Ehh...they serve a purpose for sure. Ties the vehicle to someone...and to a specific vehicle and its vin number, thus showing whether the tag or the car is stolen. But all the traffic conducted over the system is subject to audit...so you need a legitimate reason to run a tag.
“Ehh...they serve a purpose for sure. Ties the vehicle to someone...and to a specific vehicle and its vin number, thus showing whether the tag or the car is stolen.”
And if the plate is automatically run and comes back as not matching the vehicle? Which was the case in this instance.
Wouldn’t the stop then be justified? That was my entire point in this debate, the plate came back as not matching.