Just thought I'd mention a copper a mate knows told him: "Just spray your number plate with hairspray and it makes it reflective so when the speed cameras go off it doesn't pick up the number." Over here it's getting like big brother, bloody camera's everywhere so thought I'd pass it on, can't do any harm?? Haven't tested it yet though!!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ivor Rao
[B]Just thought I'd mention a copper a mate knows told him: "Just spray your number plate with hairspray and it makes it reflective so when the speed cameras go off it doesn't pick up the number." Over here it's getting like big brother, bloody camera's everywhere so thought I'd pass it on, can't do any harm?? Haven't tested it yet though!!

 

Cameras are getting to be everywhere here. I will try this out. But usually you can spot the 'photo vans' from a mile away and slow down in time.

 

true, england has Mad Gatso Disease!! can't beleive the number of grey boxes on the roads. I just hope they don't track me down to my Parisian adress (I still have french license plates)

 

I lived in Arlington, TX about 30 years ago, and a company called LTV (aerospace/defense contractor) had developd a system called Orbis. The system consisted of two buried electronic strips across the road several feet apart. If the time interval that your car crossed the two strips was below a preset time, you were deemed to be speeding and a photo was snapped of your license plate and forwarded to the local authorities. You would be mailed a ticket along with a copy of your photo, showing the speed at which you were clocked.

In theory, this was a great system, and LTV had visions of selling it to every municipality in the country; however, it didn't quite work out that way. Vandals and smart asses soon defeated the system. The vandals would simply sneak up on the Orbis camera in the dead of night and spray-paint the camera lens black, effectively blinding it. The smart asses would cloak their plate and drive through the traps at 100+ mph, giving the one-finger salute or exposing their posterior to the camera. Needless to say, Orbis did not catch on, even though variants of it have been used in subsequent years.

I want it on record here that I, nor any of my friends, never participated in this sort of behavior. I only read about it in the paper.

 

Yes, you can buy special plate or special spray.
At a special angle, the plate become more and more darker and unreadable...

but if the cops catch you with this type of plate, oyu have to pay a big ticket !

 

We have this sort of system all over the place now in Sydney. I'm not sure if we use in-road sensors or radar, but the cameras are fixed on a pole on the side of the road. In fact, about 2Km from where I live there are two cameras on Spit Rd which was previously my favourite local twisty.

I am surprised (and disappointed) that I haven't seen one blacked yet.