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[Brandon Stout]

jtaber wrote:
> apparently there is some web site to look up license plates - designed 
> for singles to connect and featured on Fox 13 news last night (saw the 
> headline after 24).  I'm single but think this lookup is a very very 
> bad idea for privacy / safety / road rage issues.  Leave it to the 
> govt to protect you, not.

License plates were public domain before any website came up.  I once 
called in a complaint on someone who nearly ran me and my whole family 
off the road with a large truck.  When I told the officer I didn't want 
to press charges, I just wanted to file a complaint (I thought this 
truck might belong to a corporation).  The officer gave me the name and 
phone number and told me that it is public information, so if I called, 
please tell the person I looked up the number myself.  Since it turned 
out to be an individual, I never made the call.

As for government protection, that's a government control issue.