Motorist caught by the police using LEAVES to cover up license plates

Was it a Ford Tree-esta? Motorist caught by the police using LEAVES to cover up their license plates and dodge speed cameras

• The motorist was caught speeding on the A3 Northbound in Surrey on Tuesday 

A motorist has been caught out using leaves to cover up their license plates in a bid to dodge speed cameras.

The road user was nabbed by Surrey Police’s Vanguard Road Safety Team on Tuesday after they were caught driving over the speed limit on the A3 Northbound.

Following the stop, the driver was found to have partially covered both the front and rear number plates of their Toyota Corolla.

Images show the car after being stopped by police, with both the white and yellow number plates having the last letter covered in an attempt to avoid detection by cameras.

The letters have been covered by an individual brown leaf on each plate, which has been secured with double sided tape in an attempt to look like an accidental obscuration.

A motorist has been caught out using leaves to cover up their license plates in a bid to dodge speed cameras

Following the stop, the driver was found to have partially covered both the front and rear number plates of their Toyota Corolla

The driver was subsequently handed a fixed penalty notice (FPN) for covering their plates, as well as a traffic offence report (TOR) for breaking the speed limit.

The snap was shared to social media yesterday by Surrey Roadsafe, who work in partnership with Surrey Police.

The post was captioned: ‘There are times when camouflage is needed and can look good.

‘Leaves attached to your number plate with double-sided tape is neither. Vehicle stopped A3, Guildford as still visible to Vanguard RST while driving in excess of the speed limit. FPN for leaves and TOR for speed issued.’

Baffled social media users were quick to express their amusement through puns.

One person joked: ‘Were you in disb-leaf when you saw this?’

The snap was shared to social media yesterday by Surrey Roadsafe, who work in partnership with Surrey Police

Another wrote: ‘Was going to put something funny, but think I’ll leave it,’ while a third person said it was a job for the ‘Special Branch’.

‘They don’t grow on trees you know,’ quipped a fourth.

Speaking today, a spokesperson for Surrey Police said: ‘The stop happened on Tuesday, 3 October, in the early afternoon.

‘The car was seen to be driven on the A3 Northbound in excess of the speed limit and with the number plate partially covered. The vehicle was a Toyota Corolla.’

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