What was this cop doing?

[DjPete]

Marked Police car parked behind station wagon with female in the drivers seat alone.
Looked like a routine check.
Cop then removes both number plates with a screw driver and puts them in his car.
Goes back to the female says a few more words and she then drives off down busy Pascoe Vale Rd with no plates.
Policeman casually drives off as if end of story.
Everyone was calm, no stress at all.
Wtf?

Any clues what happened here...I was stunned.

[Doc]

Marked Police car parked behind station wagon with female in the drivers seat alone.
Looked like a routine check.
Cop then removes both number plates with a screw driver and puts them in his car.
Goes back to the female says a few more words and she then drives off down busy Pascoe Vale Rd with no plates.
Policeman casually drives off as if end of story.
Everyone was calm, no stress at all.
Wtf?

Any clues what happened here...I was stunned.

stolen plates , not her car so they didnt arrest her , or will summons her instead.
and or plates treated with some kind of camera concealing device
kept for evidence .

[DjPete]

Doc what puzzled me was they let her drive off without any plates...

[NEMESIS]

Let me tell you the exact scenario.

He asked for her number.
She refused to give it.
So he took the plates as a momento.
An theres your story dj!

[Doc]

Let me tell you the exact scenario.

He asked for her number.
She refused to give it.
So he took the plates as a momento.
An theres your story dj!

For the car to be registered the plates dont have to be displayed , just the rego sticker.
The plates are for the purpose of identifacation and have no actual bearing on being registered.
If the plates are in the possession of a police officer then its still registered , because it will show on there computer system.
Its like a liscense , a officer can hold your liscense , even though he has it you are still legal to drive.
also he may have just been nice and allowed the ladie to drive the car home or return it to its owner ( if she borrowed the car)

[DjPete]

Let me tell you the exact scenario.

He asked for her number.
She refused to give it.
So he took the plates as a momento.
An theres your story dj!

For the car to be registered the plates dont have to be displayed , just the rego sticker.
The plates are for the purpose of identifacation and have no actual bearing on being registered.
If the plates are in the possession of a police officer then its still registered , because it will show on there computer system.
Its like a liscense , a officer can hold your liscense , even though he has it you are still legal to drive.
also he may have just been nice and allowed the ladie to drive the car home or return it to its owner ( if she borrowed the car)

aha, thanks Doc

[Volvi]

also if an owner did not pay registration allowing the lapse of 3 months, the plate number is now cancelled requiring owner to obtain Roadworthy certificate and start registration anew at Vicroads. owner can elect to re-use old plates (if in posession) but usually new number is issued.

However no matter what the case is it highly unusual for cops to allow a car to be driven with no plates, unless they were being very kind as said above or if lived locally they followed the car home under escort. Owner can then apply for temporary registration thru Vicroads allowing for driving to obtain RWC.

[DjPete]

also if an owner did not pay registration allowing the lapse of 3 months, the plate number is now cancelled requiring owner to obtain Roadworthy certificate and start registration anew at Vicroads. owner can elect to re-use old plates (if in posession) but usually new number is issued.

However no matter what the case is it highly unusual for cops to allow a car to be driven with no plates, unless they were being very kind as said above or if lived locally they followed the car home under escort. Owner can then apply for temporary registration thru Vicroads allowing for driving to obtain RWC.

Well I can tell you now the cops just went off after she left in front of them.
She turned off they went straight...strange.

[Diablo]

Chances are she was unregistered, as Volvi stated. Here in Qld, if you are more than 2 months out of rego, it is deemed "auto canceled" as such the pplates are seized. However, a permit MAY be issued, ie they don't have to issue a permit, allowing the car to be driven home. Happens all the time up here.

[black13]

Posted by Diablo - Today 22:32
Chances are she was unregistered, as Volvi stated. Here in Qld, if you are more than 2 months out of rego, it is deemed "auto canceled" as such the pplates are seized. However, a permit MAY be issued, ie they don't have to issue a permit, allowing the car to be driven home. Happens all the time up here.
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thats a licence to please yourself,do whatever you like ,cause unless we pull you over you are undetectable with no plates.
seems highly unlikely that any law in any state would allow any vehicle to travel on any public road without plates, cause you could please yourself as to speed limits. cause you are undetectable without plates.

[Diablo]

Look at it this way Paul, once pulled over, all of the drivers details are obtained. If the driver is stoopid enough to get up to anythin dumb, it's just a matter of knocking on their door. To qualify for a permit to drive the vehicle away, it must be absolutely roadworthy and the driver must be positivly identified and hold a valid licence. It is not that common, or not enough so to be a problem.

[Louwai]

In 2005 I was going up the southbound on-ramp to the freeway at Mt.Gravatt (Bris). Not speeding, doing nothing wrong.
Unbeknown to me the on-line payment for the rego didn't go through.
Coppers were behind me. They did a rego check & found the bike was unregistered.
I was fully licenced & the bike was fully roadworthy.
They ordered me to leave it there & get a trailer to take it home.

No alternative.