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:
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:
Here's a different approach that may work:
All of which are incredibly illegal. If caught with them, the fine will likely be more than the cost of the device.
Evan Platt wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
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.
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.
Howver, I personally believe the best approach is to find ways to disable or destroy the spy cameras.
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
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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