Easy Theft Of Number Plates Leads To Cheap Fuel!

Wednesday, 13. October 2010

Years ago car number plates were screwed to the body work by two or even four screws making it a bugger of a job to remove a plate but these days even prestigious cars have their number plates fixed on with a couple of strips of double sided tape. It was hardly surprising then to see a warning from the Retail Motor Industry Federation about theft of number plates. Thefts have doubled over the last 3 years with the primary reason to obtain fuel for free without being identified. Crooks replace their own number plates with stolen plates, fill up with fuel then drive off, disposing of the plates moments later. The RMIF has therefore called for manufacturers to come up with more secure fixings in order to prevent such opportunist thefts. Have you had your number plates stolen, let me know what happened? By Graham Hill