NWR: Road Rage and License Plate Look-Up

I turned back out onto the main road and he followed me. Went a couple of miles and turned into a school that was packed with people and he continued on his way blaring his horn.

My question is, can he find my address by looking up my tag number? Google revealed that it's illegal for people to do that but this guy didn't look like the type who cares. Ugh. Anyone have something like this happen to them?

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Omg, that's terrifying. I'm so sorry that happened to you.

Oh no...that sounds really scary, I'm so sorry! In the future if that happens to you, get on the phone with the cops ASAP and alert them, especially when someone is following you. In fact, it's worth calling the non-emergency police number now and giving them a description of him, his truck and his behavior. Could be he's done this before and is known to them.

Good point @ Emily. My co-worker told me I should have turned around and started snapping pictures with my phone when we were sitting at a second light. Kinda wish I had but then again, that likely would have pissed him off more.

That is crazy, sorry that happened to you. Do you have a description of the vehicle he was driving?

Unless he knows what he is doing, I doubt he would be able to look you up. It could have just been a scare tactic. Not sure if he tried to find out that police would give that information.

Hopefully he cooled off by the time he got to where he was going.

This is exactly why I have my pistol permit, you just never know. It is always my last resort option but its a good option to have.

I do have a description of him and the vehicle but I didn't get his tag number. The scary party is he wasn't obvious about taking my plate number -- he wasn't acting like he was trying to scare me because he was actually really subtle about it, but we were sitting at a light and I had a great view of him (I was in an SUV and he was in a little car). The subtlety of it makes me wonder if he was seriously going to try something.

Next time you feel you are being followed, dial 911. I hope this doesn't happen avian but as a PSA. Take a picture of the license plate. I'm sorry this happened people drive like a -holes!!

Sorry people are so nuts and you had to deal with that. To answer your question no he cannot get your address or even name via your plate number. If you want to take extra action call the non-emergency police station number and give the description. Just in case you see him again and you feel threatened.

I agree a phone call to the police with as many details as you can provide would be in order. Some locations have traffic cameras and if the police think it's worth investigating they might be able to pull the footage to get the license plate.

I'm pretty positive only officers are able to look up license plate numbers. I think the only thing he could do is report your plate but without evidence I doubt they'd do anything.

I asked FH cause he's a cop and he's pretty sure there's not much that guy can do.

I had that happen to me this past summer. He kept following me and I was finally able to fly into a parking lot and he didn't see me turn into. People are crazy these days!

Yep, dial 911 and report them next time. Police also have guns and are trained to handle situations like that.

Thanks! I had my phone in my hand and was ready to dial 911 if it continued. Once I pulled into the school though, he left. Thanks for asking your FH @mrs1780! ... and yeah I really wish I would have thought to snap a picture of his plate and vehicle. It drives me nuts when people drive like idiots and then they're the ones who go on the offensive if someone gets mad.

Something similar happened to a friend of mine but it wasn't a road rage incident. She stopped to get coffee and some creepy guy made a comment to her about how pretty she is then started following her. She called the police and explained the situation, her location and the guy's car description. A police office found where she was and pulled the guy over. Apparently the guy was a registered sex offender. I'm glad my friend had the sense to call the police.

Wow, @Ruth! That's really scary! Glad they got the guy!

I find it super creepy that he followed you everywhere, but once you went to a school he backed off. What, is there a reason it's a big deal for him to be seen there by a cop???

Yeah I dunno. I just chose the school because it was there and it was crowded. If he followed me in there, I was going to pull back out and call 911.

I would still call it in. That way they have record of it(or if it's happened before) to look into.

Plus, if he is a douche, he may call you in stating that you were the aggressive one.

They can't search anything. Only police would be able to. I recently had someone hit my car (while it was parked) and when she got out of her car screaming at me to give her MY ID -- which I said absolutely not because she hit ME -- she walked to the back of my car and took a picture of my plate number. I called the police right afterwards and they told me there is nothing she can do with that information and not to worry. I can't believe the guy thought he had any right to freak out the way he did when he cut YOU off. I seriously don't understand some people. I'm glad everything turned out okay though!

Next time something like that happens call the police while he is following you. Explain you are a single female in the car and you need to find the closest police officer because if you stop, you are afraid of what he will do. I am so sorry about that. People are crazy.