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Re: Speed camera's.....
- Subject: Re: Speed camera's.....
- From: "Lance LaCerte, Psy.D." <LACPSYD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 00:21:06 -0600
Real cool! Martin
Lance
- -----Original Message-----
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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