PC Dubbins, number plate specialist!!

You couldn’t make this story up…18 years ago I bought my wife a convertible Suzuki Vitara Jeep, I also purchased a number plate from the DVLA, which in them days before computers, the DVLA used to advertise them in the Autotrader and sell them as your name, spacing them incorrectly, I bought M7 CKC advertised as M7CK C and that’s how I placed it on my car. Back then, there wasn’t as many private plates about as there are today and of those that were around, they were spaced illegally.

AnitaJeep

One afternoon, I drove Anita’s Jeep into Conwy square and on my way home PC Dubbins was on the police station steps, staring at me. I arrived home and as I was getting out of the car, PC Dubbins was pulling up behind me, he came over to me and handed me a fixed penalty ticket for having an illegal number plate.

I went over to HQ in Colwyn Bay, spoke to the Inspector, I said no-one else in the area are getting these tickets for it, he said you have had a VDR and now you have had a fine, I accepted that, left and I paid the fine at a later date .

VDR

Over the next couple of weeks, I drove around police HQ car park and various other Police stations BINGO!    I found quite a few police officers own vehicles with illegal plates.

I will produce these number plates later on in the blog.

When I was talking to Chief Inspector G. Davies at HQ, regarding PC Dubbins, he told me that Dubbins is a ‘number plate specialist and he has a trained eye for this’.

I went back to see the Inspector for a further appointment and told him what I’d been up to, I said to the Inspector, do you remember telling me PC Dubbins has a trained eye for number plates? Could you explain this please?! I showed him a photo of PC Dubbins red BMW, with the illegal number plate DI.IBSY .

PCDubbins

The inspector was embarrassed and gobsmacked, he said Michael I need some time to look into this, before I left I said ‘can you go and get your book out and go and give him a ticket’, he just said leave it with me.

Approximately 2 weeks later, the Inspector phoned me up and came out with an amazing statement, ‘PC Dubbins has had a great offer on the plate and sold it’.

How convenient.

Comments welcome!!

JFT96 – YNWA