Carmakazi 157 points 6 days ago

Didn't Mythbusters test all of these covers and coatings in like 2004 and basically none of them worked against a traffic cam of that era?

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dual_sport_dork 57 points 6 days ago

It'll pretty much only do anything against a camera using a flash in the dark and even then that's probably only marginal. In normal daytime illumination everyone and every thing will still be able to see your plate just fine.

I think I'd rather get a color e-ink display from China and mount it in a fake license plate frame, with a microcontroller behind it displaying a random assortment of plate styles and numbers as you drive along. If you see the 5-0, flip a the switch to lock it to your real plate number until they go away.

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imadethis 24 points 6 days ago

Unless your e-ink display has some pretty magical properties, it's going to be spotted by a cop at random sooner or later, whether that's at a traffic light, on the highway behind you, or even if they just roll by at a parking lot.

Plus, I can assure you that the technology to instantly alert if a car shows a registration for, let's say a blue honda, but looks like a red ford, has been around for longer than flock has been in the news. It's why that shit with texas temporary license plates was such a big deal (you'd see them everywhere throughout the continent). Unless you have a way to know what other cars similar to yours have for their license plates, you're going to get nabbed. And most places make your switching thing a pretty big deal as far as punishments go.

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Bytemeister 9 points 6 days ago

Plus, I can assure you that the technology to instantly alert if a car shows a registration for, let’s say a blue honda, but looks like a red ford

Ironically, I traded in my blue Honda for an orange Ford and drove it unregistered for almost an entire year and never got pulled over.

Dealership said the would handle switching the plates and registration, and didn't do it. I only found out when I went to renew my reg.

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ReignOfTerror 5 points 6 days ago

You didn't find it weird that you never received any documents for the car in the mail for a YEAR?

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Bytemeister 7 points 5 days ago

No I did find it weird. I also found it weird that my DMV has a 6 hr wait time, and I had other shit to do with my life. Plus, I don't really buy cars all that frequently, so I'm not exactly sure what to expect when the reg gets flipped over. It's not out of the question to assume that it was done online. I never even got temp plates, the dealership said it would be fine to use my old plates.

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