{"id":1331,"date":"2010-08-09T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2010-08-04T14:04:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T13:04:13","slug":"theft-resistant-number-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2010\/08\/theft-resistant-number-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"Theft resistant number Plates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Theft resistant number plates<\/h1>\n<p>Number plate theft is on the increase according to police data. Many of these plates are used for serious criminal activity. Research commissioned by the Driver &amp; Vehicle Agency (DVA), details some of this criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>Stolen plates can be used to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>disguise stolen vehicles<\/li>\n<li>conceal the true identity of vehicles used in criminal activity such as ram-raiding or theft of petrol from garage forecourts<\/li>\n<li>sell a stolen vehicle as a legitimate one<\/li>\n<li>evade traffic related fines including parking tickets and speeding fines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Why has the DVA introduced theft resistant number plates?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The DVA has been working with number plate manufacturers and others to develop an agreed voluntary standard for theft resistant number plates which are designed to stop a thief re-using a stolen number plate.<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous benefits the new plates can offer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>they will reduce the number of innocent car owners every year who are faced with motoring related fines for acts they did not commit<\/li>\n<li>they will reduce the problem of vehicle cloning and the re-sale of illegal vehicles to unsuspecting motorists<\/li>\n<li>they will tackle the problem of petrol station \u2018drive offs&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>The difference between theft resistant number plates and current number plates<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Each theft resistant number plate fitted to a vehicle is designed to resist any known attack method for a minimum period of three minutes, ie: it can&#8217;t be removed in a re-usable form in less than three minutes. Also, number plate manufacturers must develop these plates in accordance with the standard.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The cost of theft resistant number plates<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The new plates will cost approximately double the price of ordinary number plates, plus the motor dealer may charge a fee for fitting them.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What to do if your number plates have been stolen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The DVA advise you contact the police, as it is a matter for them to trace and prosecute the culprit to prevent this illegal activity from continuing.<\/p>\n<p>Note: it is an offence to display the wrong vehicle registration mark on a vehicle with a maximum penalty of \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theft resistant number plates Number plate theft is on the increase according to police data. Many of these plates are used for serious criminal activity. Research commissioned by the Driver &amp; Vehicle Agency (DVA), details some of this criminal activity. Stolen plates can be used to: disguise stolen vehicles conceal the true identity of vehicles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137,139,138,6,4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1332,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions\/1332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}