• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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      People who get hit, hit and run victims, anyone else who needs the number plate if the car is witnessed being related to any other crimes (murders, shootings, dangerous driving, illegal dumping, anything).

      License plates aren’t just about fines and fees, sometimes they come up in much more serious contexts.

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          They’re trying to avoid any sort of automated license plate reader. Toll, red light cameras, flock cameras, police scanners, scanners for paid parking, they might be criminals, stolen the vehicle, etc.

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      The people who would otherwise get maimed for life or brutally killed by these drivers who’ve never learned due to all the fines they’ve been evading.

      The pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers in NYC who don’t get traffic calming infrastructure because these dangerous drivers aren’t getting added to the stats on the corridors where they commit their crimes.