I was out in my car yesterday early evening and pulled up outside the tyre shop to get a few prices.

When I came back to my car there were 4-5 young lads standing on the other side of the road looking at it. One of them ran up to the back of my car and took a photo of the numberplate.

I just got in and drove off, without thnking much about it. But now it is starting to worry me a bit!

Does anyone know what information they can get about the car by having details of the numberplate? I guess there may be nothing to worry about, but then why take a photo of the numberplate and not the whole car? Am I just being paranoid!

 

Nothing much. Just your name and address if they know what they're doing. Of course, they might just be admiring the car.

 

Hi Si,

I would'nt worry about it at all. They could have just written your plate no. down as you drove past. Probably just wee **** head kids who'd just nicked a camera or something, or were trying to pretend they had been out driving your car (or something eqully stupid )

I once had an incident where my plates were stolen....which was a bit more serious, as it usually means there's crime involved, so I called out the police.

Don't worry

 

Hopefully they're not about to do this....

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...threadid=57021

How young were the lads, is it possible they were just taking an admiring pic of the rear of your car/huge zorst???

[Edited by Disco - 11/30/2001 11:56:58 AM]

 

I would say they were in their late teens. The more I think about it maybe they were just taking a photo of the back of the car.

P1 with a P1 plate, I guess you don't see one of them every day, well I do !

Unfortunatley, the exhaust is not a big as I would like!!! Warranty issues etc. I can barely afford the car, let alone the repairs if something goes wrong and I am not covered!

Thanks for your replies everyone.

 

Police in the Trafford Centre, a large shopping centre near Manchester, were recently called to investigate a suspicious character lurking around. He had a hold-all and was shuffling around close to unsuspecting women. You've guessed it, in the hold-all was an upwards pointing digital video camera. It wasn't number plates he was snapping.

 

Gaz,

I've heard of quite a lot of that going on. There were some weird Japanese people on telly who think its great

 

I guess he must have been filming for the new David Attenborough documentary: The life and loves of the Beaver!

 

Even if somebody gets your number how are they going to get your name and address.