Re: Gas thieves steal license plates
While it is nice information to know about and I see Clod's point of view too, I am not sure it is really much of a problem, except getting your plates replaced. Unless they go to all the lengths of putting the plates on an identical vehicle, it would not take a few seconds of effort to show that it was not you stealing the gas. Even if they did, you can probalby easily show you were somewhere else at the time and simple photographic proof, such as a copy of your driver's licence would easily demonstrate you are enot the one on the video. The suggestion of securing you plates in the first place is a really good one. People steal plate for other reasons too - probably more often. While dealing with some gas station claiming I owed them a few bucks is better than the cops beating down my door with guns drawn thinking I had just robbed a bank, I frankly prefer to have to deal with neither. That being said, it is true that stories, whether true or not, do take on a life of their own on the internet, however better to post something interesting like that on a forum like this than start broadcasting it to every email address known to man.