In reply to Apis Mellifera :
In BC someone tried a homemade version, he was teehee avoiding bridge tolls. The toll system caught on. Information was forwarded to RCMP they had times etc. RCMP staked out the bridge and caught him flipping plate, the charges were operating with illegal plates and fraud for not paying the tolls.
Like meter readers Cops probably get really good at reading numbers and letters.
I'll admit I've thought about a plate like this, but not for running from the law, but to avoid overly zealous traffic cameras and toll tags. Modern technology is cool, but I assume there would be a number of false reads with ones and I's or zeros and O's. Especially if the plate is a little dirty......
The PA license plate surround law may be a zero tolerance law. Rather than try to determine what's allowed and what's not and how much it can encroach, it's just easier to make it a blanket law of none and call it done.
-Rob
Technically the screws that go into the plate to secure it obscure some of it, otherwise it falls off. Literally a blanket allowance for pull over for anything.
the trick is to get a group of friends with the same characters rearranged
Maybe don't do anything that attracts the attention of the police at all?
(and yes, I will probably exceed the posted speed limit on my drive home)
rob_lewis said:.
The PA license plate surround law may be a zero tolerance law. Rather than try to determine what's allowed and what's not and how much it can encroach, it's just easier to make it a blanket law of none and call it done.
-Rob
Texas has this license plate frame law also. Front and Back plates are required.
aw614 said:Someone I know made a combination of Q's 0's and D's for his license plate...
A FOAF thought my Volvo's plate was one of these scammyplates and kept asking out loud "why did they let you have that plate??"
/ id delta-quit-delta
GameboyRMH said:More on-topic, I don't think confusing character sequences on custom plates are allowed in Ontario but I do see people driving around with license plate covers tinted so darkly that I'm surprised they don't get pulled over by the first cop they run across.
My kids both have covers like that. I don't think cops even look at plates around here any more. It's all done automatically with plate reading cameras in their cars.
The Spark was a Quebec car, so no front plate mount, and I've been driving it for almost six months with no front plate to see if any cops would notice. Enough have passed me coming from the other direction that you would expect at least one of them to notice, but they just keep on driving
Not sure if this is exactly on topic, but last month I saw a brand-new Bronco in bring-sunglasses-bright red, with the Ontario licence plate "64 TR4."
Assuming a very comprehensive plate-reading database, that should make something go tilt, right?
Stealthtercel said:Not sure if this is exactly on topic, but last month I saw a brand-new Bronco in bring-sunglasses-bright red, with the Ontario licence plate "64 TR4."
Assuming a very comprehensive plate-reading database, that should make something go tilt, right?
That made me think of the story of Sam,who put plates on his Austin Healey that said "TEDS MG". A guy pulls up next to him at a traffic light & shouts at him. "That's not an MG". Sam shouted back "And I"m not Ted"
Sorry.
Have y'all listened to the podcast on "null" license plates? It's pretty crazy.
In reply to grover :
That was crazy.
Also regarding the license plate frames. I was pulled over in Mississippi for this reason. Spent three hours on the side of the road arguing over this; which turned into them wanting to search my car, which I declined. Then into threats of my car being impounded to be searched, two K9 units brought in, etc. I was let go at around 3 am and have not stepped into MS since and will avoid it as much as possible. Especially if its not a major highway. That was a scary night I dont want to repeat.
In reply to grover :
So after the NULL story, I was curious and for Ohio, the vanity plate of NULL is already issued.
John Welsh said:In reply to grover :
So after the NULL story, I was curious and for Ohio, the vanity plate of NULL is already issued.
Back in the 90s I knew people with 'DEV NULL' and 'DEV CAR0' license plates. Unix nerds :)
Peabody said:GameboyRMH said:More on-topic, I don't think confusing character sequences on custom plates are allowed in Ontario but I do see people driving around with license plate covers tinted so darkly that I'm surprised they don't get pulled over by the first cop they run across.
My kids both have covers like that. I don't think cops even look at plates around here any more. It's all done automatically with plate reading cameras in their cars.
The Spark was a Quebec car, so no front plate mount, and I've been driving it for almost six months with no front plate to see if any cops would notice. Enough have passed me coming from the other direction that you would expect at least one of them to notice, but they just keep on driving
Saw an R34 get pulled over by me, didn't seem to be speeding (and there wasn't really room for that), the only thing I could see on the car that could be an issue was a lack of front plate.
The Null story reminded me of a neighbor i had back in the 90's. Her full legal name was 'Saundra'.
Just one word. I wonder how she is doing these days.
Type Q said
Her full legal name was 'Saundra'.
Just one word. I wonder how she is dong these days.
Wow, a little Freudian slip there? Lolz.
wvumtnbkr said:Type Q saidWow, a little Freudian slip there? Lolz.
The most Freudian thing in my typo was your interpretation of it. 
kb58 said:Those are pretty funny. Even now I struggle discerning "l" and "1" in some forums, depending what font is in use. Back in college, I apparently had time on my hands and created my own font, moving the top and bottom pixels on the "l" character one position left and right, respectively, specifically to differentiate the two.
That simple little distinction caused my project at work to fall a week behind. JavaScript kept throwing an error.
Regarding not running front plates, that's fairly common in SoCal, especially on nice cars. Sometimes when there is zero criminal activity happening(!), they'll sit on the side of the freeway and pick off those without a front plate, happened to me. In the time it took him to write the ticket, I saw three cars pass with no front plates. When I told him, he said that it was like shooting fish in a barrel.
Noddaz said:
I like that lower right drawing of him throwing that guy off a bridge - obviously a lawbreaker!
In reply to kb58 :
Hey, look! A cop that looks like a cop, instead of a para-military quasi swat team member.
Patrick said:In reply to Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter) :
or run someone else's plate
My skyline may or may not have been john's rusty q45 for 3 weeks between temp tag expiration and my birthday so I didn't have to pay almost a full year of fees for 3 weeks of use.
It is my understanding that expired tags carry a LOT smaller penalty than fictitious tags.
RevRico said:
Get crazy with it. Might not do much for cops, but plate readers are another story.
Bobby Tables got a car. Good for him.
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