[VAC] Re: Name not numbers???

["Fred Coldwell" <Agrijeep@xxxxxxxxx>]

Stuart & Bonnie:
 
   One of the reasons WBCCI members use numbers instead of
names and home towns on their trailers may be the same
reason social columns in local newspapers long ago stopped
identifying families who were leaving town on extended trips
elsewhere: to prevent theft back home.   Numbers are
wonderfully anonymous to everyone except other WBCCI
members, who can quickly look up the number in the WBCCI
annual directory and identify the trailer owners.  Thieves
and other neer'do-wells cannot as readily identify the
owners of the trailer while the trailer is on the road. 
Numbers put owner identity closer on more of a "need to
know" basis than a grand public announcement.  I prefer some
anonymity while on the road.
 
Fred (still at home) in Denver