Obscuring License plates in pictures.

Just curious about individual reasons why people obscure the license plates on pictures that are posted ?

 

Are you a Russian spy?

 

Honestly I do it because I see others do it so I figure I should haha

 

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Cause u can run plate #'s and find out where they live, you can screen shot it post on the web or send the #'s to someone or if you have connections with someone who can run #'s have that vehicle stolen or go to that person's house or work

 

I used to care, not so much anymore. No different than someone seeing you on the road.

 

Definitely not a Russian spy although my security clearance expired years ago, Lol

 

Way of turning their privacy filter on.

 

Really?

 

Excellent point.

 

Have you seen “Gone in 60 Seconds”?

Hear about the biker club out West that was taking Jeeps for parts and all?

Hhhmmmmmm

 

Insurance

 

thats the exact same reason why i do it

 

Because bad guys always know a shady dude at the DMV...and then they can steal your sweet ass Tundra!

 

You can see my plate while I’m driving around town or on the freeway. You can take a picture or write it down, not much different if it’s in my pictures.

 

Down here in Louisiana that's public information, you don't need to know a LEO or somebody at DMV. You can go to any DMV office fill out the request form pay the fee and in a few minutes you have the information you want.

 

Insurance pays for only 3 wheels, or didn’t pay the tint guy, or it doesn’t ride like used to, or I just don’t have one since my insurance went up again, .....

 

And I do se others do it

and then we start doing it the same way

 

There is a MX track I go to a fair amount in southern Maryland. You have to tape over your license plate there because thieves walk around taking pics of license plates. They then have their girlfriend who works at DMV run the plates and they come steal your bikes when you are at work. I know it sounds like a crazy story, but it’s 100% true. People have been run out of there taking pics of people’s trucks. Where do you think the wheelie boys in Baltimore get their bikes from?

So I understand why people block out plates in their pics on forums and on Instagram. Thieves are everywhere. It’s an unlikely thing to have happen, but it does happen.

 

My GSXR1000 (about 10 years back) got stolen
- they popped the lower (wood) garage panel
- out of a 1 car garage townhouse
- lifted over the side of the Durango w/o setting off the alarm
- and left only shoe and finger prints on the durango

Thief died in a motorcycle accident 6 months later on another stolen bike, that lead back to my bike in his residence

 

I don’t want the guy I stole mine from tracking it down.

 

I love a story with a happy ending.

 

The Russians will have to take my Tundra from my cold dead hand..

 

Are you in Colorado touring the pot stores?

 

Colorado stores not as good as Jamaica.....

 

Don’t forget about Nevada !! Lol

 

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So what’s your take @jeremyd ?????