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Originally Posted by patrickt
Kind of a strange question. You know they're not supposed to stop you for no reason, and with today's technology, by the time they've gotten out of their cruiser they've already pulled up your DMV and driver's license info (including the picture of you) on their car's laptop. I've never had one ask to see the VIN on my car. If the license plate jives with the description of the car, and the license plate jives with your driver's license, and you have your registration, then I don't think you're going to have any real problem. I've never heard of a Cobra owner even getting bugged by the police because of a VIN issue.
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Not true at all. On a typical stop you put it out over tha radio (not safe to be typing on your computer when you should be watching the actions of the driver you are stopping) and the dispatcher will come back and tell you if the plate is clean (no wants), the date the tags expire, and the type of vehicle. Without having someone drivers license it is a time consuming process to find a license for someone matching the registration on the vehicle and confirming that it is the right person (not someone else with the same name). The reason an officer takes your license back with him to his car is to check your status (both DL privelages and wants)
Alot of times I would ask the dispatcher for the last four numbers of the vin if something did not feel right to me, and I would visually check it when I was up talking to the driver. There are some smart criminals out there that will steal plates off another car of the same make/model and put them on their stolen car.
The one time I was stopped in my SPF, I showed the officer both the number from SPF, and the attached vin plate from California. No problem at all.