HC Deb 27 April 1993 vol 223 cc329-30W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the implications for road safety of reflective number plates designed to evade speed camera technology; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

Reflective number plates designed to evade speed camera technology do not work. Photographs of such plates taken by approved speed detection equipment show the number quite clearly and the offence can be followed up in the normal manner. Use of these plates is illegal and the photographs also provide evidence of this offence. So purchasers are not only wasting their money but are also making themselves liable to additional penalties.

These number plates do not comply with the new British standard which is to be published shortly and it will then be made illegal to offer them for sale.