Does any one know if this is true

just came up on my Facebook account

 Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Last edited by npinks on 23rd Jul 2015 12:51 pm. Edited 1 time in total

They could say they thought they heard a dog barking in the back so removed the cover to smash your windows to get it out, or they feared it was loaded with explosives etc, Im sure theres a legal excuse they can use to remove the cover, and then whilst they are about it give it a ticket, and put the cover back on as a surprise for you when you remove it???

i agree, in this day and age they would say they heard an alarm clock ticking and thought it was a bomb and next thing you know its blown up

not that i would be bothered and do this, just wondered if it was sound advice Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Why not just remove the number plates and put them in the boot?

that would be against the law, putting a protective cover on isn't  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Or leave the number plates under the cover and remove the car??

npinks wrote:

that would be against the law, putting a protective cover on isn't

On the public highway maybe but not on private land.

You wouldn't be getting a traffic warden issued parking ticket there  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Landiroamer wrote:

Or leave the number plates under the cover and remove the car??

So you replace the car (Porsche) with cardboard boxes, like Joey in Friends  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

When I was a despatch rider I covered my number plate and tax disc
It worked for me
It was about 15 years back tho 2008 xs
Snorkel
raised axle/gearbox breathers
Mantec tank guard
Cb radio
Blanked EGR
Sump guard
Scratches
Snolkle

On encountering a covered car, the ticket fuhrer would likely just call the police and say he believes a stolen vehicle has been carefully hidden in his car park.

Plod duly turn up, uncover the car to check and bingo. Job jobbed. If the owner turns up before the police, again it's game over, ticket issued. Have a nice day.

You can get car covers now with a transparent section in it so you can see the number plate.
The idea being if you have a big family you know which is your car without going round lifting all the covers to see. I think?

Sounds like one of those things that is probably technically correct, but in the cold harsh light of day just wouldn't work.

If push came to shove and you went all the way and challenged a ticket on the basis that you had put a cover on your car and the enforcement officer had therefore "interfered" with your vehicle in order to issue said ticket, I'd image any beak in the country would simply throw it out on the basis that you had only applied the cover so as to evade the enforcement.

Nice idea and probably technically correct, but wouldn't hold water if you were issued a ticket.

What it MIGHT do is discourage the ticket being issued in the first place, but that's going to depend on the enthusiasm (or otherwise) of the individual enforcement officer.

They would probably give you a ticket for parking a car cover and not a car, a jobs worth type, you know them.
Our enforcement officers are full of enthusiasm here.

You could do as someone was reported to have done a few years ago have a car same make and color as the local police cheif with the same nuberplates as his
find out where all the "ARRIVE ALIVE" speed cameras were located on a particulay day,
and hey presto 24 speeding tickets issued to local police cheif (aledgedly..!!)

may not be true but what a wonderful urban myth Wales
Were the mud is thicker, and the ruts are deeper.
(And we have the water to wash it off, and more on the way..! )
Sd4 and chrome Ar*e piece, Auto box for best fun
09 Xs Gone
12 xs Gone
HSE with Leather seats and 4 years warrenty.. staying for now !