YSS???? That only means that someone has to search thru YSSS0001 thru YSS9999. And must read each registration to make sure that it comes back to the suspect vehicle. Also, keep in mind that NC does not have the vehicle color in the registration cards anymore.

For the ones that say that it can be done in a few minutes, feel free to contact DMV and offer your speedy services. Computer data bases are great, as long as you have the correct information.

And if the YSS is not from NC, that makes it even harder, since you cannot request an out of state search like that and expect results in less than a week or so.

Several posters are confused about the value of a partial tag. First of all you assume that it is accurate. What if one of the letters is off??? Of course officers are pursing DMV queries with that partial tag info. First of all the tag could be fictitious making the information useless. The value of putting it out in the media is that someone may see a vehicle that matches the color / make / model and vehicle type. For instance someone who does body work, tows cars etc. It doesn't matter who was right / wrong. You should never leave a human being to die alone or have their grieving friends / family member to wonder for days what happened. That is just wrong.

While I know that the crime shows on TV are fiction it seems that some of what they do is based in fact. With that in mind I ask the serious question: Could they not get partial tag matches that would also show the make/model of the vehicle?

Do they even make real "mopeds" any more?...those ones with the pedals?

Deathrow, it's also possible that the moped was on the shoulder and the driver, who despises scooters & the people who drive them, intentionally clipped the guy. He IS driving a get-outta-the-way, I-own-the-road SUV, afterall.

Those little scooters and mopeds scare the bejesus out of me because they're hard to see and hear from inside a car. Also, scooter drivers are basically motionless. Bicyclists are pumping and drivers can see the movement.