My entire adult life, I’ve heard various people tell me that I need to score my tabs after putting them on “so no one can steal them”. I’ve known many people like myself that find this idea absurd, and don’t bother with scoring. How did this idea become mainstream advice?
In New Mexico registration stickers have your plate number on them. I guess if they are removed it would fool someone giving a cursory glance at them. I am fairly certain the stickers are perforated so that peeling them off renders them unusable.
It is not uncommon to see drivers in Albuquerque without any plate at all.
I once saw a cardboard plate that said “plate stolen, cops didn’t do shit”