Editing Plates. Why?

[CurlyBlakey]

If you don't want your plates recorded, just take them off. Everybody wins. xD

I have no need. I just ride so fast that my numberplate catches fire. I recomment everybody to try it. You need to be doing at least 300mph

Yeah, like a 250 can do that

You all think Bikermole's 250 is a 250, some of us know better.....

 

[mrtommygunwhite]

You all think Bikermole's 250 is a 250, some of us know better.....

its a 250 alright but a 250ci its massive he got the engine from a bently

 

[Romans5.8]

I don't know about where you live, but in some states here in the US it's possible to get information from license plates, such as the name and home address of the owner of the vehicle. USUALLY, this takes someone with access to a police computer. (Other states require the officer to physically radio the plate number to get information, increasing security as it's impossible to access the information 'anonymously' by fraudulently using a police computer and login) So, for the sake of privacy, one might, potentially, be worried about leaking personal info via license plate.

But, as others have mentioned, a bajillion strangers on the street and everyone who drives by can see it too!

I'm not worried about it, personally.

 

[Romans5.8]

want my opinion? i can understand why you would want to blurr out your plate & i can also understand that if people wanna find you, they will. however, on the legality of the matter, who doesn't enjoy a moment of spirited riding where you might go over the speedlimit just a bit, if your plate is on 1 vid, they can easily track you down. & yes if you are out & about riding around anyone can see it, but i don't think a lot of people look at the plate when they see a bike pass by. so i like to keep my plate of the web because for thieves it makes it easier & gives them the motivation to find you. it's a bit psychological too, if you want to nick a bike and you are given the plate you might be more motivated to go nick it. on the other hand if information is very limited then you might think further, hmm this person is blocking his plate, not showing his face, he probabbly has his bike stored away in a garage with an alarm & a lock on it so it's gonna be to hard for me to nick it... i'm not gonna do it then. blocking your plate is just a form of safety, just like a lock or an alarm on the bike. it helps but it doesn't guarantee that your bike is safe... i block my plate, because i feel safer that way, & if i go a bit hooligan in my vids, i don't need to worry about fines coming in that much.

I don't honestly think if an LEO happens to be watching your video and sees you casually exceed the speed limit, they are going to be concerned with or have the energy for the court headache of paying you a visit or writing you a ticket. Now, if you post a video of toping out a 'Busa at over 200mph or running from the cops, or committing some other FELONY, then yeah, things can happen. But for traffic violations and misdemeanors? I seriously doubt it. I could be wrong, but with LEO's in the family I just can't see any of them taking the time out of their day to bust someone they saw go 10 or 15 over in a video.

Now if they are passing illegally and run someone off the road and don't stop? You get my drift. 'Spirited riding' isn't likely going to get you in trouble. It's the more severe crimes they are concerned about. It's not an admission of guilt as previously mentioned but it IS admissible in a court of law. For the exact same reason the officer doesn't need a warrant or subpoena to hit you with a RADAR gun. If it's in plain view from a public thoroughfare (and that includes having been filmed and published publicly online), then it's fair game as evidence.

Just don't do anything stupid. They don't need your plate to find you.

 

[ToastToGo]

Ugh, craving pancakes.

 

[Chris033081]

Ugh, craving pancakes.

Um, yeah, pancakes sound awesome right now. Thank capitalism for 24 hour diners.


Like Romans5.8 mentioned, in the US you can pay a fee to get basic registration information from a license plate.
Name, address, and generally other public information. In WA new plates are required every 7 years. The VIN number should be more sacred as that can be used to make keys.

 

[weeemrcb]

I don't particularly care about police as I'm not (too) daft when I ride, but what I don't want is to be targeted by theives that are stealing to order.

In the UK a few years ago (maybe not so much now) there was a spate of theives that would smash into your home to get the keys to your car/bike in your garage/driveway. Got pretty bad for a while. Not sure if it happens so much now, but still .... happens.

I'm just glad my bike's not kept near my home (although it's a pain in the ass when you just want to pop out for a wee jaunt)

 

[AndyB365]

From what I've read here, and the neighbourhood I live in, if I ever get a bike of any considerable value I think I'll be sealing it in a safe 2 miles underneath my house guarded by lions :lol:

 

[AspieThinker]

Queenslander Aussies are having a meetup and I just made this request in our thread, to blur out my rego and my face. A few other people then requested the same thing. There are heaps of reasons why we would want to blur our rego and face.

