Is my bike well dressed enough for friday...?

Speaking of tarts....

You coming tomorrow..?

A possibly maybe from me at this time, depending on whether I get asked to work or not, cos I'm a little twisted for dosh atm. Be it on the GS, or in the car, I do not know, either way I will let you know.

Please take the GS.....

Not a good idea:

Covering your Vehicle Registration Number (VRN) and tax disc

As noted in Parking Ticket News June 2003, under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 it is an offence to either fail to display a vehicle excise duty disc or obscure a vehicle's registration number (VRN).

The London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008 now specifically allows Civil Enforcement Officers (Parking Attendants) to remove any obstacle obscuring your Vehicle Registration (VRN) without being liable for any damage caused in so doing so (provided the act was not done in bad faith, without due care or in contravention of the Human Rights Act)(Updated 9 Sep 0

Section 9 of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008 reads as follows:

9 Obscured registration marks


(1) An authorised officer of a London Authority or a parking attendant acting in the course of his duties as such may remove anything which obscures a registration mark or any part of a registration mark fixed on a vehicle.

(2) None of the persons mentioned in subsection (3) below is to have any liability to any other person for damages or otherwise (whether at common law or otherwise) arising out of anything done or omitted to be done in the exercise or purported exercise of the power under subsection (1) above.

(3) Those persons are a borough council, Transport for London, any employee of a borough council or Transport for London, and any authorised officer, parking attendant or person by whom a parking attendant is employed.

(4) Subsection (2) above does not apply—
(a) if the act or omission is shown to have been in bad faith;
(b) to liability arising out of a failure to exercise due care and attention;
(c) so as to prevent an award of damages made in respect of an act or omission on the ground that the act or omission was unlawful by virtue of section 6(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42).

(5) Subsection (2) above is without prejudice to any other exemption from liability (whether at common law or otherwise).

(6) Any person who intentionally obstructs any authorised officer acting in the exercise of his powers under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(7) In this section—

• <LI class="style11 style35"> “authorised officer”, in relation to a London authority, means—
  <LI class=style11><LI class=style11> (a) any employee of that authority; <LI class=style11> (b) any person by whom, in pursuance of arrangements made with the authority, any functions <LI class=style11> under this section fall to be discharged; or <LI class=style11> (c) any employee of any such person, <LI class="style11 style41">
  
  
  who is authorised in writing by the authority to act in relation to this section;
  <LI class="style11 style42"> “parking attendant” has the same meaning as in section 82(1) of the 1991 Act;
  <LI class=style43> “registration mark” means a registration mark assigned to a vehicle by the Secretary of State under
• section 23 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22).

The offence of parking without a Vehicle Registration Number on display can currently only be dealt with by the Police and Traffic Wardens (who have the power to check for tax disc violations). In the event of non-compliance, you may receive a ticket (issued by the Police or Traffic Warden), or as a worse case scenario, your vehicle could be clamped or towed.

Also note that the Corporation of London (City) Police are particularly hot on ticketing motorcycles failing to display a tax disc, even if they are parked legally.
(Updated 28 Jun 0

I'm sure that if anything were to be removed from my bike, there would be one or 2 witnesses saying there was malicious damage done at the same time...

Sincere apologies for 'butting in'

"I too saw the attendant cause the crack in the rear plastics, Officer!"

Originally Posted by Mr_Chin

Sincere apologies for 'butting in'

"I too saw the attendant cause the crack in the rear plastics, Officer!"

Thats the spirit

Although I doubt if any attendant would remove anything from any bike with that many bikers around.
In Matlock the other week there was a traffic hitler walking about looking at bikes under the beady eyes of every biker there.
Funnily enough he never wrote one single ticket while we were there

Originally Posted by speedplay

Thats the spirit

Although I doubt if any attendant would remove anything from any bike with that many bikers around.
In Matlock the other week there was a traffic hitler walking about looking at bikes under the beady eyes of every biker there.
Funnily enough he never wrote one single ticket while we were there

Granted, but that's only in cases where you're in the direct vicinty of your bike. I posted up the law on concealing number plates, as many still think they can do it and get away with not getting a ticket, which is no longer the case. CEO's take a 'Before and After' photo as proof that they never actually damaged the bike.

Chin

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by Mr_Chin

Granted, but that's only in cases where you're in the direct vicinty of your bike. I posted up the law on concealing number plates, as many still think they can do it and get away with not getting a ticket, which is no longer the case. CEO's take a 'Before and After' photo as proof that they never actually damaged the bike.

Chin

You've not been to Soho on a Friday I take it.

Cheers Mark.

[Viney]

Lucky i have a small selection of alternate plates then