Pictures with registration displayed

**S3ohyeh** · 31-01-2015,06:18 PM

Hi guys,

Just wondering what your thoughts are on uploading pics with your cars full registration on display.

Do you think there are any risks involved when doing so?

The guys who censor theirs out, why do you do so?

Just curious really

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**M1tchy** · 31-01-2015,06:30 PM

I blank mine out. There was something on TV a few years ago that showed people lurk on forums/the Internet and find regs of similar cars to theirs and then make up the plates and go about their daily business. It's then you that's liable for speeding and parking tickets as the cars look the same so the police have no reason to pull it.

Hard to prove it wasn't you and it's a case of fraud too.

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**Doctle Odd** · 31-01-2015,06:33 PM

^^^^He's right Y'Know^^^^

**Guest 2** · 31-01-2015,07:02 PM

Personal choice really. Whats stopping somebody in the street wiring down your reg and doing the same?

**S3ohyeh** · 31-01-2015,07:05 PM

It is a hard one coz you would like to think they could go on auto trader etc just to get the info they need...but I would rather be safe than sorry to be honest! Way too many scumbags out there these days

Right how do I delete pics that I have uploaded previously??!!

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**M1tchy** · 31-01-2015,07:09 PM

Originally Posted by Chris

Personal choice really. Whats stopping somebody in the street wiring down your reg and doing the same?

Nothing, but it's far easier to google "Audi A7, 3.0l, Daytona grey" (for example) rather than finding one in the street.

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**M1tchy** · 31-01-2015,07:10 PM

Originally Posted by S3ohyeh

It is a hard one coz you would like to think they could go on auto trader etc just to get the info they need...but I would rather be safe than sorry to be honest! Way too many scumbags out there these days

Right how do I delete pics that I have uploaded previously??!!

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Did you upload them with photo bucket? If so you can edit them in there to hide your reg and it will update wherever you have the links.

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**S3ohyeh** · 31-01-2015,07:31 PM

No I just uploaded them direct from my phone

not sure how to use phone bucket

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**Guest 2** · 31-01-2015,07:35 PM

Uploading and posting pictures - a walkthrough - updated June 2013

Should help!

**zollaf** · 31-01-2015,07:39 PM

sure, a crook can walk the streets, look on google etc, but find one on a forum like this, with the persons location and user name, and do some work and you can have a lot more info, better if you can get the exact name, which some people do use. so, from the reg you get the chassis number, then the owners name, the full spec if thats on your forum page, and their address. childs play.