Invisible License plates

[Pepe]

For those of you who don't live in a big city ..........this will probably have no use for you. But ....the proliferation of traffic cams has created a new market for shielding ones license plate.

http://phantomplate.com/

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A majority of red light & speed cameras utilize strong flash to photograph the license plate on your car. Once sprayed on your license plate, PhotoBlocker’s special formula produces a high-powered gloss that reflects the flash back towards the camera. This overexposes the image of your license plate, rendering the picture unreadable. With PhotoBlocker, your license plate is invisible to traffic cameras yet completely legible to the naked eye.

[halicat]

cool idea....

HellKat will be able to hide from the law...8-)

[hotroddaddy]

Probably only a matter of time until state inspection laws require testing for this.... in Houston anyway..... lots of those cameras installed.

[DR PROWLER]

Great tip.....Pepe Le Pew
What about Your user I.D.....I kinda like Dusti...

[TooHipCat]

Why cant you just spray your plate with clear paint and achieve the same results?
I bet if I used it on my plates...the guy that inspected my kat would noticed the enhanced glossiness and fail me.:x

Here's what they claim:

"PhotoBlocker special formula works to create a high gloss that reflects the flash back to the camera. This overexposes the image of your license, rendering the picture unreadable. Ultimately, with PhotoBlocker your license becomes invisible to traffic cameras, yet stays completely legible to the naked eye."

OK...so when do the cameras shoot the plate straight on? I thought the picture was taken at an angle. If that's the case...the glare of the plate would NOT cancel out the flash. IMO

[TOOLHEAD]

They sell that stuff in the auto parts store near my house.

About six months ago there was a court challenge here in Fairfax County, VA against the use of the traffic cameras. Fairfax County ended up shutting them down because they were ruled to be an invasion of privacy. I'm not sure how the courts ended up ruling that way, but that's what they decided. At the exact same time, the District of Columbia installed traffic cameras and began using them. I guess they have less privacy in DC now!!!

[Scott Drolet]

Here in California, the rumour is that you can beat the ticket because California law states that you have the right to challange the person charging you with a violation in court. Since a camera is unable to testify or speak out against you, the ticket is cancelled. I have no idea if that's true or not . . it's just something I've heard.

But, the truly funny part, is ALL cameras in Los Angeles County have been non-operational for over two years. The company that installed them had a contract with the County but it has long since expired. Because the company wanted a bigger split of the ticket revenue, the County has remained deadlocked in negotiations. They are supposed to be turned back on soon . . But, who knows? Another product I've seen are license plate covers that have a prism effect to them. Once they are put over your plate, I guess the flash of the camera reflects off of it so it can't be read. It is illegal to cover your plate in California, but I've seen alot of plates with clear and smoked covers on them. So, I don't think the law is enforced very well.
One funny side note, I got a ticket in a company car for accidently running a toll booth in a FastTrac lane in Orange County. Because the car was registered to the company I work for, the police had no idea who was driving the car. My company did have to pay the ticket, but, even though it was a moving violation, it didn't affect my driving record because the police didn't know who to attach the points to. So, if you think you're gonna get a lot of tickets from one of these cameras, register you car in a business name. Running a red light is a two point ticket that is attached to your driving record. Any ticket points you accumulate remain on your record for three years and will increase the cost of your car insurance.

Scott