[Stoat]

What's to prevent malicious license plate obscurations?

I recall a story not long ago where a young British chap who had a particularly visceral dislike for the speedcams found a police van parked nearby and took a photo of it's plate and then enlarged it and printed it on his computer.  He then attached the paper photo of the police plate over the one on his car and drove full-throttle past a neighborhood speedcam dozens of times.  I don't recall the details of any prosecution he suffered, but the police received dozens of tickets for their own van but with a different car's photo associated with it.

I would imagine that if a person were to be caught in such a venture, heavy fines and possibly jail time would be on the table, as evidenced by ANYONE who attempts tax evasion here in the USA....regardless of how full the jails supposedly are, they will always find a cell for tax evaders. The Government takes it's cash stream very seriously....at least the 'incoming' part of it.

[Repeal The 17th]

That reminds me of the story I heard about vandals
in parking lots that would alter the license plates
of various random vehicles with a magic marker.
Making 1’a into 4’s and 3’s into 8’s and
adding digits and the like.
Just to “F” with the system.

[boop]

"I recall a story not long ago where a young British chap who had a particularly visceral dislike for the speedcams found a police van parked nearby and took a photo of it's plate and then enlarged it and printed it on his computer. He then attached the paper photo of the police plate over the one on his car and drove full-throttle past a neighborhood speedcam dozens of times."

Oh my, that is hilarious! I would have paid to see the expression on the face of the official that got all the tickets in the mail.

[WoofDog123]

“The Government takes it’s cash stream very seriously....at least the ‘incoming’ part of it.”

Even more important is the message - You Cannot Beat the State.

[SamAdams76]

I think everybody's seen those mobile speed radar signs like the one above. The cops tow them around to different places and they carry license plates on the back and now many of them are equipped with cameras that take pictures of the plates of speeding cars and send tickets in the mail.

Not too long ago, a couple of teenagers swiped the license place on one of those and proceeded to drive by it repeatedly at high rates of speed. The result was that police department received dozens of speeding tickets in the mail.

I thought that was hilarious.