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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is an invasion of privacy.  Even the DMV has an anti-stalking policy.  You can go there with someone's plate and get the name of the owner if there has been a hit-and-run.  But if they think you just want to hassle someone, they will not give it to you.  I was once in a situation where my car literally TOUCHED another car.  We both got out of our cars and I looked at his car very carefully.  There had been no damage but it was obvious he intended to make a meal of this situation. He called the police, then he called me a bitch, and I just left.  He got my plate.

This had occurred on Rockcreek parkway, so I was called by the federal police.  I told them my side of the story.  The policeman went to look at this guy's car and did not see any damage.  A week later the guy presented the police with an estimate for thousands in alleged damages to his car.  The police knew at that point that I was in the right.  He asked the police for my name, and he decided not to give it to him, citing the santi-stalking provision.

I disagree with Jeff that because one piece of information is public or in public view, it's OK to post it in conjunction with other identifying information  on DCUM.  What you've then done is create a separate item of public information (pic and plate), which in turn can be used to find other pieces of information, and before you know it you've got a whole mosaic.

Just because a piece of information is public does not mean that it should be further released to the public.  My name and number is in the phone book.  That's public.  Do I want that information prominently posted on DCUM?  No.  If a piece of public information is fairly obscure, it can be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy to publicize it further or more prominently.

At the time my car touched this freak's car, I was single and living alone.  The Rock Creek police, after talking to both of us, figured out that this guy had a screw lose, and so he did not give him the name of the corresponding plate and warned DC DMV not to do so. The result was that he had my plate, which is public, but not in conjunction with my name, which is also public.  The police looked at the totality of the circumstances and decided that he did not want to give this creep my name and then have the well-being of a single woman on his conscience.

I know people will ask why I didn't wait for the police to come.  Here's my answer:  I was already late for an appointment; it was getting dark and I had no idea when the police would come; I hadn't done any damage to his car that I could see; it was getting dark and I was not about to sit alone on the side of the road with a man calling me a bitchn and who obviously was going to try to milk this non-thing.

Jeff, take heed,[/quote]

"I was single and living alone."

If your actual persona is anything like your internet persona, I'd be surprised if that's not still true.

"The Rock Creek police, after talking to both of us, figured out that this guy had a screw lose"

Seems like you had a lot in common.  Maybe you shoudl have stuck around.  [/quote]

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