Posted on 04/22/2019 2:02:55 PM PDT by Gamecock
The Florida Highway Patrol says they arrested a man who took extreme measures to avoid paying Florida tolls.
WFTV in Orlando reports that Joshua Concepcion-West, 27, installed a device on his car that shielded his license plate with the push of a button on a remote control.
Troopers caught Concepcion-West dropping the "curtain" over his tag on the east-west expressway at Conway Road in Orlando, right before he went through the toll plaza.
"After he cleared the tool booth, the tag cover came back up and the tag was exposed again," said FHP Sgt. Kim Montes.
"Because the tag was obscured, we don't know yet how many times this vehicle has run the toll, so we don't know how much money he's stolen from the state," said Montes.
Items similar to the remote control curtain that Concepcion-West installed on his car can be found online. Some products hide the license plate, others make them look distorted on camera shots.
Concepcion-West is facing a felony charge (includes petit theft and cheating or gross fraud) for failure to pay a $1.25 toll.
No.
Florida still has a little bath salt zombie problem.
Let’s see, tail lights smoke and Oil slick sprayer, the small front lights were machine guns.
I haven’t figured out how to get mine working yet.
With that radio tracking device he could stop off for a quick one too.
The Interstate Bridge (at least that’s what we called it) where I-5 crosses the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver, WA. When I was a kid, it was 25 cents toll, until maybe 1970 or so, then the toll was removed. No idea if it’s back to being a toll bridge now, since I don’t get up that way any more.
I was just thinking about this the other day. It would be better to have shot guns instead of machine guns.
Yea.
I remember hearing the same about E470 here in Denver. Like yours, it will never go away.
Should have had a curtain that matched the color of the license plate.
The original!
I agree. It might not have been as noticeable, if it had been translucent. At least for a few more times through.
In the 23rd century he would have been given a commendation for original thinking.
Well played.
And?
Oh, now that’s funny:)
I wonder if some of our city council would like some attention?
Considering we LOUDLY rejected red light cameras.
I thought of that James Bond car, too!
Exactly. And it is a felony. You don’t mess with the Kremlin.
Actually, he got hundreds of tickets from cars across the state, anytime an officer wrote 'no plate'. The state finally made him change his plates as they were tired of dealing with his tickets.
An oldie but a goodie!
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