macguyver

What is the deal with people blocking out their liscense plate #??

Whats up with that??

What good does it do?? What kind of "protection" is it really giving you??

Do the same folks who do this black it out when they drive the car on the highway-everyones see's it then. Do you remove it when you park it @ a store?? I cant understand the logic behind it, would really appreciate someone with a good explination on this.

I mean anyone can look up property records and find out where you live & even more than that is available public knowlege

Any thoughts / comments??

EVRose

I've never understood that either. I post my plate here all the time and don't give a sheet who see's it.

boraxman

Add me to the "dont get it" either crowd/

SanDiegoBert

Some people think that posting their license plate gives out too much information to a global audience. "Global" as opposed to driving to the grocery store in your home town.

It shouldn't really matter to anybody, unless the thread is about custom license plates, of course.

People have different perceptions about what is personal/private information. And many, with good reason, I imagine.

dvilin

VERTBLK

You never know who or what is lurking on the internet. The fact that many people post what other toys the may have or any other personal info here. No sense in giving a possible crook your tag number also.

ButWhatDoIKnow

I don't block out my license on the forum, only when driving on the street to avoid photo radar and redlight cameras.

j/k

eboggs_jkvl

The black helicopter crowd hiding from the "man". Who cares if some slub in Nome Alaska or Fargo ND sees your license plate. I drive all over the country with the darn thing exposed for all to see so hiding it on here is just plain ignorance and a waste of my Paint Shop Pro 3!

Elmer

Wayne O

If someone feels that somehow makes them safer that's fine. Personally, I've never been concerned about it. Media outlets typically obscure a license plate to cover their *** for potential liability claims. In Arizona, when you register your car, you have to opt-in to allow the release of personal information. Without agreeing to have your personal information released, the general public can't obtain your personal information from your license plate.

Obviously, you're kidding but there are ways to 'deal' with the revenue enhancement cameras. Always drive with your sun visor down as far as safely possible...day and night. It's impossible to ID a driver with a photo of a chin. In Arizona, most people simply ignore photo citations as they're issued by a private company....not by a police officer. The police rarely, if ever, follow-up and send a police officer (or process server) out to personally hand-deliver the citation to make it 'official.' I've received a couple photo citations for cars registered in my name but not driven by me. The 'citation' asks me to identify the driver. I respond "I can say with absolute certainty that is not me driving the car. I cannot say with certainty who the driver is." I'm sorry but I'm just terrible with faces. I wouldn't want to misidentify the wrong person.

JLMounce

It's certainly not going to hurt anything. There's definitely scenarios where you might want to. For instance if you're stupid enough to go street racing and catch your license plate, the authorities can then find you.

Alternatively, if you become an internet troll and **** somebody off, the license plate becomes an easy way to track you down.

In most states all you need is a license plate number and a couple bucks and the public records department can give you the name and address to which the car is licensed.

With that said, I don't really bother to hide my plate.

Vette_DD

For the same reason that you don't have any information about yourself in your profile?

N2TU

N2TU

Jim....good point...he is asking about the plate info...and he doesn't fill in his profile...

Nice pick-up!

SanDiegoBert

[QUOTE=JimTN;1581335828]For the same reason that you don't have any information about yourself in your profile?

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Bob Yocum

[QUOTE=Wayne O;1581335804]If someone feels that somehow makes them safer that's fine. Personally, I've never been concerned about it. Media outlets typically obscure a license plate to cover their *** for potential liability claims. In Arizona, when you register your car, you have to opt-in to allow the release of personal information. Without agreeing to have your personal information released, the general public can't obtain your personal information from your license plate.



Obviously, you're kidding but there are ways to 'deal' with the revenue enhancement cameras. Always drive with your sun visor down as far as safely possible...day and night. It's impossible to ID a driver with a photo of a chin.

unless your jay leno

Shysterman69

I personally always blocked my plate out in most of my photos I posted (I am sure I forgot a few)because while yes you can see it on any public road it is usually only for a brief moment and someone would really need to take a photo of it to remember it. I can tell you of a case of a friend of mine posting his car photos on FB and someone calling in a complaint to the local PD on his car, the only thing that saved him was he was on vacation at the time the claim came in. The local PD traced the call (yes this was an idiot) back to an individual who was dating his ex wife, they had never met yet he got his tag number from (you guessed it) FB and the photos he put on there...

Shysterman69

[QUOTE=Bob Yocum;1581336154]LOL so true about Leno, or that denim shirt he is always wearing away from work... What a great car guy he is reguardless, I had the pleasure of meeting him in Nashville, TN many years ago. Super friendly guy and we chatted about cars for about 30 mins...

EtidW

I don't understand it either.

plmkrzy

Why don't people fill out their profile? I always look for people in my area or that have something besides the color of their Corvette in-common.

macguyver

Good one!!!

Also - since I am a bit on the thick side here- I didn't pick up on the significance of the pic you posted- will you explain- I can't read the wording.