Customers vehicles

The registered keeper has obviously said that it was in our care at the time of the ticket/offence. Speaking to the boss advising him to check times and dates, he also advises that the car was in our care. looking at mot data, the car was tested and retested by the boss!

it's a bit of bad luck the boss is having!

A few years ago I got a fine for driving without due care, dangerous driving and was going to be arrested for something to do with a robbery, all in London.
At the time I'd never been to London and my motorbike was in bits in my office. Luckily one of our local plod was a customer and was a motorcyclist and had been in my garage looking at my bike on the day in question. Obviously the bike in London had cloned plates.
A few weeks ago my mate got fines for failing to pay the fees at Dartford but had never been there, this turned out to be another case of cloning.
Don't assume it was the terios that was in your custody. I've got a terios it could have been me 🤣

You can ask for photographic evidence of the alleged offence and is it front or rear view image.my brother in law accepted the first speeding ticket he received when fixted penalty notices started coming in the post every day he knew it wasnt him his car had been cloned the pictures showed the same vehicle and colour as his the difference was his had a tow bar it took months to get the endorsement and 3 points of his licence that he had already accepted.

we had the same thing but it was in london some where asked for picture of car totaly wrong car/ colour ask for proof and is your place got cctv thats your proof the car was at your place thats what we done cloned plates i say

Its not at all uncommon.

I’ve a staff member that’s been targeted, 3 times he’s been done (different cars). One of which was early hours of the morning at circa 140mph.

We’ve also had a VE visit stating we’d tested a car that’d been off the road for over 18 months and was over 100 mile away. It was when DVSA had just started the ‘fast track disciplinary’ so the VE says just admit it and we’ll give a slap on the wrist. Not a chance, luckily we knew where the car was and we sent the VE round. I kept the apology email for future reference. Interestingly, I asked him when he couldn’t speak to the police and have ANPR records checked. If the owner (who reported it) says it’s been on the drive for 18 months, in my mind a quick ANPR check in our VTSs local area would easily have absolved us but I couldn’t do that….apparently……

invite plod round and show em the cctv. then tell em to go away. if it went to court, it'll cost em!

Any news on this or has your boss been locked up?

ditto,had the ministry  in saying id wrote a ticket on a motor in a different part of the country,private plate being used by a trader while i was testing the original vehicle with the same plates on it,cloned have seen as well.if you werent driving it then report as such and ask for photo proof,most cars on cloned plates will look obviously different when compared,be warned tho,dvla/plod etc dont take no for an answer gladly cos its cost em an easy nick and it will cost time and hassle to sort.