Bikes “should have front number plates”

Motorcycles should be fitted with front number plates so they can be detected by front-facing police cameras, according to the RAC Foundation. 

The move would allow our registrations to be read by Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras used to pick up uninsured or untaxed vehicles. 

A spokeswoman for the RAC Foundation, which was established in 1991 as the research arm of the RAC but is now independent of the breakdown firm, said: “We think that if it could be done safely, there’s a very good reason for arguing that it should be done.

“Then ANPR cameras would be able to pick up motorcycles in exactly the same way they can ordinary four-wheeled vehicles.”