Tolls, Pay by plate (from another forum)
Been following the 'pay by plate' thread elsewhere on forum. Don't see how that would work for someone like me. Living in Michigan, we only have a single plate, a rear plate. No front plate. I d...
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SidecarFlip wrote:
Not sure it's commonplace but around here people run 'prismatic' license plate coverts on their license plates because Toledo is festooned with stoplight cameras and they use handheld speed cams too.
The 'prismatic' plate covers only allow you to see the plate numbers when looking straight on the plate. Looking from the side, the numbers/letters are unreadable, real popular around here.
There was an incident not too long ago where a cop with a handheld speed cam issued 175 speeding tickets for a school zone in 3 hours at 125 bucks each. Turned out that the cop wasn't even in the school zone and was shooting cars that weren't in the 25 zone at all. The Chief of Police had to make a public apology and nullify all the citations and those that paid, got their money back....
Photo blocker plate cover....
www.ontrackcorp.com/original-protector.cfm?id=03
I don't have one but they are available and legal.
Actually, license plate covers are illegal in many states. Some state motor vehicle codes are somewhat open to interpretation (the license plate must not be "obscured" or "illegible"), others are very cut and dried. Illinois (mentioned above in this thread) law, for instance, is very specific: "A person may not operate any motor vehicle that is equipped with registration plate covers.".
Law enforcement officers may write tickets for license plate covers in most states if the cover causes them any difficulty in seeing the plate. Obstructing a registration plate is illegal almost everywhere.
