Some **** managed to scrape the side of my front bumper whilst I was parked up at work. I could just get the front sprayed, but for a while now I have been debating removing my front plate, having the front smoothed over and a retractable plate fitted.
My plan was to fit the retractable plate so that it retracts when the car alarm is armed and displays when the car alarm is unarmed. My intention is not to dodge speed camera's, I just thought the plate retracting would look cool, as well as improving the look of the front end.
I tried searching the net for answers to a few questions I have regarding the legality of not displaying a number plate whilst parked, but havent really found an answer. I had a look at the DVL website and it states that:
"Number plates (also known as licence plates) should show your vehicle registration number correctly. You can’t rearrange letters or numbers, or alter them so that they’re hard to read."
I cant find any mention of having to display a number plate whilst parked on the road, but there seem to be a few scare stories of the Police nicking people for perverting the course of justice, just for have a retractable plate.
I know that few members on here have them installed, have you had any hassle from the Police?
What are people oppinions on fitting a retractable plate?