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Photoblocker paint vs. license plate flipper....
Quite a few comments on photoblockers call them junk.... Mythbusters is
cited as busting them. Some even say the license plate covers don't work. If this is true, it would appear that the only solution is license plate flippers. One example: http://www.flipaplate.com/carflipper.html, video at bottom. Many others, it seems. Anyone use these? Any makes better than others? Other idears? Yeah, I know, don't go through reds..... even when it's 3 a.m., visibility is 5 city blocks in any direction, and there should have been stop signs instead of a 90 sec red light, or when the yellow is set deliberately fast.... etc etc etc. -- EA |
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Photoblocker paint vs. license plate flipper....
Evan Platt > wrote in
: > On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 13:19:36 +0000 (UTC), Roger Blake > > wrote: > >>On 2011-03-02, Existential Angst > wrote: >>> If this is true, it would appear that the only solution is license >>> plate flippers. >> >>Here's a different approach that may work: >> >> http://www.loover.com/ > > All of which are incredibly illegal. If caught with them, the fine > will likely be more than the cost of the device. In at least some jurisdictions, there is no fixed definition of "obstruction". It's left up to individual patrolmen to decide what's "obstructed" and what's not, so putting /anything/ in front of the plate --even a clear cover--is asking for trouble. The Invisa-Loover is a cute idea, but in my area it would block the view of your plate from automated toll-road cameras, which are overhead. That would surely make it an "obstruction" to a cop. A radio station in my area once owned a '73 Chrysler Newport with a vertical version of louvers over the front plate. From the sidewalk you saw the radio station's logo. From oncoming traffic, or from straight-on, you saw the license plate. Apparently a cop decided it constituted obstruction anyway, and ticketed the radio station. The louvers were removed right after that. -- Tegger |
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Photoblocker paint vs. license plate flipper....
Evan Platt wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 13:19:36 +0000 (UTC), Roger Blake > > wrote: > > >On 2011-03-02, Existential Angst > wrote: > >> If this is true, it would appear that the only solution is license plate > >> flippers. > > > >Here's a different approach that may work: > > > > http://www.loover.com/ > > All of which are incredibly illegal. If caught with them, the fine > will likely be more than the cost of the device. Think about how one might get caught. Run a stop light get involved in an accident and the license plate blocker device gets stuck in the blocked position. Some prosecutor might view that as evidence of criminal intent. -jim > -- > To reply via e-mail, remove The Obvious and .invalid from my e-mail address. |
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Photoblocker paint vs. license plate flipper....
"Roger Blake" > wrote in message ... > On 2011-03-02, Evan Platt > wrote: >> All of which are incredibly illegal. If caught with them, the fine >> will likely be more than the cost of the device. > > That depends entirely on the specific jurisdiction and laws involved, > and whatever legal counter-arguments that can be made. Certainly there > are many cars on the road that have license-plate covers of once sort > or another. The laws here in Texas specifically deal with any obstruction of the license plate, and some officers have interpreted that to mean that any license plate holder obscures the plate to some degree or another. It is not often enforced, but it HAS been enforced in the past.. Depends, most likely, on how shart the officer is to see such an infraction and how bad his day is going. I remember one instance where a guy had a custom car and he painted his license plate to match...bingo...ticketed. Not legal although no pertinent data is obscured. Deliberate infraction like louvers, filters, reflectors and the like would not be treated kindly at all. |
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