Crackdown on dodgy reg plates 'Wild West'

Some can trick cameras

- BY WILL DURRANT

THE DVLA must crack down on a "number plate Wild West", an MP said after it emerged just a fraction of suppliers faced an audit this year.

Sarah Coombes said the DVLA's work "doesn't touch the sides of what's needed" to tackle illegal plates.

Incorrectly displayed plates can land drivers a fine of up to £1,000.

But a Parliamentary group has found "ghost plates are increasingly being used deliberately among rogue drivers".