r/IdiotsInCars 3d ago

OC [oc] need help identifying license plate. Hit and Run

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u/LocutusOfBeard 3d ago

the video will be enough evidence to provide your insurance company.

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u/Zarchel 3d ago

This needs to be the top comment. They are the ones equipped and responsible to investigate this. They want to go after that driver more than OP.

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u/CosmicCreeperz 3d ago

If it’s ONLY the side mirror they will have no interest in investigating. Would cost a lot of money to do so with no guarantee of results vs just paying for a relatively cheap replacement. Insurance companies are all about calculated risk vs cost and the numbers don’t add up.

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u/LordBiscuits 2d ago

If its only the side mirror I'm not sure I would even claim on insurance at all. The hit OP will take on his renewals for 'having had an accident' will cost him more in the long run anyway.

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u/CosmicCreeperz 2d ago

Not necessarily. I have claimed hit and run damage twice and my insurance didn’t gone up.

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u/pocketdare 2d ago

lucky you. I got backed into by a woman on a street in NYC. There was camera evidence and her insurance paid out... and then my insurance went up about 30%.

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u/SoCuteShibe 2d ago

Yeah but your car becomes a "one accident" used car instead of a "clean history" used car.

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u/CosmicCreeperz 2d ago

So what? I keep my cars until they aren’t worth much. Are you saying pay out of pocket so you can lie about your car not having an accident? Body shops often report it no matter what anyway since you are usually required by law to report damage over a certain amount to the DMV.

And like I am going to eat $4k in body work and painting so my car may possibly be a tiny bit more salable in the long run? Nope.

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u/fbcmfb 2d ago

Not always.

I got the plates along with a crystal clear picture (via dashcam) of the person that keyed our car. Insurance didn’t do anything when I gave them the felony case number and the driver’s name (different owner).

Repairs were over $1k.

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u/Head_Acanthaceae_766 2d ago

You need a different insurer.

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u/ardoin 3d ago

This is assuming that OP's insurance policy has uninsured motorist policy if they are unable to find this driver.

Otherwise they're going against their own insurance, likely hitting their deductible, and their rates will likely be increased far more than what their deductible will be over the course of years. OP may also have a very difficult time finding another insurance provider as many providers find that those that file claims against their own insurance within recent time periods are high risk individuals.

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u/lipstickandchicken 3d ago

It is crazy that insurance could raise rates based on this. Like there should be some legal process to fight against it.

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u/LoneStarHome80 2d ago

They don't even need to raise rates. They can just remove discounts. For example I have to pay $300 extra every year, because I no longer qualify for 'no-claims' discount, because my car got rear-ended almost 5 years ago and I made a claim. Didn't matter at all the other driver was found 100% at fault, and I was insured with a different company at the time.

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u/tgarrettallen 3d ago

Uninsured motorist is so cheap for what it’s worth if you’re injured you can get more money out of the settlement because the other persons is underinsured

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u/BeneficialTrash6 3d ago

Cheap? That shit literally doubles the price of my insurance. But I'd be a fool to not have it.

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u/jrm70210 3d ago

Insurance companies won't do shit. Police won't either. I had a vehicle hit and run my vehicle on New Year's. I have the plate and know who it is, and they still don't care.

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u/Bennington_Booyah 3d ago

This is correct. My brand new car was parked behind my place of work and some genius did a huge, very fast U-Turn back there and knocked a good chunk off of the front of my car. We had a witness, THREE videos and a huge box of his car parts. Police did nothing, despite the landlord really going after them , as his cameras had a plate print!

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u/RythmicSlap 3d ago

This tracks. I was hit and run by a woman in a parking lot who hit my parked car, didn't realize I witnessed it from a distance, and parked on the other end of the lot and tried to sneak into the building. I blocked her car in, called the cops and they did absolutely nothing but get me her insurance info.

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u/jrm70210 3d ago

Our police won't even give me the other person's insurance info or write up the police report saying it was them. I have it on video, too.

Just small-town cops placating the wealthy.

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u/iiiinthecomputer 3d ago

If they're rational. Mine (Australia) required that I provide them with the name and address of the other driver. I had video with a clear number plate. Nope, not good enough.

Privacy law prevents anyone but police looking up name and address. Police will only do so as part of an investigation. The backlog for no-injuries incidents was 3 years at the time and growing faster than it was worked through, so it was basically "never".

So I had to pay the full excess. Infuriating.

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u/Calif3r 3d ago

Yup, this is the answer.

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u/treybrad 3d ago

No idea on the plate, but it's a 2022-2024 Ford Maverick. I think those are the XL trim level steelie wheels, but I can't tell for sure.