I post bad driver compilations, and in Australia not only can someone fake your plate and run red lights etc (like ARidersLife mentioned), but all a driver has to do is contact police and say "this prick hit my car and rode off!" and you'll have a visit by the cops (happened to my soon to be father in law). Sure you might not get "charged" but I'd like to avoid a visit by the police if I can...

I can understand other riders not really caring, but if a fellow rider requests privacy, it's just good mateship to follow his request

I even offered to do the "blurring" for my fellow riders this coming meetup if they can't be bothered / don't know how to blur things.

 

[YTStrider]

I know I'm a bit late hopping into this convo, but I wanted to share my opinions as well.
First, I definitely do some illegal shit when I ride. And that'll never stop, but nothing is actually life threatening to those around me, maybe just dangerous to me. But that's sorta the nature of riding itself. Speeding, doing a few sidewalk shortcuts, ignoring no u-turns, etc etc isn't going to alert the FBI.
Second, I don't want people knowing where I live. I'm sure most of you haven't watched my vids but I say several times, I don't like people. Truly don't like most people. And even though it'd be AWESOME to get to a point where I had fans, I don't want to have them uncontrollably stalking me.
I do the anonymous thing both for security and privacy. It probably wouldn't be too hard to track me down since I ride a unique bike, but I do what I can.
The reason many REALLY popular motovloggers can get away with showing their faces is that they are known. (JUST FOR REFERENCE) It's somewhat like what Snowden did. If he came out quietly, he'd be dead. But he came out loud and if he goes (actually) missing, people will know about it. He put a target SO big on his head that the people around him can see it too. Same with us! If I'm some tiny vlogger that no one will miss, I could go to jail and disappear easily. If M13, TGS, etc etc disappeared, we'd know about it.
There would also be a subsequent mass flow of motorcycles across the world to take over small counties, but that's getting off topic.

I also wanted to let you know how it's easy to blur. You make a layer that is blurred to a certain pixelation then just drag it into your clipping as you edit and timestamp it if necessary. Takes 5 minutes to make the layer and it's instant after that. I use Premiere Pro and nothing else and I blur faces and plates, bleep out rage-cussing, edit audio and insert pics all in that one place.

And as Aspie says, if they ask you to do it for privacy, it's considered fair if you do it. If you don't want to, you can always edit that scene out. Or just go ahead and blur it hahah
They aren't asking if you agree with how they are running their channel, they are asking that if you use the footage, to blur them out.

Up to you from there!

 

[LGA45]

I'd rather blur the speedo over the plate. cause really, besides excessive speeding, We don't do anything illegal, at least, intentionally. we stay in the lines, signal, and nothing too wild, as far as stunts. just go faster than those white signs suggest. So maybe just blur the speedo.

 

[YTStrider]

Well for me personally, I speed, don't often use my signal because I'm passing people or splitting lanes more than changing lanes, I roll through lights and stops (It's called a California-stop for a reason), and I go on sidewalks or pretty much anywhere I damn well please.

It's nothing malicious or dangerous, it's just me using the advantage of riding to get to where I'm going easily and quickly.

 

[Mr AusAdventure]

Queenslander Aussies are having a meetup and I just made this request in our thread, to blur out my rego and my face. A few other people then requested the same thing. There are heaps of reasons why we would want to blur our rego and face.

I post bad driver compilations, and in Australia not only can someone fake your plate and run red lights etc (like ARidersLife mentioned), but all a driver has to do is contact police and say "this prick hit my car and rode off!" and you'll have a visit by the cops (happened to my soon to be father in law). Sure you might not get "charged" but I'd like to avoid a visit by the police if I can...

I can understand other riders not really caring, but if a fellow rider requests privacy, it's just good mateship to follow his request

I even offered to do the "blurring" for my fellow riders this coming meetup if they can't be bothered / don't know how to blur things.

As Aspie says, he asked us to blur out his details in the editing process and I will definitely respect that. Unless people ask me, then I will probably not go to the extra effort of doing it though. In the past, I have just left any close up footage out of them, but if their plates or face is at a distance, then I have left them in untouched. I am not too fussed myself, as people will be able to find me through facebook or some other means such as my online business if they are desperate enough.

As the owner of an online business with a fairly hefty presence in our field, I have come across this situation many times with people recongising my wife and I whilst we are shopping etc and have filmed events where people have requested to be edited out. I fully understand that not everyone has the same levels of comfort that I have so I respect that and hope that all other motovloggers can respect this choice of others when riding in group situations as well.

 

[YTStrider]

+1

Good on you, friend.
I wouldn't spend much time doing the extra editing, but I will try if it gets close. Like if I walk up to someone working, I blur them. I don't want haters going after them and ruining my areas and things like that. Or to ruin their own privacy or anything like that.

