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Well, for starters, if you witness a hit and run and don't note the EXACT time along with the plate number, you're outta luck.
by floren 3y ago
Well, for starters, if you witness a hit and run and don't note the EXACT time along with the plate number, you're outta luck.
- tzs 3y agoAssuming that the function that generates the plate numbers from the current time and a per plate seed is deterministic this shouldn't be a problem. You tell the police you saw the car with plate 2XYZ345 do a hit on run and give a time range. The state would have the seeds in its plate owner database and could generate a list of all cars that had 2XYZ345 sometime in that time range.
- floren 3y agoGood point!
- Johnny555 3y agoPresumably such a system would keep a history of expired identifiers, so law enforcement could still look it up after it's been expired and replaced with a new one.