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      Flock is programmed to run it both as a zero and an O. It returns both as results to one car. The programmers were concerned it couldn’t recognize the difference.

      So a plate of 123 MNO

      Would return both

      123 MNO

      123 MN0

      Some states may not use zeros at all, but most of them do today.

      And unfortunately this lady has a tag that is similar to one a suspect used at one time.

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        I mean that’s just common sense? Even a person calling into the police wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. Any sane jurisdiction has a single instance of confusing digits. So hence why flock works that way, it’s the objectively correct way.

        How our jurisdiction handles custom license plates

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          And yet in non-flock instances, this is checked and verified before inconveniencing the person. And there’s not a network of cameras at every intersection to false-identify people.

          So weird that scaling up a problematic response doesn’t fix the root problem!

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            And yet in non-flock instances, this is checked and verified before inconveniencing the person.

            What…? What give you the idea that the police wouldn’t respond to someone calling a stolen vehicle in?

            If someone calls in a stolen vehicle because of a misidentified plate, the cops are showing up. You can’t just make shit up to defend your point.

            And the root of the problem is having license plates that can be confused with each other, Glock has nothing to do with this error, it’s purely a design issue of the plates. People make this mistake ALL the time, it’s why smart jurisdictions solved this decades ago. Even before tech was an issue mate…

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        The mistake is not hers. A suspect’s license plate was entered incorrectly—mixing up a zero and the letter O—and her completely valid plate now matches that bad entry in the system.

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            Actually, people make this mistake too, so jurisdictions should fix the root of the issue. Which is confusing characters even being allowed on the plate to begin with.

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          When you were saying “you” it was not clear you were asking about the state’s systems of distributing license plates containing both zero and O instead of this individual’s license plate. The number of downvotes on your original post suggests I was not the only one confused by your statement.

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            In your license plates

            They pluralized it, it clearly isn’t about someone’s personal plate, they were speaking at large.

            The number of downvotes on your original post suggests I was not the only one confused by your statement.

            Yes, because one person (this being you) incorrectly called them out and caused people to just downvote without reading it. This is entirely on you dude.

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              They pluralized it, it clearly isn’t about someone’s personal plate, they were speaking at large.

              Most jurisdictions I’m aware of have a plate on the front and back of the car. The plural still reads as a single car with my original reading.

              I fully admit I had the wrong reading with the additional viewpoint. Can you now admit that there are multiple ways to interpret the original post even if my first reading wasn’t the correct one?

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          Poster was unclear in what they were communicating. I get what they’re saying now, but it was easy to read a different meaning.

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            No, you just commented without thinking.

            They clearly used the universal “you” and they pluralized the word “plates” making it non personal.

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              No, you just commented without thinking.

              They clearly used the universal “you” and they pluralized the word “plates” making it non personal.

              Most jurisdictions I’m aware of have a plate on the front and back of the car. The plural still reads as a single car with my original reading.

              I fully admit I had the wrong reading with the additional viewpoint. Can you now admit that there are multiple ways to interpret the original post even if my first reading wasn’t the correct one?

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                Nope.

                You’d have to intentionally misconstrue it to get that definition, most places require multiples plates so that’s stretching.

                You also lost all right to defend yourself or get forgiveness for just being an outright ass to the user instead of addressing it politely in your original response

                You wanted a “gotcha”, fucked up and are now trying to justify it, stop.

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                  most places require multiples plates so that’s stretching.

                  Wait, you’re arguing in my defense now that a plural supports my reading of an individual instead of an entire system?

                  You’d have to intentionally misconstrue it to get that definition

                  So you’re saying what I did was intentionally say something I didn’t believe? That’s your argument? But wait, two posts ago you said my fault was different:

                  No, you just commented without thinking.

                  So which is it, was it carelessness on my part or did I intentionally misconstrue it?

                  You wanted a “gotcha”, fucked up and are now trying to justify it, stop.

                  Did you miss me admitting three posts up that I made a mistake? I don’t know why you’re searching so hard for a fault, when I already told you I made an honest mistake, and why I made that mistake.

                  Nope.

                  Then now you have become what you appear to hate. Your own position is now hypocritical. There are multiple readings, I have admitted my fault and now you are the only one that remains unapologetic for your mistake. Keep posting replies if you like. I am now thoroughly confused what you’re trying to accomplish.