New strategy for evading the RTO - Team-BHP

kvish · 30th August 2007, 20:47

I see quite a few these days!!. At first glance it is hard to figure out!!

On a serious note I find such cases actually annoying. These days a lot of people are buying vehicles from Hosur and AP border and driving back. Saving quite a lot in road tax. However, tax is paid for roads they dont use and none to where they actually drive!! Now with these gimmicks its hard to nail them down.

I am sure very soon we will see a law saying only KA vehicles can have the previlege to have Kannada number plates!!.

PS: For people who are unaware of Kannada script, thats an AP regd vehicle written in Kannada.

msdivy · 30th August 2007, 20:53

I think its easier for policemen to read these plates

I have asked many people why they do it. Most common answer is they feel safe nobody will recognize the numbers in case of fast getaways. How many times they are involved in fast getways? None. I guess they feel somewhat stealth & so safe with this.

kutlee · 30th August 2007, 20:53

quite funny.. i have seen KA registered vehichles (cars....one in my office even)...with K removed carefully..RTO might guess that its AP...but the position of A would be closer to the numbers that it would be in AP with P rubbed off...
I think a rotating james bond plate is quite useful..
as ford fusion AD says...anything karega...

rjstyles69 · 30th August 2007, 21:08

This practice has been there for ages,wherein bikes registered in other states sport a number plate in kannada.

I had done this way back during my college days when I was using a friends KL registered bike.

CrAzY dRiVeR · 30th August 2007, 22:14

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Originally Posted by rjstyles69

This practice has been there for ages,wherein bikes registered in other states sport a number plate in kannada.

Not at all fair, since people from other states can't read the number, in case of an accident/crime.

deepakvrao · 30th August 2007, 22:22

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Originally Posted by CrAzY dRiVeR

Not at all fair, since people from other states can't read the number, in case of an accident/crime.

Absolutely. Ridiculous to have local lingo plates.

rjstyles69 · 30th August 2007, 22:42

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Originally Posted by deepakvrao

Absolutely. Ridiculous to have local lingo plates.

Well cant really help, thats how it is here. Surprisingly no other states follow suit, any pointers if some other state has the same kinda thing ?

Samurai · 30th August 2007, 23:20

Not sure how this evades the RTO chaps and police, most of them use Kannada script for their daily official reports.

sudarshansarma · 30th August 2007, 23:33

A big shame that people actually do this. What does it take for people to follow the rules? :(

Zappo · 30th August 2007, 23:52

What you people have missed out on is what is the position of the MV Act on this. This is a violation of the applicable laws. You can not have number plates in anything except in Roman script. In fact even for Roman script there are very clear guidlines on the size of the plate, the width and height of the characters and the font to be used. So regional language plates are definitely illegal. RTO can challan you for this offence alone.

However this practice is there in many other states like Maharashtra, UP, MP etc. In Maharashtra police catch hold of people whenever they need to make some quick bucks. If not the regional language plates most others get caught because they have those odd shaped plates (batman ones are very common in bikes) or digital fonts etc.

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Originally Posted by kvish

I am sure very soon we will see a law saying only KA vehicles can have the previlege to have Kannada number plates!!.

Now you know... they can not. That will fly against the MV Act. No state can make such unilateral local rules. Number plates are there so that people can note down the number if required. Which means it has to be in a language that most can read. On the otehr hand RTA can very easily stop this guy because even if they do not get the AP registration part at first glance they will immediately know that it is a regional language plate and hence prime material for issuing a challan.

ported_head · 31st August 2007, 00:04

There are also quite a few bikers who ride around with number plates displaying a TC registration (temporary) but on White and Black plates.

rjstyles69 · 31st August 2007, 01:01

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Originally Posted by sudarshansarma

A big shame that people actually do this. What does it take for people to follow the rules? :(

So do we have a rule here which says you cant do sucha thing as mentioned by Zappo ?
If yes the cops here are simply over-looking the same.

Also its nothing new in bangy @least that you find vehicles with such number plates.Read govt vehicles !!

Bangalore chaps should be aware of this.

v1p3r · 31st August 2007, 01:06

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Originally Posted by rjstyles69

I had done this way back during my college days when I was using a friends KL registered bike.

Was this a silver CBZ, by any chance?

deepakhon · 31st August 2007, 01:09

Zappo is right. Such a rule exists.

rjstyles69 · 31st August 2007, 01:14

Akshay nopes was a shogun. Used the bike for about a month or so and then sent it back to Kerala.

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Zappo is right. Such a rule exists.

Well then blame our ignoramus cops who simply are least bothered about this.

30th August 2007, 20:47	#1 (permalink)
kvish BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 329	New strategy for evading the RTO I see quite a few these days!!. At first glance it is hard to figure out!! On a serious note I find such cases actually annoying. These days a lot of people are buying vehicles from Hosur and AP border and driving back. Saving quite a lot in road tax. However, tax is paid for roads they dont use and none to where they actually drive!! Now with these gimmicks its hard to nail them down. I am sure very soon we will see a law saying only KA vehicles can have the previlege to have Kannada number plates!!. PS: For people who are unaware of Kannada script, thats an AP regd vehicle written in Kannada. Last edited by kvish : 30th August 2007 at 20:49.

30th August 2007, 21:08	#4 (permalink)
rjstyles69 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bengalooru.. Posts: 1,700 View My Garage	This practice has been there for ages,wherein bikes registered in other states sport a number plate in kannada. I had done this way back during my college days when I was using a friends KL registered bike. __________________ Cheers rjstyles You never really learn to SWEAR until you learn to DRIVE.

30th August 2007, 23:20	#8 (permalink)
Samurai Team-BHP Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Coastal Karnataka Posts: 5,525 View My Garage	Not sure how this evades the RTO chaps and police, most of them use Kannada script for their daily official reports. __________________ Samurai The notchy gearshift of GV has become buttery smooth after I started driving the Jeep.

31st August 2007, 01:09	#14 (permalink)
deepakhon BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 905	Zappo is right. Such a rule exists. __________________ Deepak Honnalli.

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30th August 2007, 20:53	#2 (permalink)
msdivy BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 467	I think its easier for policemen to read these plates I have asked many people why they do it. Most common answer is they feel safe nobody will recognize the numbers in case of fast getaways. How many times they are involved in fast getways? None. I guess they feel somewhat stealth & so safe with this.

30th August 2007, 20:53	#3 (permalink)
kutlee BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 367 View My Garage	quite funny.. i have seen KA registered vehichles (cars....one in my office even)...with K removed carefully..RTO might guess that its AP...but the position of A would be closer to the numbers that it would be in AP with P rubbed off... I think a rotating james bond plate is quite useful.. as ford fusion AD says...anything karega...

30th August 2007, 23:33	#9 (permalink)
sudarshansarma BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 88	A big shame that people actually do this. What does it take for people to follow the rules? :(

31st August 2007, 00:04	#11 (permalink)
ported_head Team-BHP Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,976	There are also quite a few bikers who ride around with number plates displaying a TC registration (temporary) but on White and Black plates.