I have a question and don't know where to put it. It's not far enough off topic to go to Jo Mamma, and it doesn't pertain to any specific bike so it can't go in one of those sections. Since its a picture question, I'll stick it here. If ts the wrong place, please forgive me. Or don't, whatever. Anyhow, when people take pictures of their bikes, they often cover OT blur their license plates. I'm wondering why that is. The plate on on the back of the bike for all the world to see. Thousands of people who live in the same town as you can see it everyday. But for pictures, it's a secret all of the sudden? Is there even a way for civilians to run a plate and get info on the bike and owner? I only ask because I never bother to blur mine, so I'm just curious what motive I'm missing for doing do.
HA I always wondered this as well. It seemed to me folks were just being paranoid. Maybe not I don't know either.
My job falls under the dlppa, i can't give any information out to any other person that i obtained from there dl file. (to dumb it down)
In the UK we get a lot of plate cloning onto other vehicles for various illegal reasons. Whilst the scrotes doing this could easily just look outside for some plates, they probably try and avoid plates registered near where they live and looking around online for example plates (especially if you are trying to match a plate to a specific type of vehicle) is an easy option. So if you are a vehicle owner, 2 minutes work for every photo containing your plate can be worthwhile as it minimizes the chance of your plate being used in this way and then getting a nasty surprise when the law comes calling. Yes if said scrote sees your vehicle on the road it can still happen so yes you can still get cloned, just reduces the chance. Oh and some UK vehicle owners don't see the point and don't bother obscuring their plates in online images either - personally I usually do.
If you have a jpeg file open in a tool like irfanview, you can just highlight the numbers and select cut, then save the file with a black section where the numbers were.
I usually use MS Paint, zoom in around the number plate and select some yellow to copy, then I paste it over the numbers and stretch the edges of of the pasted area so it neatly covers them all.
I do it to hide my identity. :eek1 Sure while riding my plate is visible however my face is always hidden from view. Could explain it more in detail but would have to use the cone of silence.
It is silly. It's harder than you think, at least since recent action in Minnesota to run a plate. I could not care less, bike dont register to my address anyway, and it's a KLR, who cares! It's insured!
you never know what kind of men you meet up on the internet. You can simply call your insurance tell them you had an accident with a guy, forgot to write down his number but you have his numberplate. I've done it once (was for a legitimate reason, but after thinking about it anyone could have done that...)
In the UK you can access the DVLA site and find out if the vehicle is registered. You can then apply to the DVLA for the name and address that the vehicle is registered to. On the grounds that 'They are always parking in front of my driveway.' Or any other plausable reason............. (How do you think local councils, supermarkets and the like know where to send the 'fines'?) You now have a name, registration number and address, you then apply to the DVLA with a change of owner and address because you've 'lost' the V5. Your bike is now cloned. The above is freely available public domain information and is often quoted in the UK press. So don't give me a hard time, ok?