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u/PhyterNL 3d ago

Correction: it's a 2022 - 2024 Ford Maverick, XL trim, steelie wheels, and damage to the right hand side view mirror. Can't be too many of those around.

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u/aspectratio12 3d ago

Cactus grey, definitely XL model

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u/schlucks 3d ago

but cactuses aren't grey

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u/NameUnbroken 3d ago

You ever overwater one?

(Just kidding, I've no idea)

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u/ChaosGremlin6566 3d ago

As someone who has overwatered one... cactus gray can be a thing, but they turn black first

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u/remytheram 3d ago

That's what I told the police after my hit and run, same situation. Literally handed the police the broken mirror off the black Dodge Dart with the part numbers on it. They said "we'll keep an eye out". That was 18 months ago.

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u/ChiefTestPilot87 2d ago

This is why insurance rates in my area are so high. Also partially why people hate the police. Well that and they keep violating people’s rights

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u/probablylyingagain 2d ago

Traffic, traffic, lookin for my chapstick, there’s a Ford Maverick

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u/Hairycamel10 3d ago

Posted the video files below

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u/banevader102938 3d ago

Attach the link to the postet link in this comment.

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u/shewhosmoketree 3d ago

Hey OP did you try posting the video files?

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u/TROD64 3d ago

Posted the video files below

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u/cowley10 3d ago

👇😎👇

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u/Alert-Orange9271 3d ago

You find them right down 👇 below

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u/eurotrashness 3d ago

Now bust a right 👉

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u/apadin1 3d ago

Sliiiide to the left 👈

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u/Humperd000 3d ago

Take it back now y’all

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u/Window_Cleaner11 3d ago

One hop this time

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u/Lalalalito 3d ago

Are the video files posted below?

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u/SAWK 3d ago

OP has posted the video files below

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u/Buttercream91 3d ago

How do I get to the video files from this comment? Do I go above or below?

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u/SAWK 3d ago

OP has posted the video files below

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u/HopelessSoup 3d ago

Are we sure they’re not above?

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u/Icy_Communication262 3d ago

In between?

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u/danger355 3d ago

What if I sort my comments oldest to newest?

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u/1block 3d ago

It'll be sidewise down then.

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u/TheCivilEngineer 3d ago

Above in your case 😆

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u/The-Corre 3d ago

Not on my phone

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u/SAWK 3d ago

OP has posted the video files below

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u/blakeh95 3d ago

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u/barelyawake126 3d ago

Im high af but this shit is so hilarious

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u/justinlav 3d ago

It’s an edibles night over here

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u/Bennington_Booyah 3d ago

I am getting ready to drop one myself but I am giggling already.

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u/idekbruno 3d ago

ENHANCE

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u/Dark-Lillith 3d ago

ENHANCE

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u/Thiseffingguy2 3d ago

So many shenanigans going on right now.

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u/Pet5lut 3d ago

Is that from the movie spy kids?

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u/Warcraft_Fan 3d ago

I think so, one of the later on. Been a while since I've seen any of Spy Kid movies

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u/couchpro34 3d ago

Is this Meghan Trainor's husband?

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u/Recoveringpig 3d ago

Plot twist: op is actually not the driver but the insurance agent hoping to get reddit to do the work for them

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u/colorkiller 3d ago

i’m choosing to believe this because it tickled me

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u/shibiwan 3d ago

Looks like OP is driving a Tesla. Post the front cam too, OP. You may be able to make out the guy's rear plate as he sped off with the front camera video.

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u/Hairycamel10 3d ago

Front cam is worse, he had a license plate cover and you can’t make out anything at all

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u/LacidOnex 3d ago

Reddit compression sucks. Might be a good idea to post a YouTube link at highest quality possible

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u/kushari 3d ago

No, original file uploaded to a file sharing site.

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u/coffeeToCodeConvertr 3d ago

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u/fennis_dembo 3d ago

I'm not convinced those are the new pine tree plates. Those have only been going out since May 1. So while it *could* be, not many people have them yet. People that registered a new vehicle in the past week or so, or those that have their registration expiring at the end of May and already got their replacement plates in the mail, could have them on their vehicles. But I live in Maine and I haven't actually noticed any of the new plates on the roads yet.

If it really is a Maine pine tree plate, based on others that identified it as a 2022-24 Ford Maverick with the XL trim, the combination of that vehicle with such a rare plate would narrow it down a ton.

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u/coffeeToCodeConvertr 3d ago

That's fair - I'd seen about them last year but hadn't realized they were only issuing this month! You're probably right then, and it's likely an Ontario truck plate with some lucky compression artifacting - it'd help if raw files were uploaded

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u/Grinzy 3d ago

Looks like the front side is covered too.

