Dako
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Oh, but I do! My 1st 'car' was a `70 Duster 340. I'm diggin' yours!
Obscuring license plates in photos...Why?
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Oh, but I do! My 1st 'car' was a `70 Duster 340. I'm diggin' yours!
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We have our reasons
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A bit condescending IMO.
Meep-Meep
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Looks like those plates belong to a car first registered in 1969.
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here's a pic of the ones I run...try and trace 'em!! lol
paranoid, not so much. just mindful of reality...
i believe you do have to be careful with all the "connectedness" that we live with, but you shouldn't relegate your self to a padded room either.
paranoid, not so much. just mindful of reality...
i believe you do have to be careful with all the "connectedness" that we live with, but you shouldn't relegate your self to a padded room either.
moparmusclecars
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People have the right to be paranoid. Here is one example. It is so sad that this good guy lost his life over a dang truck.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/14/tim-bosma-found-dead/
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/14/tim-bosma-found-dead/
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This has been a local story for the past week. I'm still trying to get my head around this, it is just so wierd what happened. There is so much that doesn't make sense.
Tragic story about a crime and criminals. What does it have to do with hiding plate numbers?
shag766
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"paranoia will destroy ya"-----sounds like a good song in there somewhere
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Northwest
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Its a good idea and I'll tell you why.
A few years back I got a call from an insurance company claiming that I pay for damages for a hit and run that was traced to my car.
"LIKE HELL" I said - I haven't been involved in any hit and run.:angryfire:
They said - "Well, we got a police report that says you were".
:argue:
"BULLS*** I said. Send it to me. You got the wrong guy":icon_butt:
"OK they said - We'll send it your way and give you a call":laughing4:
A few days later - I get a letter with a police report that a car registered to me was identified as being in a hit and run. 1971 Plymouth - Blue - Licese plate BUJ - 123.
"WTF" I say - "I parted out that car years ago" That car doesn't exist!:angry9::angry9::angry9:
Well, it turns out that the car still had a plate registered to it, and when the cops put in the plate number the witness THOUGHT they saw on the car, the cops just ran it and put in MY NAME and MY CAR DESCRIPTION in the police report. Nice easy investigative work. :angel9:
That got sent off to the insurance company who then HOUNDED me for YEARS and I got passed from one collection agency to another for them trying to collect a couple thousand dollars ofor a hit and run that I WASNT INVOLVED IN.
Good news is that since there was never any citation issued - I had no liability.
I learned a lot about the law regarding collection agencies too.
So - keep those license plates obscured folks.:glasses2:
A few years back I got a call from an insurance company claiming that I pay for damages for a hit and run that was traced to my car.
"LIKE HELL" I said - I haven't been involved in any hit and run.:angryfire:
They said - "Well, we got a police report that says you were".
:argue:
"BULLS*** I said. Send it to me. You got the wrong guy":icon_butt:
"OK they said - We'll send it your way and give you a call":laughing4:
A few days later - I get a letter with a police report that a car registered to me was identified as being in a hit and run. 1971 Plymouth - Blue - Licese plate BUJ - 123.
"WTF" I say - "I parted out that car years ago" That car doesn't exist!:angry9::angry9::angry9:
Well, it turns out that the car still had a plate registered to it, and when the cops put in the plate number the witness THOUGHT they saw on the car, the cops just ran it and put in MY NAME and MY CAR DESCRIPTION in the police report. Nice easy investigative work. :angel9:
That got sent off to the insurance company who then HOUNDED me for YEARS and I got passed from one collection agency to another for them trying to collect a couple thousand dollars ofor a hit and run that I WASNT INVOLVED IN.
Good news is that since there was never any citation issued - I had no liability.
I learned a lot about the law regarding collection agencies too.
So - keep those license plates obscured folks.:glasses2:
Dako
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My take away on Northwest's story would be to make sure that I notify the state (I last had it registered in) of any car I take off the road. Here in MD, if the registration is not current they hound you for the plates (i.e. charge you for them if not turned in). You can have a car titled without plates...as long as it is not used on public roads.
@ Northwest with your insurance issue:
This is a different issue - and trust me, I feel your pain - I had the same problem. But this is because we let someone have our old license plate without transferring it or destroying it. When later a car with that plate gets in an accident, we are still registered to that plate and get in trouble for it.
That is a totally different scenario than somebody seeing what it reads while you still own it, which is what the OP asked about...
This is a different issue - and trust me, I feel your pain - I had the same problem. But this is because we let someone have our old license plate without transferring it or destroying it. When later a car with that plate gets in an accident, we are still registered to that plate and get in trouble for it.
That is a totally different scenario than somebody seeing what it reads while you still own it, which is what the OP asked about...
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moparmusclecars
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Dennis, my reply had absolutely nothing to do with hiding license plates, but it did have something to do with being paranoid (which is why many people do hide their license plate numbers). I believe others were talking about being or not being paranoid. That is where I was going with my post. I believe at times there is nothing wrong with being paranoid and not only protecting our rides from possible theft, but protecting ourselves. Sorry if I confused you.
