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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:47:41 +0000 (UTC), Dylan Smith wrote:
> On 2007-04-19, Matt B <"matt.bourke"@nospam.london.com> wrote:
>> That's no comfort to those who lose the use of their car for an extended
>> period whilst trying to convince some "ombudsman" that it is covered by
>> a group insurance policy or that the ANPR must have confused a "5" with
>> an "S" or whatever.
>
> This comes up in comp.risks on a regular basis - a recent example in the
> digest was someone being stopped and prevented from driving in the UK by
> a police officer who'd checked the insurance database, and saw no record
> for the vehicle being insured. However, the vehicle was insured, and the
> motorist was carrying his insurance certificate. But just like in 'Little
> Britain', the officer's response was "The computer says no", and the
> driver had to leave his car.
>
> Even more so is a problem that we have here. I live in the Isle of Man,
> where there are two styles of numberplates - the "Ellan Vannin" style
> (with a red triskelion on the left, and "Isle of Man" in small Celtic
> writing above the registration, similar to how US States have the state
> name above or below the registration, and the registration itself
> written in a narrower font than is used in the UK, and dashes separating
> the groups of letters and numbers). The other style is the UK style
> plate - which uses the same font and appears identical to UK number
> plates.
>
> When Manx people with the latter style of plate take their car into the
> UK, it's not that uncommon that they get stopped by the police who want
> to know why their registration doesn't appear to exist, and why they
> don't have an MOT certificate. Many police officers are ignorant of the
> fact that the Isle of Man is not part of the UK and has an entirely
> separate vehicle registration system which means they often delay
> drivers they've stopped for some time while checking up on their story.
> I've also heard of Manx drivers being stopped for having "illegal
> numberplates" when they have the former "Ellan Vannin" style plate
> because the police officer is unaware that the Isle of Man is not part
> of the UK - and they often just get more suspicious when you present
> them with an Isle of Man driving license and an Isle of Man passport as
> additional identity.
It's a "Crown Possesion", innit?
> On 2007-04-19, Matt B <"matt.bourke"@nospam.london.com> wrote:
>> That's no comfort to those who lose the use of their car for an extended
>> period whilst trying to convince some "ombudsman" that it is covered by
>> a group insurance policy or that the ANPR must have confused a "5" with
>> an "S" or whatever.
>
> This comes up in comp.risks on a regular basis - a recent example in the
> digest was someone being stopped and prevented from driving in the UK by
> a police officer who'd checked the insurance database, and saw no record
> for the vehicle being insured. However, the vehicle was insured, and the
> motorist was carrying his insurance certificate. But just like in 'Little
> Britain', the officer's response was "The computer says no", and the
> driver had to leave his car.
>
> Even more so is a problem that we have here. I live in the Isle of Man,
> where there are two styles of numberplates - the "Ellan Vannin" style
> (with a red triskelion on the left, and "Isle of Man" in small Celtic
> writing above the registration, similar to how US States have the state
> name above or below the registration, and the registration itself
> written in a narrower font than is used in the UK, and dashes separating
> the groups of letters and numbers). The other style is the UK style
> plate - which uses the same font and appears identical to UK number
> plates.
>
> When Manx people with the latter style of plate take their car into the
> UK, it's not that uncommon that they get stopped by the police who want
> to know why their registration doesn't appear to exist, and why they
> don't have an MOT certificate. Many police officers are ignorant of the
> fact that the Isle of Man is not part of the UK and has an entirely
> separate vehicle registration system which means they often delay
> drivers they've stopped for some time while checking up on their story.
> I've also heard of Manx drivers being stopped for having "illegal
> numberplates" when they have the former "Ellan Vannin" style plate
> because the police officer is unaware that the Isle of Man is not part
> of the UK - and they often just get more suspicious when you present
> them with an Isle of Man driving license and an Isle of Man passport as
> additional identity.
It's a "Crown Possesion", innit?