PhotoBlocker spray: anyone use it?

[Corporate Thug]

http://www.phantomplate.com/faq2.htm

anyone tried this stuff? does it really work?

 

[mugs]

I love their header graphic. :laugh:

 

[dennilfloss]

Makes you immune to Photoshop?

 

[KeyserSoze]

Watch the Mythbusters on this one.




KS

 

[Farang]

I think Mythbusters busted a few of these types of products

 

[indamixx99]

Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
Watch the Mythbusters on this one.

Just about to say that.... Myth busted.

 

[imported_sicko]

1 get a can of spray on glue.
2 a bag of dust from your old vacuum machine
3 remove plate from car
4 spray license plate with glue
5 dump bag of dust on plate
6 ...
7 profit

 

[Corporate Thug]

wasnt the mythbusters about the speed camera?

 

[Farang]

I just tied a ghost to the back of my car. Blurs up the license plate nicely when a photo is taken.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Farang
I just tied a ghost to the back of my car. Blurs up the license plate nicely when a photo is taken.

Ingenious! Ghosts are only visible in poor quality photographs, such as those taken by red light cameras.

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
wasnt the mythbusters about the speed camera?

Speed cameras and red light cameras work the same way.

I also believe that Mythbusters got the one about the plate cover wrong. There is a guy who parks in the same parking lot as I do and he has one of those plates. If you're behind his truck, you can read the plate fine and it looks like any other plate cover.

If you're directly behind his truck (ie: can reach out and touch it with your arm) and you look down at the plate, it's obscured. Around here the speed cameras are always mounted 8-10 feet above the street and take a downward photo.

On Mythbusters, they didn't have an actual speed camera setup - they were using one mounted about four feet off the ground. I think that's the reason they got the plate cover one wrong.

That doesn't mean the other methods work either. There's nothing about that spray that would make it work.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: MrBond

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
wasnt the mythbusters about the speed camera?

Speed cameras and red light cameras work the same way.

I also believe that Mythbusters got the one about the plate cover wrong. There is a guy who parks in the same parking lot as I do and he has one of those plates. If you're behind his truck, you can read the plate fine and it looks like any other plate cover.

If you're directly behind his truck (ie: can reach out and touch it with your arm) and you look down at the plate, it's obscured. Around here the speed cameras are always mounted 8-10 feet above the street and take a downward photo.

On Mythbusters, they didn't have an actual speed camera setup - they were using one mounted about four feet off the ground. I think that's the reason they got the plate cover one wrong.

That doesn't mean the other methods work either. There's nothing about that spray that would make it work.

I don't think there's any state where plate covers would be legal. They may not be explicitly outlawed, but they're illegal because at night the plate cannot be viewed from distance required by law. Those little lights on your bumper do an alright job of illuminating your plate normally, but when the light has to pass through plastic, reflect off the plate, then pass through plastic again, their power is severely degraded.

This spray claims to be legal, because it doesn't affect the plate's viewability by the naked eye. Doesn't seem like it would help you during the day though.

My "system" to beat red light cameras is fool proof though - I stop at red lights.

 

[SVT Cobra]

All I have to say is I am glad I do not live in Arizona, speed cameras are on the rise there.

 

[sisq0kidd]

I'm always really skeptical about these types of things, but my sister and her bf both used this spray (or a spray like it) and it seemed to have worked.

They were both caught and flashed by speed cameras and never received the ticket for it. It's been 3 years since and I'm going to assume that it worked since the ticket never showed up in the mail.

But both of them had to get new license plates as the material ruins your finish and turns your plate yellow.

 

[nippyjun]

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd
I'm always really skeptical about these types of things, but my sister and her bf both used this spray (or a spray like it) and it seemed to have worked.

They were both caught and flashed by speed cameras and never received the ticket for it. It's been 3 years since and I'm going to assume that it worked since the ticket never showed up in the mail.

But both of them had to get new license plates as the material ruins your finish and turns your plate yellow.

Which product did you get? The photoblocker reviews on amazon say that it turns your plates yellow.

 

[BoomerD]

If you can get caught by a speed-camera...you're just NOT driving fast enough!


As for the spray-on stuff...Go ahead and buy it. It works...Trust me...:roll:

In Kahleeforneeya, the plastic plate covers are illegal...if you get stopped for any other reason, you'll most likely get ticketed for that as well.

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: Farang
I just tied a ghost to the back of my car. Blurs up the license plate nicely when a photo is taken.

I just take my plate off.

 

[randomlinh]

what, no one else has a button that rotates your plates around when you speed?

 

[wnangle]

My brother got quite a few of those red light camera tickets. He tried the spray, the plastic covers, and some of the other tricks. Either they didn't work, or some over-zealous cop would stop him and order him to remove the plastic cover or submit to a ticket. Nothing seemed to work. What he has done to solve this problem was to hinge his license plate and then wire a switch, so that whenever he wanted, the license plate would flip down making it unreadable. Now, I'm not promoting breaking the law, but he tells people that he made this modification so that he can clean under the license plate. Hey, he's 19 and a bit wild. This is not a hard project to construct and since adding this to his car, he has yet gotten any tickets.

 

[SpazzyChicken]

Originally posted by: wnangle
My brother got quite a few of those red light camera tickets. He tried the spray, the plastic covers, and some of the other tricks. Either they didn't work, or some over-zealous cop would stop him and order him to remove the plastic cover or submit to a ticket. Nothing seemed to work. What he has done to solve this problem was to hinge his license plate and then wire a switch, so that whenever he wanted, the license plate would flip down making it unreadable. Now, I'm not promoting breaking the law, but he tells people that he made this modification so that he can clean under the license plate. Hey, he's 19 and a bit wild. This is not a hard project to construct and since adding this to his car, he has yet gotten any tickets.

Makes me think of Jim Carey in Liar, Liar:

Greta: He got another red light ticket. He needs your legal advice.
Fletcher: Stop breaking the law, a-hole!

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
what, no one else has a button that rotates your plates around when you speed?

Q wouldn't add that feature to my Aston Martin :|

 

[redgtxdi]

One of the things I HATE about photo stoplights...........errrr............make that 2 things..........



#1.) I'm either stomping on the gas pedal just as soon as I get to the intersection because I'm afraid the light's gonna change

or


#2.) I'm slamming on the brakes as soon as that sucker turns yellow threatening a multi-car collision from behind me.



And, yes, it would be the fault of everyone BEHIND me if they rear ended me. No exception.

No..............I'm not a fan of the red light cameras.

 

[scott916]

Isn't it required to have the face of the registered owner of the vehicle in plain view in order for them to issue the citation? If you're going through and there's no way to stop in time, couldn't you simply cover your face with your hand?

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Farang
I just tied a ghost to the back of my car. Blurs up the license plate nicely when a photo is taken.

Ingenious! Ghosts are only visible in poor quality photographs, such as those taken by red light cameras.

Very true. Also true for Bigfoot, the Yeti, the Chupacabra, Aliens, the Loch Ness Monster, and many other beings.

OP: Save your money. (And stop speeding.)

For the poster that talked about the wired-up plate: That may help with known speed cameras. But if someone gets caught with that, I'm willing to bet they get extra big doses of trouble.

 

[DrPizza]

Use some common sense. How is the light that comes from the plates and hits your eyes any different from the light that comes from the plates and hits the camera? Both, your eyes and the camera are passive; they don't affect the plate at all, except in the case of a flash. It's possible that in that case, the glare from some coatings would make it unreadable, but I doubt it.