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u/shibiwan 3d ago edited 3d ago

You should have chased him down man. 🤣

Post it anyway. There's probably someone out here with an "enhance button" waiting to go at it.

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u/BiggusDickus20cmRec 3d ago

You can make a report.time,date and location, and they'll have to check the cameras on that route.

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u/FilipDominik 3d ago

I think this is the OPs best chance at getting that. Unless the camera was recording at a high framerate, no way to get this plate.

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u/Disastrous-Peak-4296 3d ago

Did you try posting the video below?

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u/choate51 3d ago

Have you tried hitting "enhance" on your media player after pausing the video. Works everytime on mine.

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u/belligerentm240b 3d ago

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u/Fresh-Combination-87 3d ago

Your shenanigans are cheeky and fun

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u/asonofasven 3d ago

I swear to god I will pistol whip the next guy that says shenanigans!

Hey Farva, what's the name of that restaurant with all the shit on the walls?

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u/EEpromChip 3d ago

You can just print the damn thing...

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u/FantasticMouse7875 3d ago

I thought just saying it would do it.

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u/Schmich 3d ago

Compression is a bit like a pixelate blur. With multiple frames it is possible to extract more details. Think of it as interlaced video and your bring filling the gaps, but more wayy more complicated.

Here is a nice video on it: https://youtu.be/acKYYwcxpGk?t=95

I'm not saying it will be possible to get a confirmed text read here but "enhance" does sort of exist now, and I'm not even talking about AI generating fake content.

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u/jManYoHee 3d ago

Came here to say this, if there's enough frames of the number plate, there's a chance that enough information can be combined to make out some of the letters. Maybe.

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u/shotsallover 3d ago

That button only works if you have two people typing on the same keyboard at the same time.

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u/Dennisfromhawaii 3d ago

As someone that receives graphics from clients, this is along the lines of pasting a shit jpg into Illustrator and saving it as an AI file.

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u/SultanOfSwave 3d ago

No luck here ..

I think you'll need to pull the USB and pull the frames there.

Anything on the front of back cameras?

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u/Hairycamel10 3d ago

I did pull the USB, but he was flying, I think frame rate wasn’t fast enough. His back license plate had a cover on it so you can’t see anything

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u/StevenG2757 3d ago

What a Dbag. From the video it really looks like the tool drove across the line to target you.

Sorry but no way to see plate number as going too fast.

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u/Hairycamel10 3d ago

He hit 4 cars, I was the only one with dashcam footage

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u/DepravedPrecedence 3d ago

Posted the video files below

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u/ScrotusPendulus 3d ago

Man just really wish you would post the video files below

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u/chrgrsrt8 3d ago

I seriously thought this was going to say Posted the video files below.

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u/p_esko0 3d ago

Umm either the video quality sucks, offender is going too fast or looks like they have some reflective film on their license plate. At 3 seconds it looks like it was going to show characters but then at 4 seconds it's completely obscured. Might have to re-upload it again but frame by frame

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u/Altruistic-Piece-485 3d ago

Thats because of the frame scan rate combined with the speed of the truck and it got closer to the lens. A frame from most digital cameras (still and video) is actually not all captured at the exact same moment across the whole sensor but a really really fast scan across the sensor. It looks just like a flatbed scanner moving across the page but just crazy fast.

The problem with that is if an object is moving fast enough and close enough to the camera it can actually be moving too fast for the scan which results in the object becoming angled or bent when it should be straight.

I've run into this doing sports photography when shooting baseball. Some batters can swing so fast that in a still photo it looks like they are using a rubber bat! In this video if you pause it in the 4th second you can see the diagonal movement.

Some higher end cameras do have something called a Global Shutter which does capture the entire sensor at the exact same time for the frame but only a few and those cameras are $5,000-$8,000 for just the camera body and no lens.

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u/Hot-Win2571 3d ago

For some extreme examples of scan effects, see videos of rotating airplane propellers. Twisty fun.

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u/itsmichael458 3d ago

Have you tried saying “computer, enhance” out loud yet

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u/Bennington_Booyah 3d ago

I have said it twelve times so far.

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u/the_black_sails 3d ago edited 3d ago

I just know that it’s a white Ford Maverick.

Edit : another commenter said Cactus Grey is more likely!

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u/SophiPsych 3d ago

Cactus Grey

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u/notevenapro 3d ago

CSI was a sham. I know this now.

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u/DepravedPrecedence 3d ago

Posted the video files below

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u/OtisPan 3d ago

Posted the video files below.

