Everyone knows that identity theft is a huge problem these days. Did
you know though, that someone can steal your cars identity? All a
person would have to do is have duplicate tags & stickers for the car
they already drove & then steal an identical model from someone else.
That's why when you hear about car theft, they talk about popularity.
After the bridge collapse the problem is even larger. Someone could
buy a used semi truck for $30,000, and then duplicate the registration
for that vehicle onto stolen semi trucks. Once a criminal gets your
truck, they probably aren't going to get pulled over & caught anyway.
I've never seen a police officer pull over a truck. Engineers also
think that the bridge collapse could have been caused by overloaded
semi trucks that put extra stress on bridges & roadways. So the
problem of mobile weapons of mass destructions is even more real now
than it ever has been. Could even just be a ploy the government is
using to eat up the idea of a war on terrorism. They could have just
been testing out a way of collapsing bridges so they can do it in
other countries. You can't be sure who is to blame on this one.
Could of been a crazy trucker angry at the social security system, for
not providing him retirement & welfare benefits. Still, it kind of
makes me want to get a semi-truck. ...

CoreyWhite wrote:

I don't. It isn't a problem for anyone other than the banks. If someone
using false identification in my name manages to buy things, then the bank
pays, not me. I have already had it happen. All I had to do was give them
an affidavit stating that I hadn't made the purchases and they reimburesed
my account. It wasn't an internet sting that obtained my card details, it
was a waiter in a restaurant.

Did

It's been a practice that is common enough to have earned the sobriquet
"re-birthing". They use a wrecked or old and valueless vehicle's plates on
a stolen vehicle.

On Aug 28, 12:38 am, Low_Carb_Lover <""no_one\"@
n o_where.net">
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:38:25 +1000, Low_Carb_Lover <""no_one\"@
n o_where.net"> wrote:

[snip]
Corey wrote:

In article <5jhn64F3oqn6eU1@mid.individual.net>,
Low_Carb_Lover <""no_one\"@
n o_where.net"> wrote:

That's not really identity theft; its credit card fraud. If an identity
thief targets you, he could ruin your credit record. That becomes a
problem if you apply for more credit, especially a mortgage or auto
loan. Credit card fraud does not always involve identity theft; its
usually simply someone steeling (or finding) your credit card and using
it to buy stuff before the card is reported stolen.

Shawn Hirn wrote:

This is a complete fallacy, a popular one and hard to understand how it
manages to survive, but the reality is quite different.

Low_Carb_Lover > wrote:

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, CoreyWhite wrote:

Create a duplicate set of plates themselves? I guess they could go the
cheep route, hope that the cops are stupid, and use a full size piece of
properly painted metal... But that would require...

That's funny, because I saw them pulled over all the time on I35 back when
I had to drive between Dallas and San Antonio... When I lived in
Sacramento, they would be pulled over constantly, both in the city, as
well as on I80 on the way to Reno. If you don't see trucks pulled over
in your area, you need to complain to the local PD about doing their jobs.

Naturally. Had nothing to do with a faulty design by an engineer, or poor
quality up-keep... No no, it had to be because of illegal truckers.

On Aug 28, 12:49 pm, Michael Lewis sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

Troia wrote: