this might just be me but lately i’ve seen like 5 cars without their number plates on driving around

is this a tiktok (or more likely) a facebook trend?

  • ZagorathEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Yeah I’ve definitely noticed it more over the past ~12 months than I think I did before that.

    Sometimes no number plates, sometimes only one number plate instead of the normally-required two. IDGI.

    • retro@infosec.pub
      3·
      2 months ago

      After having my car stolen and learning about how these people operate, they’re all most likely stolen vehicles.

      • ZagorathEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Even the ones where they’ve only removed one number plate?

        • INHALE_VEGETABLES
          81·
          2 months ago

          A car walks into a bar and the bartender says ‘hey did you lose a plate?’, and the car goes ‘nah I found one’.

        • retro@infosec.pub
          4·
          2 months ago

          Yes, especially the ones with one plate. That’s how mine was, they took off the front plate, and left the rear one on. Now that I know, I’m always on the lookout on the other side of the road.

          • SalvoEnglish
            1·
            1 month ago

            They will take a plate from a similar car to the stolen vehicle. They will then drive around, pretending to be you,

            In some cases, they won’t even bother stealing a plate and they will just buy a “novelty” plate from an online retailer, driving around in a car they didn’t pay for and racking up tolls and fines under your name!