oops... (was Re: Nology)

[Tom Parker]

Mos <s2193387 at cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote:

>What about painting the reflective stuff with opaque paint? Still the same
>colour, just much less reflective.

In NZ if they catch you covering your plate in any way, you are in big
trouble. If a copper was following you, he might notice that your  plate
doesn't refelect like it should. At night, even dirty Plates light up from
100's of metres away.

My personal system would look a bit odd on most cars. I drive a mini which has
a number plate hanging under the front bumper, with the bottom edge about 4
inches above the ground. Mine is rather loosely attached and is bent in such a
way that it hangs straight when you are stationary, but flies up under the
bumper enough to dissapear when you are moving.

The only problem is if you see the camera and hit the brakes, then it probably
reappears.

Doesn't work on the rear plate though.

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