Lots of tortured arguments there. I'm on the side of the plate-restorers. They're not tampering with a private vehicle - the plates are government-owned. And

Lots of tortured arguments there. I'm on the side of the plate-restorers. They're not tampering with a private vehicle - the plates are government-owned. And it can't be called 'tampering' when you fix it - it's un-tampering at the very least. The police chief's blanket objection to all licence-plate-related-changes is disingenuous. I'd advocate a tamper-detection at the toll plaza and perhaps spikes jumping out of the pavement when the plate can't be read.