Strange license plate on Range Rover leaves Melbourne drivers baffled: ‘I’ve never seen this before’
Aussies are baffled by illegal fake ‘private’ number plates on a vehicle owned by a driver associated with the sovereign citizen movement.
A photo of the Range Rover with the fake license plates was taken at a traffic light in Melbourne and posted to Reddit on Tuesday.
‘What is this license plate? Have you never seen this before?’ They wrote.
The license plate has no numbers, just the word ‘PRIVATE’ framed by the words UCC 2022-298-8263-8 and ‘VESSEL IN DRY DOCK UCC 1-308’.
Reddit users quickly shared their theories in the comments.
‘Ah f***. I think it’s one of those sovereign citizens,” one person wrote.
Australians are baffled by a bizarre ‘private’ license plate on the back of a Range Rover
‘Sovereign citizen. Conspiracy theorists who think entire areas of law are invalid,” another added.
A third joked: “The police are baiting them so they can spread their script about free people in the country.”
“Attention seeking d*ckhead,” another added.
A fourth said: ‘An idiot about to get a huge fine, then refuses to pay it and then watches the situation get worse and worse.’
A fifth added: ‘Highway cops would have a field day with this. It’s probably an unregistered Range Rover without a Victorian license plate, unlikely to issue a driver’s license or even stop when asked.
“This is a solid case for the police, they wouldn’t bother issuing tickets, the driver would be arrested, disqualified from driving, then given a court date and released.
“Also a seizure of $1000 on top. All this because he is too stupid to get a simple license plate.
Sovereign citizens believe that they—not judges, juries, law enforcement, or elected officials—should decide which laws to obey and which to ignore.
Most sovereign citizens also believe that they should not pay taxes because they consider them illegal.
As part of the emerging ideology, sovereigns believe that maritime law should be used to govern – even on land.
They also believe that capital letters on birth certificates are used to make individuals a legal entity, rather than a sovereign person.
One of the tactics some sovereign citizens use to assert their autonomy and independence is the use of fake or fraudulent license plates.
This practice is not only illegal, but also poses significant risks to public safety.
Sovereign citizens typically justify this behavior by claiming that they are not subject to the laws and regulations governing the registration and licensing of vehicles, and claiming that they have the right to create their own identification for their vehicles.