Re: Speed camera's.....

["Lance LaCerte, Psy.D." <LACPSYD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Real cool!  Martin

Lance
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From: Martin Fay <mfay@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, July 15, 1999 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: Speed camera's.....


>     I wonder, though, how effective a polarizing filter over your license
>     plate would be. While the filter would look like a regular, clear
>     plastic license plate cover and frame, to a camera looking at the
>     plate from an angle the plate would be obscured.
>
>     There are a few licence plate manufacturers offering polarised
>     'anti-camera' plates over here. Their adverts are usually accompanied
>     by nice glossy pictures of the plates! :-) A few years back some of
>     the bike mags tested the polarised plates and unfortunately they do
>     not work.
>
>     What you can do is mount the standard plate vertically instead of at
>     an angle, and obscure it by placing something above it that protrudes
>     further. This can be achieved by either fitting a top box (Yuck) or
>     chopping the rear guard and moving the plate tighter under the tail
>     section (which looks really cool, right Lance?). From ground level the
>     plate looks perfectly legal but from the elevated position of the
>     camera it is at least partially obscured, which means you cannot be
>     prosecuted.
>
>     I have this mod done to my TL and on a recent run from Holyhead to
>     Cornwall at 120MPH+, with gatsos flashing brightly in the mirrors, I
>     was the only one not to get a fine. :)
>
>     Martin
>
>     '99 Sprint ST      (Next week.....can't sleep.....must drive.....)
>     '97 Suzuki TL1000S (Grease Spot)
>     '79 Guzzi  V50 II
>     '81 Suzuki X5      (Elleva)
>
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