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I have a burning question, (maybe Fisherman can tell), but what was the offence? I mean was it just for speeding or is there another for, I dunno, not displaying a legible plate at all times?

Could you equally get done for having it obscured by dirt, which is something I have often seen? Or is there a difference in law between deliberate and none-deliberate obscurity?

Also, having just come back from a ride out, I saw a motorbike with a plate which looked legal but it's almost pointing to the sky. So you, as a driver behind, are looking at it from quite an acute, and difficult to see, angle. At what point does that become illegal?

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You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Yes, having a number plate illegible through dirt is an offence.

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My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.

I looked this up a few years ago. IIRC, it is an offence to have a VRM unreadable to any enforcement camera. This includes dirt and 'angling', or any other means of circumventing identification.

I can only assume the camera detected an offence (exceeding the limit or RLJing) [not necessarily a "fatal risk" ] as the camera clearly flashed.

I guess real trafpol is needed to catch this one

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If the reports are correct in that he deliberately concealed the reg plate and, confident that he could not be caught, proceeded to ignore the posted limit he could potentially face a number of charges.

Speeding.

Offences under construction and use rules about visibility of plates.

DWDC - not being in proper control of his bike, the photo on the BBC website could well provide sufficient evidence for a prosecution.

Attempting to pervert the course of justice the usual definition of which is " Carrying out an act that tends or is intended to obstruct or defeat the administration of public justice".

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