Yeah, I can understand that. Having my car broken into *once* effected me enough for me to permanently change my behaviour. I can only imagine what repeated incidents would be like.nitrogen wrote: I used to live in an area where lots of cars were stolen and vandalized. My car was hacked apart at one point to get the HID Headlamps out, broken into countless times, had someone attempt to steal my wheels, so I'm hyper-sensitive to the issue.
txinvestigator wrote:If one trys hard enough it is easy to make excuses for breaking the law.nitrogen wrote:I've had my front plate stolen 7 different times in 5 years, in California. Twice, my plate was found on a similar, stolen car. I don't even put my front plate on anymore, because I just seem to enable this type of crime.
I'd rather deal with a fixit ticket for lack of a front plate, than enabling someone to steal a car with my stolen plate.
Your front plate does not 'enable" anyone to do anything, except for the cop to delay you, write you a ticket and require a court appearance for you.