On Jan 29, 2005, at 17:14, Clay Blackwell wrote:
I forwarded Barb's message to a friend who has recently retired from being
Police Chief in a small city. He wrote me back that this is NOT an urban
legend, that it IS a problem. He added that we could legally cover our VIN
numbers, but not remove them.
I can't *find* my VIN anywhere on the dashboard of my car or Severn's... At least, not peering through the windows (too cold and snowy for me to go on a full exploration mission). Could it be possible that the problem is older than it seems, and that some cars have already tried to counteract it by moving the VIN into a less accessible place? Both our cars are only 3-4 yrs old, and both are European-made (VW and Saab, respectively). They both also have the automatic door locks (which engage at 10MPH), which means that all the advice (given to women alone) about locking the passenger door as soon as you get into your car is irrelevant; unless I have a passenger, that door is never unlocked. That safety device had been put in European cars years ago, because of thieving - you stop at the red lights, someone opens the passenger door, gets your pocketbook and is off in seconds, while you're stuck in traffic...
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