{"id":987,"date":"2010-11-27T11:56:25","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T11:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=987"},"modified":"2010-11-27T11:56:25","modified_gmt":"2010-11-27T11:56:25","slug":"change-your-numberplate-at-your-peril","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/27\/change-your-numberplate-at-your-peril\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Your Numberplate At Your Peril!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"story_continues_1\">People who have tampered with their car number plates are being warned they could be stopped and fined.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Gloucester say they are coming across more vehicles with the numbers and letters altered.<\/p>\n<p>A Gloucestershire Constabulary spokesman said the offenders usually do it to form names and other words.<\/p>\n<p>He said it is an offence under the Road Vehicles Regulations  Act to change the characters on number plates in any way. 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