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Why do people blank out their number plates?

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Old 02-08-2004, 05:51 PM
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Default Why do people blank out their number plates?

I've never understood this. What horrible things could happen if somebody saw a picture of my car and number plate on the internet that wouldn't happen if they saw it on the street? Am I missing something obvious deserving of a dunce cap? Will they show up at my house and steal my car because they know somebody at the D.M.V.?
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If you're asking because of 951 post below, it's because it's not my car.
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Fair enough, but that dosen't really answer my question!!
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If you have the proper resources, you can track a plate number to a specfic person with a phone number and address. On one occasion a guy cut off my father on the expressway causing a near miss accident. He copied the guys plate number and when he got to work harassed the guy for the next few nights by phone.
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i woudlnt worry about it.. unless your one of those paranoid types. i dont block out mine.



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