Re: Photo Radar...

[Sachelle Babbar <sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu>]

How 'bout just putting a lot of dirt on the plate after rubbing off the
paint on the raised letters?



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On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Gerard wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> That spray-on stuff is based on some clay compound. It was on a web
> site somewhere, I remember something about photographers using the
> stuff (can't see why). You have to re-apply it after washing. Supposedly
> works very well when used with some sort of plate cover of the type
> that either scatters the light or makes the plate unreadable at an
> angle. I think the ones that are unreadable at an angle makes the car
> easier to spot when parked somewhere (they make the plate blank and
> a copper will see it when driving by, while the scatter ones simply
> work when given a good dose of bright light). Would love to have some
> of these toys here in Cape Town, the camera is big here, but I think
> the law reads something like the accompanying van that houses the
> officer must be in view of the trap and they still use the pressure
> line traps to trigger the camera. I think they used to run the
> radar in it, but it might have become illegal in Cape Town, still used
> in KwaZulu/Natal where fellow lister, Renier, stays.
> 
> G.
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