyres and not even realise that the tyres where flat, these people will never have any vehicle awareness as they have no interest in there vehicle short of driving or riding it. Both of these people are currently sorted by the WOF system, and hopefully the defects are fixed before they return to the road. At least if they have no WOF there is a sightly bigger chance that they will get picked up and the dangerous vehicle removed from the road. The WOF system is not perfect and has several holes in my opinion but is better than a free for all. The extra work lumped on the police to inspect all vehicles when they stopped to make sure that they where roadworthy would be another issue. At least at present a current WOF means that the vehicle should be roadworthy.

[Road kill]

Geez what a killbuzz

I get what you mean, BUT I would be interested to see how many times trailers get pulled over for it.

Never owned one myself so I have no idea.

It could be viewed as picking on motorcyclists/boy racer cars.



please take note that I said could, not that it IS

My current boat trailer of 4 years has a side mounted plate as per the Op's description,,and the answer to your question is "never"
That's 8 WOF checks and a fishing mate who's a CVIU officer.
Believe me if somebody was going to raise the issue,he would be #1.