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This also brings to mind recent posts about the strength of the NICB in recovering stolen cars. Although the posts were more about IDing rebodies. This just goes to show you that there are plenty of holes in THEIR system that prevent them from finding stolen cars that are still running around WITH their ORIGINAL V.I.N. plates in place. If this is the case how in the world do we think they are ever going to be able to truely identify a rebodied car that was never stolen or had any stolen parts used?
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If the Challenger was stolen and then went from collector to collector without being registered,
then it would be very difficult to locate the car by any police officer simply running the VIN.
If it was an insured car and reported stolen originally then NICB would have the theft in their database.
If it was not insured at the time of the theft then NICB wouldn't get the info to put into their database.
The lesson here is keep your car properly insured if it is in storage.
The good thing is that since the car wasn't insured for the theft at the time, it went back to the original owner and not the insurance company.
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This is the point I am trying to make. The NICB was created to hopefully aid in recovering stolen cars and to share info with law enforcement. There is OBVIOUSLY a big hole in the system. Computers for large agencies like state DMVs have been around for a long time. How difficult can it be to simply enter ANY V.I.N. of a stolen car into a shared data base regardless of being and INSURED car or not? Even if there is no other shared data base other than NICB different states could certainly link to a list of stolen V.I.N. reports originating in THEIR state. Law enforcements FIRST responsibility is to the owner of the car that was violated and it being insured or noy is not their concern.
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Here's the solution: Lets require anyone who steals a car to have to register it it so the police can find the car much easier.
NICB is a private organization that collects information for insurance purposes. Law enforcement has access to NCIC, which is a criminal database that is federally regulated and cannot be accessed by non-law enforcement people nor can it be combined with any other non-secure database.