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What about having some sort of UV LED light that would shine above or below your plates so as to obscure any cameras?

moron4hire 13y ago
they have been illegal for years. stop light and speeding cameras.
toomuchtodo 13y ago
http://petapixel.com/2012/10/16/nophoto-license-plate-frame-flashes-to-foil-traffic-enforcement-cameras/ http://petapixel.com/2012/10/16/nophoto-license-plate-frame-... "The trick is that that the frame is basically a optically-triggered slave-mode flash unit that’s placed right up to the subject (the license place). A sensor at the top of the frame detects when a flash is fired, which in turn instantly triggers two xenon flashes built into the sides. The powerful flash will turn your license plate into a rectangle of blown-out highlights."
grecy 13y ago
You can spray your plate with hair spray or clear gloss paint too - the camera flash reflects and the photo is not usable. It's illegal, of course. I much prefer the idea of getting a custom plate that's something like 00000O0000 or 1111l11111 etc. depending on the font.
- lotharbot 13y ago
  http://xkcd.com/1105/ http://xkcd.com/1105/
- Amadou 13y ago
  You can spray your plate with hair spray or clear gloss paint too - the camera flash reflects and the photo is not usable. It doesn't work. Mythbusters tried it. http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/07/10/data-broker-offers-new-service-showing-where-they-have-spotted-your-car/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/07/10/data-broke...
  - grecy 13y ago
    Ha. We did it, and the photo taken by our camera with a flash showed nothing but bright reflection on the plate...
    - Amadou 13y ago
      Did you use the same camera design as the speed & red-light cams do? Also, the plate readers, they don't even use flashes. They are essentially video cameras.
      - grecy 13y ago
        > Did you use the same camera design as the speed & red-light cams do? We didn't. In Australia, at least, red light cameras are cameras, and they do have a flash (you can see it go off). The plate readers on the freeways for tolls are more like video cameras.
- kbenson 13y ago
  Don't most places only allow either 1's or l's in all plates, and the same for 0's and O's?
Zoomla 13y ago
or some polarized glass on top of the license plate (I am just not sure what the angle should be)

they have been illegal for years. stop light and speeding cameras.

http://petapixel.com/2012/10/16/nophoto-license-plate-frame-flashes-to-foil-traffic-enforcement-cameras/ http://petapixel.com/2012/10/16/nophoto-license-plate-frame-... "The trick is that that the frame is basically a optically-triggered slave-mode flash unit that’s placed right up to the subject (the license place). A sensor at the top of the frame detects when a flash is fired, which in turn instantly triggers two xenon flashes built into the sides. The powerful flash will turn your license plate into a rectangle of blown-out highlights."

grecy 13y ago

You can spray your plate with hair spray or clear gloss paint too - the camera flash reflects and the photo is not usable. It's illegal, of course. I much prefer the idea of getting a custom plate that's something like 00000O0000 or 1111l11111 etc. depending on the font.

lotharbot 13y ago
http://xkcd.com/1105/ http://xkcd.com/1105/
Amadou 13y ago
You can spray your plate with hair spray or clear gloss paint too - the camera flash reflects and the photo is not usable. It doesn't work. Mythbusters tried it. http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/07/10/data-broker-offers-new-service-showing-where-they-have-spotted-your-car/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/07/10/data-broke...
- grecy 13y ago
  Ha. We did it, and the photo taken by our camera with a flash showed nothing but bright reflection on the plate...
  - Amadou 13y ago
    Did you use the same camera design as the speed & red-light cams do? Also, the plate readers, they don't even use flashes. They are essentially video cameras.
    - grecy 13y ago
      > Did you use the same camera design as the speed & red-light cams do? We didn't. In Australia, at least, red light cameras are cameras, and they do have a flash (you can see it go off). The plate readers on the freeways for tolls are more like video cameras.
kbenson 13y ago
Don't most places only allow either 1's or l's in all plates, and the same for 0's and O's?

Zoomla 13y ago

or some polarized glass on top of the license plate (I am just not sure what the angle should be)