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SubLunar
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 Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:01 am Post subject: RE: What do you do when this happens? |
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A few years ago, I was given the old plates from my previous boss' vehicle because his tags still had like another year on them. I put the tag over mine and was pulled over almost immediately and told to remove them.
How the fuck do they spot that shit so quick? I can't hardly read someone's plates until I'm within a car length or two. How do cops spot that shit from a mile away??? |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject: RE: What do you do when this happens? |
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| I always try to stay as legal as possible for that reason. If my license plate even has a screw loose it seems like I get pulled over. Yesterday while licensing a vehicle I did buy local truck tags instead of non-local... hopefully I wont get pulled over when I'm 50 miles away or more. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: RE: What do you do when this happens? |
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| Willard wrote: | | paul06660 wrote: | | Every time I have tags stolen I immediately file a police report. The odds are they want to use your license plates in some sort of crime. Filing a police report also keeps you from having to pay a license plate replacement fee at the DMV. |
Good lord dude! How often does this happen to you? |
Twice with my old Pontiac and twice with the Integra. I lived in a certain part of downtown where theft is high. Especially if it is not held down with a battleship chain. Hell they would prolly try and steal that for scrap metal, too.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: RE: What do you do when this happens? |
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| SubLunar wrote: | A few years ago, I was given the old plates from my previous boss' vehicle because his tags still had like another year on them. I put the tag over mine and was pulled over almost immediately and told to remove them.
How the fuck do they spot that shit so quick? I can't hardly read someone's plates until I'm within a car length or two. How do cops spot that shit from a mile away??? |
I can't confirm it (because I don't care enough), but I heard once that cars and trucks/SUV's license plates start with different characters, so it's easier to spot a swap from one to the other. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:23 pm Post subject: Re: RE: What do you do when this happens? |
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| crazydrummerdude wrote: | | SubLunar wrote: | A few years ago, I was given the old plates from my previous boss' vehicle because his tags still had like another year on them. I put the tag over mine and was pulled over almost immediately and told to remove them.
How the fuck do they spot that shit so quick? I can't hardly read someone's plates until I'm within a car length or two. How do cops spot that shit from a mile away??? |
I can't confirm it (because I don't care enough), but I heard once that cars and trucks/SUV's license plates start with different characters, so it's easier to spot a swap from one to the other. |
Sorta... Trucks end in numbers and cars end in letters. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:11 am Post subject: Re: What do you do when this happens? |
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| You got that flipped brah trucks end in letters and cars in #s |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:20 am Post subject: RE: What do you do when this happens? |
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I didnt' know that.
When i lived in ks, they would give you a sticker for the new year and you had to put it over your old year. Well, people in my city kept having the stickers stolen. I had this happen to me one time, so the next time i put my sticker on the tag and then took a knife and cut it in all angles. From a distance it looked fine, but if you tried to pill it off, all you got was torn pices, and many crumbled away. At least they couldnt use it either.  |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:30 am Post subject: Re: What do you do when this happens? |
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I always scrap off the old one and put the new one on the plate, makes it harder to get off in one piece if they steal it.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: What do you do when this happens? |
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| The Count wrote: | | You got that flipped brah trucks end in letters and cars in #s |
All of my trucks end in numbers... My car and Suvs end in letters. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: What do you do when this happens? |
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| construct_this wrote: | | The Count wrote: | | You got that flipped brah trucks end in letters and cars in #s |
All of my trucks end in numbers... My car and Suvs end in letters. |
Well I'm in IL so your states prolly different |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:29 pm Post subject: RE: What do you do when this happens? |
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| Gotcha... Well in Missouri its that way. They did do away with the different styles of tags per weight. I just bought 12,000 lb tags for one of my trucks and it looks the same as my damn 6,000 lb tags. I wouldn't of bought it if the cops couldn't tell the difference. |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:09 am Post subject: Re: What do you do when this happens? |
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You live in IL and don't have a custom plate? Are you the only one?
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:43 am Post subject: Re: RE: What do you do when this happens? |
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| construct_this wrote: | | Gotcha... Well in Missouri its that way. They did do away with the different styles of tags per weight. I just bought 12,000 lb tags for one of my trucks and it looks the same as my damn 6,000 lb tags. I wouldn't of bought it if the cops couldn't tell the difference. |
12000 lbs damn you that fat? |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: RE: What do you do when this happens? |
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| The Count wrote: | | construct_this wrote: | | Gotcha... Well in Missouri its that way. They did do away with the different styles of tags per weight. I just bought 12,000 lb tags for one of my trucks and it looks the same as my damn 6,000 lb tags. I wouldn't of bought it if the cops couldn't tell the difference. |
12000 lbs damn you that fat? |
I only break weight when my gf is riding with me. |
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 9:26 pm Post subject: Re: What do you do when this happens? |
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| borlaxx wrote: | | That's awesome you spelled out torrent also |
err... what?
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