Aw.. its just surface rust!

[clemsonfor]

u know what i mean. Im not saying that some sicko cant see you in your car and Perv you anyway, but its not that big a deal to me.

 

[Willl]

I also see most everybody does it when posting a pick of their own rig.

I still don't quite get it but that's OK, it don't matter.

Heck, maybe I could sell some 8X10's of my license plate on the web ?

 

[Lou66]

I can see this is getting out of the post.. sorry clemsonfor I will back out of this and leave it as so.. but Willl if you want to post your personal information you have that right.. because you will be the one that suffers the consequences,, good, bad or indifference.. but if I take your information and post it,, no matter if it for the right reason and it causes you any stress,, I'am at fault.. may not be a legal matter but it is a personal matter.. I personly think Clemsonfor did the right thing by marking out the tag number.. he wasn't out for the person,, he was out to so an unsafe condition.. Lou

 

[avc8130]

Most people block their own plates when posting stuff because they don't want people checking out the sweet car/tractor or whatever they are posting and then tracking down the location to steal it based on a plate.

Posting a pic of a moving vehicle on a public road is no different than the news broadcasting traffic and not blurring all of the plates.

With regards to that hitch, does anyone know if state inspections would require its removal to pass a safety inspection?
ac

 

[aczlan]

With regards to that hitch, does anyone know if state inspections would require its removal to pass a safety inspection?

Mass might. Otherwise, I dont think so as long as you didn't have a ball mount installed (ie: you could say that you never use it, but it wont come loose)

Aaron Z

 

[clemsonfor]

SC has no state inspections of vehicles other than the commercial vehicle inspections by DOT on the roadsides when they stop you.

 

[Renze]

Surface rust... yep, untill there was no surface left

 

[crashz]

All that said i dont want to have them claim that i gave them harrasement related to public exposure of a tag and if they wrecked i dont want some sue happy lawyer to say that i neglected to inform the authorities when i saw it allowing this guy to tow a huge 29ft triaxle offshore boat that severed from the vehicle at the rotted decrepid perfectly visible degrated hitch, that resulted in the death of 12 amish children that were crushed to death when the runaway boat crushed the horse buggy that they were riding in on the way to the funeral of thier father.

That fact that it was all one sentence and you read it it all in one "breath" makes that statement too funny.

That sad truth is that it is not outside the realm of possibilities though.

 

[clemsonfor]

never said i was good with puntuation, but meant for the last part to be all run on, the first part, yea it could of used a period or 2!

 

[oldyellr]

Now what do I know..

1. A tag number
2. A city
3. A state
4. What can I do with all that?

a. I can get a name with that tag number
b. I can get a history with that name
c. including spouse names,
d. children names,
e. address,
f. driver license number,,
G. oh yes,, credit score,,

I know I could do it anyway,, but I don't live in Charleston,, I can do all of this from a nice office in "name a country",, Lou

It depends on the jurisdiction whether you can get any information from a license plate unless you have inside connections with the police or DMV. I do know that folks who run their vehicles in sanctioned drag races and autocross like to cover or remove their plates in case a spy from their insurance company takes a picture and raises their premium or cancels their policy. Other than that, it seems that showing a plate in a published photo isn't illegal but many people think it is.

As for that rusted out hitch shown, it sure looks like the owner was using it to haul a light trainer because the ball isn't very big. Those hitches are built with a considerable safety factor.

 

[fabsroman]

"harassment related to public exposure of a tag"

LOL. I better go blur the license plate out on my truck before I go drive it through public on the way home from work!

I think you better blur it out before driving it or parking it for other reasons, like identity theft according to Lou, and maybe even the safety of your children. The Russian or Chinese mafia might be out there right now snapping photos of people's tags as their vehicles sit quietly in their driveway. Going to have to bring a couple of mine into the garage tonight just to be on the safe side. Might not be able to sleep though because not all of them will fit in the garage. Might have to take the tags off and bring them inside to save myself, but it is a municipal code violation to have a vehicle on the property that is not tagged unless it is garaged. The inspector will probably understand my reasoning, and if not, the judge surely will. If all else fails, need to get Lifelock. What a dilemma. lol

 

[oldyellr]

Just a question for everybody: Can anyone other than police identify the owner from the license plate number? Here in Ontario they stopped that many decades ago. As for hiding your plate, it's illegal to have any kind of slightly tinted cover over it, although that's only enforced to harass ricers.

 

[murphy1244]

Too many lawyers on this thread.

 

[clemsonfor]

Just a question for everybody: Can anyone other than police identify the owner from the license plate number? Here in Ontario they stopped that many decades ago. As for hiding your plate, it's illegal to have any kind of slightly tinted cover over it, although that's only enforced to harass ricers.

yes , but they wont do it for ***** n giggles or cause you want to beat up the guy or something? If he robbed my house or shed and I saw him drive off and got the plate yes they will track down the owner of that car, not necessarily the one who stole my stuff though. THey could of stolen the car or been lent it then done the deed.

 

[JDgreen227]

A bit late here in response to this thread but it amazes me that anybody with a shred of common sense would try to tow anything with a hitch in that condition. The Jeep appears to be about a 2001 model, and I wonder how the hitch got so corroded. I have a Y2K GMC that has gone thru Michigan salt seasons since it was new and the hitch only has "surface rust" :laughing: and BTW I have posted a picture of my truck here with the rear plate visible and I don't give a bleep if somebody knows my plate number.

 

[fabsroman]

Just a question for everybody: Can anyone other than police identify the owner from the license plate number? Here in Ontario they stopped that many decades ago. As for hiding your plate, it's illegal to have any kind of slightly tinted cover over it, although that's only enforced to harass ricers.

Yes, some people have access to some of the DMV/MVA records. When I was clerking at a personal injury law office, we had the ability to access the MVA records and run tags searches to see if a vehicle was insured and to run driver's licenses to see what a driver's record looked like. However, not every Tom, Dick, and Harry has access to the MVA records and I am pretty sure the MVA knew exactly which records we looked at since they charged us on a per record basis. Think it was something like $6 per record back then.

 

[Boeing]

Those hitches are built with a considerable safety factor.

As I recall so was the Titanic.......

 

[3930dave]

Naahhh, that'll buff right out !

Fun trailer stuff on the road..... buddy snapped a pic last summer, bottom of 400 hwy in Toronto (10 laner).

Late Friday afternoon traffic, SUV with NY plate heading north with a mesh 5' long platform in the receiver, filled with about 6 gas cans. Makes sense, our gas prices suck.

But, the old can on the end has the flat cap missing that seals the funnel.... No Worries, they used a MIL spec sandwich baggie to screw under the cap. Needless to say, it was leaking fuel. Guess the guy could afford a late model SUV and the receiver platform, but not a new gas can.

Even if I wasn't a motorcycle rider, I would have called that one in.

I'm sure the SUV driver didn't give a rat's *** about what was going on behind him...... up until somebody sitting in traffic fired a cig butt out the window...... :fiery:

It's not getting any better out there......

Rgds, D.