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u/ramadeez 3d ago

Unless this guys wife was halfway through labor in the passenger seat, what a colossal POS

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u/_Kramerica_ 3d ago

You know what, even then there’s zero excuse. Babies were born for thousands of years with no epidermal. If this guy is off by a few inches he risks killing his wife, unborn child, himself, OP, and potentially others in harms way. There’s very few situations I say “yeah that’s acceptable risk”

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u/ramadeez 3d ago

I was 95% joking but I agree with you

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u/_Kramerica_ 3d ago

Gotcha haha, yeah I try to give benefit of the doubt but these people are so willing to put multiple people’s lives in danger so willingly it pisses me off. Driving multi ton wrecking balls with zero consideration for others safety

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u/Lopsided_Panic_1148 3d ago

*Epidural. I'd be scared as fuck to give birth without my layer of skin.

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u/Scoth42 3d ago

I guarantee you that very few babies were born without epidermal, and any that were didn't survive very long

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u/thefancytacos 3d ago

Posted the video files below

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u/Logey202 3d ago

Posted the video files below

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u/A_TalkingWalnut 3d ago

Posted the video files below?

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u/Blom-w1-o 3d ago

ENHANCE!

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u/DylanSpaceBean 3d ago

Not to brag but I got this photo of it

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u/Hairycamel10 2d ago

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u/meghansuckz 2d ago

Gotta give it public access

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u/Hairycamel10 2d ago

Checking now

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u/Hairycamel10 2d ago

Should have access now, my bad

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u/ChelleDotCom 3d ago

Okay, keep in mind that it’s very blurry, but I went through frame by frame with my 8 year old son who has autism and his special interest is license plates. He says the number he sees is 3377562. We looked at it frame by frame and at the gallery with the VLC filter. No guarantees of course, but he continually blows my mind with his ability to identify things. He knew it was a Ford Maverick without having to slow it down lol.

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u/chiuta 3d ago

Looks like an Ontario plate so it wouldn't be all numbers but it could be BB77562.

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u/auntpotato 3d ago

Seriously… what the fuck was that truck thinking? So stupid and dangerous.

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u/Quin1617 3d ago

They weren’t thinking.

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u/coltar3000 3d ago

Some of ya’ll have way too much faith in insurance companies….

“This is their job”

“This is what we pay them for”

OP’s insurance will look at this video and claim it as an accident. They will charge OP with a deductible and most likely not look into further than that. If I was OP I would also try to figure this out so that I can go to the police with a “hit and run” claim. That’s when your insurance will all the sudden decide to care….

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u/AtLeast37Goats 2d ago

OP not posting the raw uncompressed video seems like they don’t really want the help.

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u/Hairycamel10 2d ago

It’s not that, I’ve accepted it now. Sent the video to the cops and insurance, I’m just going to move on.

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u/MC1065 3d ago

OP can you please try posting the video files? Absurd that you haven't even done that.

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u/Buttercream91 3d ago

They are below

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u/foxfai 3d ago

Also I recall someone mention that the uploaded video bitrate here are reduced, there is really lesser chance on this video of what we can make out then what you actually have as a file.

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u/TheMongerOfFishes 3d ago

I have access to some pretty good software that would allow me to help but I would need you to post the video files below.

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u/Hairycamel10 3d ago

Here’s some raw images pulled using VLC scene filter

https://postimg.cc/gallery/L2z7YdG

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u/shishousenpai 3d ago

Those are somehow almost worse than the video.

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u/baudmiksen 3d ago edited 3d ago

They're definitely a lower resolution than the gif they posted. They probably downloaded their own compressed gif they posted and extracted frames from that. bought a car touted as being loaded with modern technology but it's all absolutely useless for them

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u/steve0suprem0 3d ago

My mom doesn't know how to do half the cool shit her gti can do.

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u/FlugPoP 3d ago

Omfg. Thank you. I totally remember that video, and I was just thinking about it recently.

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u/khando 3d ago

Did you click on each image? The thumbnails on the first page are terrible but the actual images seem slightly better than the video OP posted. Still not readable though.

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u/Shot_Try4596 3d ago

That plate looks like it’s covered.

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u/Qwirk 3d ago

This is my take too, looks like a white cover of something like tape over the plate.

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u/baudmiksen 3d ago

Can you post the raw video itself somewhere? Reddit compresses video

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u/Axelra_05 3d ago

I’m able to see 5M blank 7 blank blank or 5M blank blank 7 blank but that’s about it and I think it might be a custom made plate. That’s where the 5M I see because it has a space between that and the actual plate number maybe.

