OPP charge driver who had fake licence plates

OPP share a photo of a fake licence plate. (Source: OPP Highway Safety Division)

Ontario Provincial Police are warning drivers that fake licence plates have real consequences.

Officers with the OPP’s Cambridge detachment were conducting a traffic stop when their Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology flagged an unattached plate.

On the reverse side, it said it was “not intended for road use” and warned “use on a roadway could result in legal consequences.”

OPP said they confirmed it was a custom plate from a third-party manufacturer.

The driver was charged with having an unauthorized plate, confusing the identity of the plate, failing to display two plates and not having a validated permit.