Obscured number plates by towbars, cycles on racks etc all became an issue when thieving aholes stopped paying for their fuel at service stns choosing to drive off instead. People were deliberately obscuring their plates so the servo cameras couldn't get a plate shot. Soooooo, we are all once again being looked at due to the actions of a few. Can't blame the police for that. As for the Taupo cycle racers, I hope the police were also dealing to the drivers with multiple bikes on towbar mounted racks that obscure the rear lights. Completely illegal and also, with some I've seen recently, very dangerous due to a complete lack of any rear lights and indicators. As for the RUC label one, that's a throw back to the old days where you used to be able to pick your RUC weight. You had to display the RUC weight that you were on at the time which stopped unscrupulous operators buying light RUCs. That law will probably fall off at some stage in the future due to the new updated RUC legislation. And, you cannot be ticketed for less than 500km over-run on RUC (so no need to change that label half way over the harbor bridge) anyway. Both RUC over-run offences for heavy and light vehicles automatically have a 500km tolerance.
richardmayes,
Jan 27, 7:35pm
I've never met or spoken to a Police Officer I would have described as a "muppet", and every Cop I've ever spoken to has impressed me as being excellent.
In my experience, it's always the Cops who DON'T want to introduce themselves, that are the ones that are up to no good:
Driving at 115km/h for no apparent reason (no lights, no siren).
Switching on their lights and siren in order to run an orange/red light, and then immediately turning the lights and siren off again.
Changing lanes on the motorway without indicating.
Moving onto an off-ramp and exiting the motorway without indicating.
Slowing down in the middle of the road and pulling into a parallel park without indicating.
Talking on their cellphones / radio while driving. (tut tut!)
Weaving in and out of lanes in heavy traffic all the way down the Hutt Road.
It's like they believe you can wear a blue shirt with epaulettes, and drive a big dark-coloured Commodore with all sorts of extra radio aerials all over it, and lights in the windows and under the radiator grille. and believe that, somehow, this is inconspicuous and no-one will notice who they are or what they're getting up to.
socram,
Jan 27, 7:51pm
Thanks for that. Nice to know.
I don't believe in obscured plates and lights. Both are there for a reason but the wrong (ie not official issue), perfectly legible, reflective plate, able to be read by speed cameras is a different issue altogether.
elect70,
Jan 27, 8:43pm
First time ive ever seen an"extra " number plate ,tied on to the frame of the top 1 of 3 bikes on a carrier . Plod used to turn a blind eye to bikes on the back as they were only considered "temporary , but these days with their instructions to ticket anything & everything , i guess more will be doing it.
kazbanz,
Jan 27, 8:56pm
mate he was extracting the urine. -if he was serious he would give you a ticket.
ree6,
Jan 27, 9:34pm
She should have issued you a good smack in the mouth.
poppajn,
Jan 27, 9:36pm
About time too, I've seen them with up to 4 bikes bounceing on those rack's, suprise's me the tow tounge doesn't break
gedo1,
Jan 27, 9:48pm
. apart from the one for 130km/h, huh? And all that time of yours wasted while she checked your car out. who was the winner, did you say?
gedo1,
Jan 27, 9:54pm
We followed a patrol cat for up to 20kms yesterday and he did nothing wrong in that whole time. I think we need to complain about that sort of blatantly unacceptable behaviour. I was the passenger in our vehicle and I had a pencil an paper ready to take note and post on here. but nothing! I was totally inconvenienced by having to get ready and wait.
urbanrefugee54,
Jan 28, 1:12am
someone on another thread [a while back] was saying about inconsiderate person had backed to the footpath, and the 4 bikes on the back of the vehicle completely blocked it.
gmphil,
Jan 28, 1:21am
hmm towbar ? my 8x4, boat or tandem trailer all obsure my car rego .make me wonder how hard the test is lol or is the such a thing as common sence anymore
jmma,
Jan 28, 1:28am
hmmm but you trailers have a Number plate on them (o:
gmphil,
Jan 28, 1:32am
tomatos/ tomartos still obsure the car rego !
esky-tastic,
Jan 28, 1:44am
Yep, sums up this topic nicely - and I think yours is more important!
bumfacingdown,
Jan 28, 1:49am
"2nd muppet cop I've met in 25 years of driving" I wonder how that compares to the number of muppets a 25 year serving Policeman would have met
skull,
Jan 28, 2:04am
Well he met another one the other night
bumfacingdown,
Jan 28, 2:20am
So it is X plus one
yeahm8,
Jan 28, 2:48am
I got a warning a few months back as my new dual wheel carrier obscured my plates, just showed him the purchase an install receipt from that morning and got let off, phew!, relocated the plate when I got home:).
dublo,
Jan 28, 2:58am
jmma mentioned trailers obscuring the towing vehicles' number plates. In the UK, I believe, that is still not a problem as light trailers are not registered but have to carry a plate with the towing vehicle's number!
socram,
Jan 28, 3:29am
I think you'll find it is all trailers, not just the lightweights, so it also applies to caravans. NZ has a very strong 'trailer culture', the UK far less so. More people in NZ seem to have a trailer of one sort or another, than don't.
ironhorseguy,
Jan 28, 4:32am
heres one for you , was towing an trike on a u haul towbar ,suspended tow ,lashed down with tie downs an safety chained to towbar , was stopped 20kls out of te kuiti , trike rego on hold,was ticketed for no evidence of a current vehicle inspection , and get this ,drove a vehicle whilst rego was on hold! $350 worth of tickets and ordered off the road at te kuiti , ,ltsa rules state avehicle is allowed to be towed without a wof an reg, if it was safe to be towed, wtf , go figure , dunno what his problem was ,an oh he breathalised me ,what a waste of time, an cost me a fortune having to make alternative arrangements ,
flitt,
Jan 28, 10:47am
I am struggling to believe this one. Unless it was the vehicle you were driving had no wof and reg on hold and maybe a clerical error transpiring the rego number to the ticket, or something like that.
If that's true, you should have snatched that breathalyser and tested the cop!
ironhorseguy,
Jul 18, 1:03pm
i shit you not 29th jan ,infringement notice v18498825 , ! iim gonna frame itan its going in the mancave , i still don understand the mentality of this , the wording is is exactly what is written on the ticket, needless to say im gonna defend it , ftp
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