[mattsz]

This reminds me - often people "cross out" their license plate numbers when showing photos of their own cars and bikes.  What's the danger of posting a pic with my number showing?  Other than photographic evidence that my vehicle was in a certain place... yikes, scary!

[RoyalDetroit]

I wanted "TOECUTR" for my beat up old sportster but here in Michigan we can only have five digits or numbers.

[Royalista]

 
What was wrong with 2CUTR?

[GlennF]

My B5 ...

[mattsz]

This reminds me - often people "cross out" their license plate numbers when showing photos of their own cars and bikes.  What's the danger of posting a pic with my number showing?  Other than photographic evidence that my vehicle was in a certain place... yikes, scary!

Bump, because I'm still curious about this...

[JVS]

Bump, because I'm still curious about this...

1. Licence plate fraud; duplication = speeding + parking fines under your name. Even though tons of people see your plates whilst you're out on the roads.
2. Scammers using your photos to sell vehicles they don't even own
3. Paranoia

I blur out my plates because of reason 3 primarily, with respect to 1 and 2 

[SteveThackery]

1. Licence plate fraud; duplication = speeding + parking fines under your name. Even though tons of people see your plates whilst you're out on the roads.

I dunno, it just seems completely daft to me.  My number plates are visible to thousands of people as I drive around, and hundreds of people via all the CCTV cameras in our cities.  It's just completely ridiculous and irrational to blur the numberplate on a photo when it's plainly visible all day, every day, to all and sundry.

JVS, you can safely dump the paranoia!       There is no logical reason for it.

[mattsz]

Steve, based on the way things are where I live, I'm thinking that JVS's reason #3 is the only sensible reason...

You carry on, JVS!!   

[Arizoni]

Just remember Steve, just because your paranoid does not mean that they are not after you.  

[gremlin]

Bump, because I'm still curious about this...

In some states (California excepted) the registered owner of a license plate is public information - information available to anyone who chooses to ask.  People *I* know began blurring their plate number in photos to avoid the Trolls finding their address and making off with their ride in the middle of the night.

[tooseevee]

What was wrong with 2CUTR?

           2CUTR would be totally different than TOECTER.

[NorEaster]

           2CUTR would be totally different than TOECTER.

Makes me think of too cuter instead
lol

[mattsz]

In some states (California excepted) the registered owner of a license plate is public information - information available to anyone who chooses to ask.  People *I* know began blurring their plate number in photos to avoid the Trolls finding their address and making off with their ride in the middle of the night.

Now that's serious - a very good reason!

[decker]

Gremlin, that's why people where I live blank their plates.

[NorEaster]

I don't know... thinking about it... it just doesn't seem to work for me...