A
special thanks must go to Glenvil
Roberts in allowing for a reprinting of his material on
forged decals in British Columbia to appear on this page.
Without his contribution the section would not be possible. |
The
most notorious case of forgery occurred in 1996 when the situation
came became so bad that ICBC was forced to issue a new coloured
decal for registrations expiring in November and December
of that year. Part of the problem was the simple colour scheme
of black-on-white that was in use as it could easily be reproduced
with the simplest of technologies (i.e. the photocopier at
the local library). Pictured below are the initial black-on-white
1996 decal, an example of a fake decal that was designed on
a home PC, printed off on a laser printer and then laminated,
followed by the new pink decals that were issued towards the
end of the year. |
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This
is a very weak at an attempt to forge a 1986 decal.
The perpetrators simply pressed an Expo86 logo over
a 1985 decal. This attempt landed the perpetrator
in Provincial Court. |
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Similar
to the 1996 reproductions, this example was created
on a home PC and printed using an ink jet printer.
Apart from the colours being a little off, British
Columbia was not centered. |
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This
1999 forgery was created through the use of blue reflective
tape cut into precise pieces, and arranged on the
license plate. The registration numbers proved a bit
more difficult |
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This
forgery is a little misleading as it is actually a
1997 decal that was painted over to resemble the '99
edition. Unfortunately, the paint is too dense and
does not reflect properly at night. |
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This
paint-over was even less successful than the one pictured
above. The original decal is a '98 which the forger
tried to cover with a layer of cheap blue paint that
obviously didn't withstand the driving conditions. |
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Pictured
below are a series of forged 2001 decals all found attached
to the same license plate. Apparently the individual making
these was not satisfied with his first three attempts, why
he chose to leave them all one-on-top of the remains a mystery? |
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According
to Dan Howlett's old site, this particular decal appeared
as part of a hoax perpetrated upon the plate-collecting
community by an individual now wanted by both the RCMP
and ICBC. |
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According
to Glenvil Roberts' site, this is a forged decal that
was made via a scan of a legitimate 2003 decal issued
by ICBC. I am surprised they were able to spot this one! |
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In July of 2020, a Saanich motorcyclist crashed his bike and subsequently apprehended by local police. Upon retrieving the bike, the police noticed the odd license plate. Turns out the rider had printed an image of a plate from this site and changed the date from 2019 to 2020!