 

[AspieThinker]

As Aspie says, he asked us to blur out his details in the editing process and I will definitely respect that. Unless people ask me, then I will probably not go to the extra effort of doing it though. In the past, I have just left any close up footage out of them, but if their plates or face is at a distance, then I have left them in untouched.

Thanks Mr Aus and you make a good point there, if we want our plates not shown, we have to either be willing sacrifice air-time on other channels. I mean other people have every right to say "want me to blur your plates? lolol I cbf!".

Again I offered to blur plates for people if they want to use footage of me close where you can see my rego, and I think everyone that wants their plates blurred should be willing to offer that. That or again sacrifice air-time.

 

[13DollarRefill]

I pretty much ditto aspie and Aus, and offer my services to blur footage as well.
It might be a pain in the backside, but it's just a preventative step in our on privacy. (for me an extra 4hrs + editing to blur plates and a face (Mr Aus )

 

[TheDutchTexan]

I blur the plates of myself, but not that of others. Unless I would be engaging in some serious fun that would come back and haunt the other party. But while every day driving is concerned no plates get blurred from the folk I overtake, or those that overtake me. Especially not those that act like ass-hats.

 

[DSN]

I always ask to have my plates blanked out if you want to post footage of my bike anywhere public for a number of reasons.

1. Im probably braking some sort of law at some point. and if you do. Its pretty damning in court. even if its just crossing the very start of a double white line. they will do you for it because the case will be so easy as the evidence is right there in there lap.
2. People scour the net for bike plates, and then clone them onto stolen, or similar bikes. ( cars aswell )
3. You can pay the DVLA a small fee and get a name and address form a number plate. And then of course they know where the bike is likly to be stored.
4. Because there is no reason TOO show your plate. WHY not hide it ?

 

[janx101]

latecomer to the discussion .. newcomer to vlogging...

a different perspective i was thinking about last few days... being new to the scene and all.. and not having a 'cool intro' like a lot of you out there.. i'm thinking of making a intro with little grabs from the videos i do ... a thingy... umm .. Montage!! :roll:

.. being an Aussie .. and we 'seem' to take the piss out of ourselves more than some.. it'll be minor oopses, wobbles, brainfarts on what im saying .. etc ...

one little bit from the video i am doing my amateur editing on today comes to mind... last weekend i was cruising about and taking bits of video with different frame rates , mic settings etc.. was rolling through a 60km/h restricted speed roadworks area...

this totally random lad on a scooter overtakes me on the dual lanes .. in the video im like 'overtaken by a scooter.. oh the shame.. the shame of it all!!' ... which strikes me as funny anyway ... but as a general 'manners' thing .. because i dont know him, didnt get to ask him if i could use it AND because he was obviously speeding in the area .. (i know the illegal thing was mentioned earlier but he wasnt being a maniac .. just cruising a bit faster then me) .. on the off chance that he might one day see it.. or someone that knows him does and mentions it.. or even just if he is miffed that i show him speeding and identified by plates .. (a long shot i know but its the general idea of the issue) ..

i dont want to cause him grief or stress or dramas .. so i'm gonna have a red hot crack at learning how to blank a plate and 'do a stranger a courtesy' by blanking his plate...

there is the whole issue of 'what about every other car/truck/vehicle out there?' i guess, but mostly they are within the law... if/when ... no, definitely WHEN i see/record someone else breaking the law .. i'll consider blanking their plates or ident info also.. at the time..

i dont consider myself a vigilante (unless some boy comes near my daughters!! ) .. i wont deliberately put someone in the crap! by volunteering info or footage .. however if the law ever asks me what i saw, then i say exactly what i saw (or think i saw anyway) .. i do questionable things on the roads like all the rest of us at times... and i would like to think that unless i am being a 'particularly dangerous crazy-man' out on the bike or in the car that the rest of the world will let it slide also... or more likely cant be bothered.

So .. theres all sorts of issues... but for the man on the fast scooter .. i'll blank his plate! .. he is a 'riding brother' .. (yes yes i know its a scooter .. but its still 2 wheels! .. i also nod to harley riders too!! .. every rider if i get time!! .. neck gets sore some days though) .. and as such 'deserves a little of my fraternal respect'

edit .. yes i usually post like this when its a longer one... dont worry .. you'll get used to it! :lol:

 

[Nerb]

You cannot get done for a traffic offence in Aus after 12 months. So all the footage was more than 12 months old right? Unless of course you ran someone down and killed them. Then i'd suggest not posting it.
So Janx... dont bother editing the scooters plate. Not worth the effort.