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It was more of a joke than a serious rebuttal to your "scenario."
The truth is, if someone is driving away from the scene of any kind of crime, the rear end of the car is visible.
I don't know the statistics, but I can imagine the number of incidents involving a witness where the witness was able to record and relay the exact license plate number of the vehicle involved are probably pretty small.
Most people think to get information about a vehicle in this order of importance:
the color of the car,
the type of car (SUV, passenger car, station wagon, minivan),
the make,
the model,
the license plate number
I would be curious to hear from a police officer who deals with witnesses on a regular basis just how often the information is extremely reliable.
I would like to think that if I witnessed a hit and run, I'd be able to tell the police exactly what happened, and all of the above information down to a T, but the reality is things happen so fast that getting that kind of detail down takes a very keen eye.
So, I'm not disputing your claim that the front license plate can be useful, but most of the time it's hardly ever used for anything other than parking meter attendents laziness.
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