AFTER community voices came out and criticised the police for bothering to stop a man with illegal number plates, others have spoken in support.

Cumbria Roads Police fined a driver for driving with the wrong number plate on.

Officers found the driver using incorrect plates despite the car passing its MOT with a different, legal number plate on.

Stephen Watson said: "The law's the law. No matter how small the crime."

Dalton said: "The purpose of standard plates is so they can be recognised by recognition cameras in the fight against crime. All those arrogant people who change a plate to make it personalised deserve all they get."

Karen Ann Taylor said: "Bad guys cross borders to commit crime. There clearly aren't enough cops around to be sat at the road side to check out every car but if the ANPR hits a plate of note cops will be sent. So every misread because of someone's manipulation of font text means a cop gets sent imagine how many real crimes they have been pulled away from."

Duncan Mills said: "I got pulled years ago on A590 for the wrong shade of yellow. I had to take it to an MOT centre, get some stuff signed and return to police station, he accused it of being anti-flash despite the vehicle being MOT'd twice with it on."

Fake News said: "These pop banger joyboys are an annoying menace. The brave police who pulled the car over for an illegal numberplate could do with monitoring Abbey Road and dish out some penalty notices. They could rake in 10k a day in fines!"

Jenna-88 said: "Why not just have a legal plate on your car? Saves the hassle?"

Bluebirds on the up said: "Easy pickings but that's you expect in Cumbria, rural life just about sums it up. Be the litter droppers next."