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An undeserved driving penalty arrivesA car owner receives a letter informing them that their car has been captured on CCTV driving over the Dartford bridge 5 times. The authority in charge is demanding the payment of a £100 fine. However, the driver hasn’t been anywhere near that area for 18 months. Something has gone wrong. The car owner needs to act quickly. Has the innocent car owner’s number plate been cloned? Is it in use on a similar vehicle? ANPR fault or Cloned platesFor the example above – assuming the vehicle has genuinely not been near the Dartford tunnel the options are either:
What to do if you’ve been ClonedIf you have been incorrectly identified as the driver committing a driving offence you will need to prove your innocence. Convince the authorities that your vehicle was NOT in the area concerned at the time of the offence. Maybe you were parked in a local car park with CCTV. Maybe you were using your vehicle for work in your area – miles from where the offence was committed. Collect as much evidence as you can to support your claim of innocence. Make the suggestion that your number plates must have been cloned. If you believe your number plate has been cloned contact your local police authority and the DVLA. Please support our Affiliated PartnersCheck before you buy – Buying a car is a big deal so buy with confidence. MyCarCheck.com can reveal a vehicle’s full history, enabling you to make a more informed decision. Discover a vehicle’s hidden history. Find out if a car been written off or stolen and much more? End of AdvertAvoid buying a Cloned VehicleAs many as 1 in 3 cars have a hidden past. When buying a car for many thousands of £’s surely it’s just a matter of common sense to pay for a car data check to ensure the vehicle you are buying has nothing to hide. Popular car data checks will check to see if your car has ever been stolen, whether it has valid vehicle tax, obtain a full MOT history and much more. Please consider using one of the services offered by our affiliated partners below. Please support our Affiliated PartnersCheck before you buy – Buying a car is a big deal so buy with confidence. MyCarCheck.com can reveal a vehicle’s full history, enabling you to make a more informed decision. Discover a vehicle’s hidden history, if it’s been written off or stolen and much more … End of AdvertHow do criminals get the plates madeWhen purchasing registration plates from a respectable source the company will ask for evidence the customer is the legal owner of the vehicle. A registered number plate supplier will ask to see evidence of the following
The GOV.uk site can help you to identify your nearest registered number plate supplier – just enter your post code here (external link) The criminals methodCriminals take advantage of unscrupulous individuals who bypass the system and manufacture the registration plates WITHOUT undertaking any of the checks detailed above. A recent (Sept 2018) BBC programme – Inside Out – tracked several such businesses and highlighted just how easy it is to get hold of illegall cloned number plates. For more details please see the BBC report on cloning number plates (external link) The post Cloned Registration Plates appeared first on Is my CAR … ?. via Tumblr Cloned Registration Plates
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