Offences of illegible/non-standard number plates in 2009-10

Reference number: 
20100341
Request date: 
07/2010
Response date: 
19/07/2010 (All day)
Request details: 

Dear Sir/Madam

Could you tell me what the totals are for prosecutions in the last year (in S Yorks) for:

1 Illegible/non standard number plate

2 Exhaust too loud (cars and motorbikes)

------CLARIFIED 14/07/2010-------

Please proceed with the request for figures, now for people charged with an offence.

Exemptions Applied: 

None.

SYP response: 

For the purposes of this answer, individuals are not ‘charged’ as such for this offence. Instead, they are issued with a fixed penalty notice.

Total Number of Fixed Penalty Notices from 01st January 2009 to 31st December 2009

  1. Registration mark obscured/unreadable: 154
  2. Exhaust too loud
    1. Offence code 22A (No silencer/exhaust): 3
    2. Offence code 22B (Silencer or exhaust insufficient/not maintained): 4
    3. Noise limits and exhaust systems on motor cycles: 0