On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> My recollection about TGA is the same - a Top Gear placeholder tag. > That was the norm in later seasons; in earlier ones it was a mix. I just don't understand why the need to blur them... it is not as if the hosts own the cars they drive during episodes. > > While I can't find definitive proof, there seems to be a general > understanding that blurring out of plates/tags is done out of concerns over > privacy. But according to this piece on Jalopnik - > http://jalopnik.com/why-do-we-always-blur-license-plates-on- > the-internet-1691298199 - it's been (legally) harder to get access to > license plate related personal info for a while. > > David > > > ------------------------------ > On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 1:38:37 PM EDT, M-D November < > mdnovem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My recollection was that the Adam/Tanner/Rut version of TG would swap the > plates for a TG-branded placeholder unless they were on the open road. > > As for why the plates are blurred out...no clue. Is there a big market > for fake/doctored license plates? Maybe the producers/manufacturers don't > want to risk their plate numbers being copied? > > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
