Looks legit! Driver busted for shonky cardboard number plates

These “number plates” sure don’t pass the sniff test.

A Hyundai Veloster driver was pulled over by Bankstown Highway Patrol officers on July 4, 2025 for having hand-made cardboard number plates on their vehicle, according to the NSW Police Force’s Traffic and Highway Patrol Command Facebook account.

Not only was the 32-year-old driver using illegitimate plates, she had recently had her driver’s licence suspended for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h, which had led to her real number plates being confiscated for three months.

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“But I had to drive to go see my friend,” she allegedly told officers when explaining why she made the fake plates, which quite frankly weren’t fooling anyone.

The enterprising driver was issued a court attendance notice for:

• Driving with a suspended licence
• Operating a vehicle during a number plate confiscation period
• Tampering with a number plate confiscation notice
• Using a class A vehicle displaying a misleading number plate

In New South Wales, drivers with misleading, incorrectly fixed or unauthorised number plates can cop three demerit points and fines of between $562 and $844.