Spray on, and forget about nasty speed cameras

[Osiris]

We all know we shouldnt, we all know when we open that letter in the mail and see how much money we have just lost we really have no one else to blame, but fortunately that might all be a thing of the past.

CBS news is reporting a nifty new auto tool, which essentially is sprayed onto your number plate; the spray adds a high gloss coating which at a variety of angles reflects the speed cameras flash back onto itself.

The idea is to make the license tag glossy - so shiny that it reflects the radar camera's flash.

The cops say it doesn't work. But an auto shop has sold more than 700 cans, and only four drivers have called to complain.

In an unscientific experiment, Chen tried it on a CBS staffer's tag and tried to reproduce the flash with a Polaroid camera.

They sound like good odds dont they?

CBS News [Video]

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[obsolete_power]

Tell me where yo buy this!!! I'm going to order wholesale!!! I got a big family of speeders!

[pyehac]

How about stop speeding and follow the speed limit? I guess there'll always be people making money off of other people's mistakes.

[strekship]

Isn't it illegal to do anything to the plates of a car to obstruct them from view?

[kinetix63 Veteran]

I think you'll find that in most countries this is highly illegal.

[snyper]

Hogwash.

Like the rest of them .. speed cameras are cameras. it takes a photo, if you can see it you can capture it..

[MrKuro]

I've always wondered if this stuff works, anyone have any experience with it or other solutions. I usually try to do the speed limit, but they put those camera in the trickiest places.

[Shof]

Isn't it illegal to do anything to the plates of a car to obstruct them from view?

Yes, And you can get a big heavy fine then a normal ticket

[snyper]

I've always wondered if this stuff works, anyone have any experience with it or other solutions. I usually try to do the speed limit, but they put those camera in the trickiest places.

Mythbusters killed most of them..

[exotoxic]

and what happens when you run someone over because youu were speeding??

[Allan]

Isn't it illegal to do anything to the plates of a car to obstruct them from view?

I think you'll find that in most countries this is highly illegal.

it's definatly illegal in Ontario ... and I know some ppl who have gotten larger tickets because of it.

Here's a hint, to those who "just have to" speed ... Leave your location 5 minutes or 10 minutes earlier, and DO NOT SPEED. Don't blame the police when you get a ticket because, going more then 10km over the hour will get you a ticket. ... everyone knows that as long as your in a 'limit' (Ontario I belive is 10km over) you won't get a fine. I've done 55 in a 50 zone, past police, with no reprecusions, I had a friend who did 61 in a 50 zone, and was fined for it. And on the 400 Series Highway, we all know, doing 100 isn't 'normal' even though that's the limit ... most everyone on the 400's are doign 110-130... some - idiots that they are - do more then 120. But if you get caught, theres only one person to blame. Yourself.

[Kriz]

Thats been out here in the UK for a while, it is illegal. Ive seen a few BMWs in my work with it.

[giantpotato]

and what happens when you run someone over because youu were speeding??

What if you were not speeding, and you hit someone that you would have been ahead of if you were speeding?

[dead.cell]

This crap's been out for years.

LURK MORE

[Shof]

Courttv had a tv show called Speeders, in which police impound a car going 20mph over the limit and contain devices like these to block cameras and identify by police.

[webeagle12]

Courttv had a tv show called Speeders, in which police impound a car going 20mph over the limit and contain devices like these to block cameras and identify by police.

watched yesterday first time, like it

omg I"m gonna dry like psycho and try to killl someone bc i'm late to the party :pinch:

[Echilon]

Mythbusters killed most of them..

I saw the episode, they tried pretty much everything but nothing worked.