My number plate has been cloned - what steps should I take to sort this out?
I returned home from work to a letter from a PCSO advising that my car had been recorded as travelling at 39 mph in a 30 mph area. As the car make and model was likely to have been supplied by Swansea, they would only have needed the VRN to create a seemingly water-tight case. Fortunately, no-one else drives my car, and I worked this particular day and recorded time, some 30 miles away and with witnesses. It seems a case of plate cloning. What is the best course of action, as, obviously, I do not want someone driving around in what is probably an untaxed, uninsured vehicle causing mayhem? Is the answer a new VRN?
Asked on 14 July 2017 by Michael
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Yes. However, you should report to your local police that someone is driving around with your registration cloned to their car so that a tag can be put into the ANPR system. Once you have changed your plate you won't fall into that trap.
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