[ryandrake]

The thread started out with:

> Because of how effective this is for catching even fairly minor violations like failure to pay vehicle tax, number plate cloning is becoming pretty common (comparatively) in the UK.

Evidence of number plate cloning would reduce revenue from fines. If the government wants to fine you for not paying your vehicle tax, evidence that someone cloned your plate would be exculpatory, so it's in the government's best interest to not collect that evidence in the first place.

[multjoy]

That's literally not how government works. If they explicitly discarded data because it was exculpatory then not only would they not be able to fine you based on that data, they would have to refund every fine they issued while that discard rule was in place.

[immibis]

The police literally withhold exculpatory evidence all the time, as a matter of business as usual.

[multjoy]

I don't, so my sample set is distinctly broader than yours.

[immibis]

What?