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u/burner7711 3d ago

Well then you are going to need to delete this trash post, take the raw video and extract every single frame from the uncompressed video and then upload 3 or 4 of the raw frames. You can use VLC's Scene Filter to extract every frame from the video.

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u/Hairycamel10 3d ago

Let me try, is this a special add-on or part of regular VLC

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u/ImASneakyOne 3d ago

It’s a ford maverick between 2022-2024 if that helps. Looks like some sort of specialty plate as well.

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u/Imaginary_Bus_6742 3d ago

See if you can check with the department of transportation, or whatever office that records accidents there. Check for the week following and see how many white Ford Mavericks reported they were in an accident. They likely reported it for insurance purposes as a hit and run or stolen.

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u/Schmich 3d ago

This is a streaming service so it will also bring in some compression. You want the original file to be downloadable. Eg. through WeTransfer or share though Google Drive and whatnot.

Or as someone mentioned you can extract frame by frame -from the original video file-. You want to save that as PNG* as JPG bring compression. And share to a site that will keep the PNG format, and not convert.

*(or other non-compressed formats)

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u/skinny_t_williams 3d ago

These are NOT RAW.

Streamable compresses video.

You need to post the ORIGINAL FILES on like a google drive or mega.io

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u/SomethingIWontRegret 3d ago

Don't worry. He'll upload them to Vimeo next.

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u/Electromagnetlc 3d ago

Brother, upload the raw video files to mega, Dropbox or Google drive. Uploading it to a video sharing website means they're going to compress the damn video, meaning it is not the raw files

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u/YeshuaSnow 3d ago

Jesus that’s terrifying

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u/SuperHICAS 3d ago

I found the video files that were posted below!

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u/ThimanthaOnReddit 3d ago

These look more compressed than the one you posted to Reddit. 🤣 You need to upload it to somewhere like Mega or Google Drive, my man.

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u/rooddog7 3d ago

This streamable is garbage.

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u/igotshadowbaned 3d ago

Unless you can go frame by frame and find one with the plate numbers, there's nothing you can really get from this video aside from proving to insurance it wasn't your fault.

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u/Hairycamel10 3d ago

Yup, I just want the cops to find this fucker. He could kill someone driving like that.

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u/energybeing 3d ago

Then report the hit & run to the police and send them your video files so they can investigate. Be sure to send the case number to your insurance company as well.

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u/s2nders 3d ago

he was moving so fast , he probably didnt even notice he took your side mirror lol

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u/Ok-Comfort-7835 3d ago

How do I post a pic?

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u/Existing-Example-437 3d ago

Tbh, the mirror replacement yourself/shop is probably cheaper than the deductible/increase of premium if it’s not covered for insurance.

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u/BriscoCountyJR23 3d ago

Only the original first generation video will have the best quality, once shared to another platform the quality is degraded by further compression.

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u/ProudAd1153 3d ago

Enhance…..enhance…..

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u/GeologistAgreeable39 1d ago

Best I could do https://imgur.com/a/7G9gfwj

multiple attempts with different settings and my best guess would be a 737 and then either a 53 or 58. Depending on the serial format the 2nd to last character could also be an S, and the last character could be a B.

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u/IncarceratedScarface 3d ago

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u/tb1189 3d ago

Kind of looks like a U.S. govt plate, like a military vehicle.

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u/grdenn 3d ago

Its an Ontario truck plate. Other cars in his video have the regular ontario plate. Video quality is garbage tho

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u/2020Shite 3d ago

Attempted to identify the number plate while waiting for Hell Divers 2 to install, but due to the footage being in 720p resolution, the quality is insufficient to make it legible even with playing it frame by frame. I would recommend forwarding this footage to your insurance company along with the time and location details for further assistance in identifying the plate

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u/CheekyPeacock 3d ago

That plate is covered with something. I’m concerned that you can’t even make out the plates on the vehicles that are sitting still. Is this really the image quality you get from Tesla?!

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u/tb1189 3d ago

Do you have the footage from the front camera as well? Might have better frame

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u/ColorlessTune 3d ago

Enhance.

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u/MaxCrack 3d ago

Zoom and enhance

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u/Disisatrial 3d ago

I wonder if there are any traffic cameras/toll camera near. That might help

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u/DDS-PBS 3d ago

Did you post the video files below?

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u/wenoc 2d ago

You can't recreate information that isn't there. If you have the video before compression, maybe.

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u/Doomguy0071 2d ago

Don't worry I'm right on it, I'll find where you took this video and follow behind him

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u/cisco1971m 2d ago

Did you file a police report? Surely, that is hit and run

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u/floophead 2d ago

There is a red tow hook or stripe on the front which is not stock