New license plate stickers reduce theft! Almost!

Alana Barragán-Scott, director of Missouri’s Department of Revenue, is all aglow with pride whenever she gets a chance to talk about Missouri’s new “enhanced security” vehicle-registration tabs. The new stickers have your license-plate number printed right on them to thwart “scrapers,” thieves looking to peel off the old tabs and sell them on the street for $20-$40 bucks a pop.

Those of us with criminal minds aren’t impressed. Great, we figure, now they’ll just jack the whole license plate.