Where to put P plates on the back of an MX5

snshami · Postby **snshami** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:25 am

My son on his green Ps got pulled over by a policewoman because he was not displaying his P plates correctly. His rear P plate was one of those magnetic plates and was on the horizontal part of the quarter panel of his NB. Apparently that was not visible enough.

Anyway she let him off with a warning after placing it for him on the rear most part of the boot lid. Apparently even there was not good enough. Any thoughts on a better location.

Also a strange thing happened while he was waiting. She had taken his license to her car and while he was waiting to get it back he ran his fingers through his hair. He has quite long hair and he was trying to straighten it. While doing so he heard loud beeps from the police car. When he looked back he saw the second policeman frantically gesturing to him not to run his fingers through his hair. Of course my son complied but both both of us are wondering what that was about.

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:45 am

Sticky tape the P plate on the flat section between the licence plate and the brake lights.

RedMX · Postby **RedMX** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:58 am

One of these plastic mounts (bolts behind the number late) bend the legs using a heat gun or the hot water method.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-Car-Frame- ... 43ce4b2929

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:27 am

The cheapest option i've seen is to just tie something through the hole on the P Plate, like a long string, then just close the boot on it.

As for the hair thing, who knows.
The other day there was a shooting at a Sydney police station by a young bloke, that may have put a few officers on edge perhaps?

snshami · Postby **snshami** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:43 pm

Thanks for the link. I bought one.

As for the hair you are right they must be very very jumpy. I cant blame them though. But still why would any baddie store a weapon in their hair.

Nevyn72 · Postby **Nevyn72** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:47 pm

hks_kansei wrote:As for the hair thing, who knows.
The other day there was a shooting at a Sydney police station by a young bloke, that may have put a few officers on edge perhaps?

Playing with your hair interferes with the facial recognition software used by the forward mounted camera in the police car. :shock:

*Puts tinfoil hat back on and hides*

Or..... It was messing with the photo she was trying to post up on her Facebook page of the 'spunk' she'd just pulled up in a hot little sportscar!.... She wanted advice from her friends as to whether to, ummm, errrrr..... 'arrest' him..... so to speak..... :mrgreen:

KevGoat · Postby **KevGoat** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:48 pm

Hand/s heading towards knife or other weapon under shirt at top of back

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snshami · Postby **snshami** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:18 pm

Yeah well all good hypotheses. Unless someone knows someone who is a police person we are all conjecturing. A colleague at work thought it might have something to do with possible police training about keeping people still and calm and apparently for people who are about to become agitated and violent pulling hair is a first sign of them getting to that state.

Of course given that my son was on his way home from Apollo Bay and was about to hit Skenes Creek Road through Forrest in his newly acquired NB means he would have been on an anticipatory high..

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:41 pm

When I was on my P's and had and NB8B I modified a metal Autobarn bracket:
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=61482&p=772553#p772553

I think i still have one if you want to grab it.

taminga16 · Postby **taminga16** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 4:49 pm

smy0003 wrote:When I was on my P's and had and NB8B I modified a metal Autobarn bracket:
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=61482&p=772553#p772553

I think i still have one if you want to grab it.

Unity in community.
Greg.

snshami · Postby **snshami** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:10 pm

Thanks for the offers, I was too trigger happy and already ordered one from Ebay.

SileNceR · Postby **SileNceR** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 1:25 am

When I had my first NB8B and was on my P's I drilled the number plate to offset it to the side and drilled through the P plate and attached using the screw to the now spacious side of the number plate. When I got off my P plates and my partner still had hers, We used to put it in the rear window when the roof was up, or mount both plates together on the windscreen when the roof was down.

StuwieP · Postby **StuwieP** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:23 pm

yeah i just punched one of the number plate screws through the plate so it sat on the rear garnish. never had troubles. it's one of those 'another cop wouldn't have thought twice'

I think the rule is visible from 20m away?
maybe someone can confirm?

edit: Vicroads website says must be clearly visible from 20m.

Sorry, haven't seen what state you're in