Owen Rask

They're actually constantly looking and studying all the cars around them instantly.

So that if they pull up to a set of traffic lights, they can scan all the number plates around them at the same time.

And determine which ones are out of rego, stolen.

Because if the number plate doesn't match the model.

And it can be like, it can search databases and be like instantly they check them.

Yeah.

So we won't reveal Tali's number plate maybe on the airways, but-

It's not Tali, Victoria Police.

Another thing finally that people do is avoid tolls with them.

So you might get some tolls or some fines.

So I kept going further down this.

Obviously, it's used by like organized crime and that sort of stuff as well because you can commit crimes with the number plates and blah, blah, blah, blah.

But the other thing that I found out from an ABC article that I was reading is that criminals are now not necessarily taking the plates, but they're just making sure they have the right specs.

So they'll look at like your car make and model.

They'll look at the number of the number plate and then they'll use 3D printing to create their own plates.

So you don't even have to report they're stolen, right?

They just copy the number plate.

Does that make sense?

So it's like an advanced level of theft here.

Yeah, they just replicate it.