New Member Restoring Ruby

[Andy Bennett]

My understanding is that there are illegal ways to get more info about the owner of a car through its registration.

The internet simply opens you up to a world of people looking for ways to defraud others.

So, yes your licence plate is open to read by anyone walking past your car in the road, but the pool of nasty people there is much lower than the pool looking on the internet, so you reduce your risk level by removing the number plate from view, as to what that risk level actually is that's up for debate.

To be as sure as you can, the simple answer is to not show your licence plate on a wide public platform.

Interestingly we were at a show yesterday where all the owners at the Jag club had obscured their plates with club logos. Double benefit, plates hidden and any pictures finding their way to the internet are tagged with the club identity for publicity.

Andy