Police in B.C. concerned about motorcycle riders ’tilting’ their licence plates

Police successful B.C. are expressing interest astir an ongoing signifier by immoderate irresponsible motorbike riders to obscure their licence plates.

The signifier is called plate tilting, wherever the rider bends their sheet to obscure it.

“People who bash a batch of aftermarket modifications, are besides often tied to truly assertive riding behaviour,” Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with the BC Highway Patrol said.

“Look, erstwhile you’re a motorcyclist, astatine the extremity of the time if you’re riding truly aggressively, you could beryllium the 1 to dice oregon get truly hurt. It’s successful your champion involvement to dilatory down and obey the law, adjacent erstwhile it comes to your plates.”

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Video precocious captured by Global News successful Kelowna showed a motorcycle rider weaving done postulation and speeding on the road with their licence sheet tilted up and obscured.

Police said the fines for obscuring a licence sheet scope from $109 to $230, and if they determine the conveyance isn’t roadworthy, it tin beryllium towed connected the spot.