Posted on 03/29/2017 12:28:10 PM PDT by SandRat
Don’t we have more important things to do?
Are frames prohibited?
I had a crazy neighbor scratch my license plate up where the tags are (he was kicked out of his apartment later for fighting with another neighbor). I do not have a cover.
I am guessing the gov wants to send people more tickets while being immune himself.
There was a SCOTUS case last year (?) where a murderer was attempting to overturn his conviction on the basis of an Iowa law that prohibited any part of the license plate, including the county in which it was issued, from being obscured. He was trying, unsuccessfully, to say that the county name being obscured by a frame didn't make it 'obscured.'
The State had argued, ultimately successfully, that the deputy was well within his rights to stop the murderer's car, giving the justification that if they see a car in their area in the middle of the night from some other perhaps far-away county, it gives them sufficient pause to have the right to investigate it.
I don't agree with the decision, freedom of assembly and right to travel unmolested and all that, but nevertheless, the guy's conviction was upheld.
Good question.
Here in Texas, I’ve read of cops giving out tickets because the frame was too big and it blocked a portion of the numbers.
Careful, there are gun laws to contend with too!
Hey! That’s MY Jeep - or, maybe not. I can’t see the plate clearly.
In the state of Washington you have to buy a new plate every seven years regardless of condition because they say that in seven years your plate will be unrecognizable because of damage; you’re looking at maybe thirty dollars a plate if personalized. Talk about government scamming for more money. A friend of my dad’s took his military personal plate in pristine condition and threw it on the counter at the DMV and demanded to know why he had to replace it. He still had to and wound up with a different number as well.
I have seen tinted covers I could barely read through from 10 feet away. I think you should get a ticket for that. But a cover that you can read through easily? Doesn’t bother me.
I suppose they never considered the sand storms and the constant sand in the vacuum area that pulls all of the road sand into the bumper.
Because the Surveillance State says so.
If you ever need to go dark, go mud.
If you ever need to go dark, go mud.
Yeah, that photoblocker spray works great, when the light is reflected straight back at the camera. It’s a scam, as most cameras flash and the light reflects an angle, so the spray is useless.
Nope. The laws of the state where the vehicle is registered apply. It's called reciprocity.
What about a James Bond-style rotating license plate?
Nope, the laws where you are apply. My BIL has the tickets to prove it.
How about a device that obscures the plate from cameras without a physical covering?
Perhaps carefully positioned lasers or strobe lights.... or small mist sprayers to keep a cloud of refracting water droplets over he license plate?
How about a device that obscures the plate from cameras without a physical covering?
Perhaps carefully positioned lasers or strobe lights.... or small mist sprayers to keep a cloud of refracting water droplets over he license plate?
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