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Around here, folks wipe off the paint from their license plates with paint thinner. The plate still has the number, but an ALPR won’t be able to read it. I’m t
by ChrisMarshallNY 11mo ago
Around here, folks wipe off the paint from their license plates with paint thinner. The plate still has the number, but an ALPR won’t be able to read it.
I’m told the reason is so that they don’t have to pay bridge tolls (which are quite high).
It’s illegal, but I see cars with bare-metal license plates, all the time.
- collyw 11mo agoI have seen youtube videos saying that if you put some tape over your licence plates the cameras won't read them. I think it was tape to make a skateboard grip better.
- Interesco 11mo ago(Assuming this is NY) Worth noting that NY license plates had a defect that caused the paint to delaminate [1]. I am not surprised that people intentionally do it, but this delamination used to be extremely common. [1]: https://www.syracuse.com/news/2019/08/new-york-ends-contract-with-company-linked-to-peeling-license-plates.html https://www.syracuse.com/news/2019/08/new-york-ends-contract...
- reaperducer 11mo agoThis happened in West Virginia. But according to the newspapers, it was because the prison inmates were peeing in the license plate paint. This was pre-public internet, so no link that I could find.
- ChrisMarshallNY 11mo agoThat makes sense. I suspect it gives cover for the ones that do it on purpose.