Can someone explain.......

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what's up?

Perhaps some states are still too open in releasing records, but hiding something that has to be publicly displayed has always baffled me, too.

Larry

Good question I often thought the same .. we drive these cars in every state on public roads and license plate is there for public to view .. I would like to know the answer also ? Why not post it on the internet ?

Ron

I agree although I mask my plate in pictures I post of my car and for some reason it makes me feel better???
Ed...

I also wondered why. But I've met many Pantera owners who are afraid to tell you their names or where they live. Go figure.

Personally, I wouldn't mind if anyone stole my car. It's well insured and being just about complete on this project I wouldn't mind starting over. Which is why I don't hide my plate in pics.

It's the prosecutors and police I worry about seeing my plate. If they can see a plate number on the ticket and the ticket actually spells Pantera or Detomaso correctly, then if they know how to Google they could pick holes in any of the lame excuses I use to fight them in court.

I figure the news shows have to blank out license plates so that they wouldn't be sued by some hapless Joe (or Jodie) who is supposedly a vegan, but happens to be parked in front of the golden arches or similar establishment that caters to carnivores and are caught on tape in the background of the actual news story. We've all become so used to seeing plates blanked out we figure we should be doing it too.

In this video, they even blank out the license plates on the police cars ...
Typical Day at the Drive Through

There are also stories of kids who print fake license plates on glossy paper, put them on their cars and speed or run red lights to trigger traffic cameras hoping to get the plate owner a ticket (a teacher, a parent, the bully who took their lunch money).
Fake Licenses for Tickets?

David, maybe you can use this as an excuse in the future - claim that it was a white Fiero with a faked plate doing 170mph past the camera.

Russ, you crack me up. I wish we lived closer so I could laugh ore often! You guys should move to Ottawa or Montreal so we can all hang out more!

Mark

I agree. Russ is a riot.

Hey, I Don't want to hijack this thread, but Mark if we drove to Kingston instead of always going back and forth from Montreal and Ottawa we'd only add an hour of driving time.

And then we could hang out regularly with Russ and Will and Wayne and Derrick and all the other Toronto guys.