Date:         Tue, 31 Aug 1999 01:38:28 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Defeating Photo Radar "tricks"
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In some parts of this small world (like Norway), this is illegal. There were
some plastic foil available, that made the license plate un-readable in photos,
but looked normal in traffic. Illegal, too. And driving without a plate, guess
what, illegal!

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

Marshall Ruskin wrote:

> Hi Listees:
>
> The secret to defeating photo radar is to illuminate the license plate so
> brightly that the photo is overexposed.
>
> Somewhere, I read about someone who did this with halogen bulbs, and it
> worked.(- perhaps the bulb was aimed away from the plate, not sure.)
>
> If it were me, I would connect the light circuit to a radar detector, so
> that the lamps are triggered on when the radar detector gets a positive
> signal.
>
> Thankfully, we don't have photoradar in Manitoba (yet).
>
> For those who have it, you may wish to experiment by taking pictures of your
> van with the plates illuminated as per this post - and see if the plates are
> legible in the photo.
>
> Marshall Ruskin
> 84 Westy "Iron Igloo"
> Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"