Number plate fogging?

So why do people do it? (photoshop/blur out their number plates in photos) I just don't get it. Are these the sort of people who have caller ID units at home and having silent phone numbers so the "bad people can't come and get them"?

What info can you dig up from a plate other than... well not much unless you work for the RTA or similar..

Confused.. :wacko:

 

I do it because I'm embarrassed with my number plate :LOL:

One of these days I'll change it.

 

Yeah i'm not too sure why.

The only thing i can think of is people reporting your number plate to police for something you didn't do and getting hassles

 

Because police can find out everything via the rego plates.

Add that to whatever mods you have listed in your profile or have mentioned on the forums = trouble.

 

It does also help protect your privacy

There is a lot of crazy people out there :thumbsdown:

 

i do it because

i do it moreso for the fact that people work out your number plate, recognise it somewhere and know you may have a sound system etc. installed in your car.

i think people do it for the fact that if they post info up on their cars, its a way for thieves to look.

 

number plate Info

In at least 2 state motor registries you were able [ as of 8 years ago] to get the presonal details of a car's owner, by paying a search fee.

In one case I had to fill out a form and provide my personal identification, and explain that the car had been involved in an accident with mine, but that the driver had given me a false ID.

I think that fogging out some one else's numberplates in your photos is just good [ choose a word - manners, - behaviour - respect - etiquette ] on your part.

I don't post other people's phone numbers on the internet for exactly the same reasons.

 

If you compete in any motor sport event and insurance company finds

out you'll void your policy and they do look at car forums

 

Which is a very good reason to insure with Shannons ...

... hmmmmmm guess my avatar means I'm not particularly worried about the issue!

 

I think its out of common courtesy to blank out the plates of

vehicles in the pics. I know that i would not want my plate shown without my permission. Further more, i wouldn't want anybody knowing what i have installed as extras. You can become a target that way i believe. Our cars attract alot of attention as it is. Imagine the boys in BLUE knowing exactly what you have under the hood. They have to do their job and i respect it. but we do it for the love and enthusiasm of a Z, not to prove a point.

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but who was the other gunman that shot JFK , its all a bit of a wank:LOL:

 

I was the 2nd gunman on the Grassy Noel Bang Bang!!!

 

Haha. The grassy Noel, is that anything like the First Noel :LOL:

 

A real WANK.

You people must have serious issues with the plates being openly displayed on public roads.:wacko::wacko::wacko:

If you're worried about weird people out there, let me tell you, most of the weird ones are already in here.:LOL::LOL::LOL:

 

There are a number of reasons

1. I know people who can get all your details from your rego, they don't work for VicRoads or anyone related to them.

2. I don't want to have something nice installed into my car, some dick see it on here and see it parked somewhere knowing what sort of alarm etc you have from search or your details etc.

3. There is a difference when driving around the streets, people can hardly ever remember your plates, or click an info button or a search button to find out what is inside your car.

 

Fogging out numberplates

I think the picture looks better when they are blurred out rather than a bunch of random letters/numbers. Slimline plates not so bad but the big ugly cheap tin ones with jumbo letters look better blurred out to take attention back to the car rather than some ugly jumbo letters.