Get Decorative License Plate Covers Over The License Plate

Each car must have license plates and the plates must be clearly legible according to law. This is the reason why some States like Florida make it mandatory for car owners to get new plates every five years. Constantly exposed to the elements and subject to rough treatment, the plates can show considerable wear and tear and may need replacement sooner if not kept fully protected. Covers made of transparent plastic are a good way to ensure the license plates remain in pristine condition for a longer duration

One can get plain Phantom Tag Protector license plate covers made of acrylic or polycarbonate. These serve the purpose of decorating the plates while keeping the plate itself fully protected against rain, sleet, snow, mud and weathering effects of UV. If a driver is accustomed to driving on rough country roads then it is a given that gravel and stones will impact the license plates to cause damage necessitating replacement. For all these reasons a cover over the license plate is necessary. The cover can be plain acrylic cut to the shape of the plate and affixed with screws but it can be more than just a plain cover. It can be decorative and serve as protection. There are any numbers of options when one wishes to buy decorative covers such as covers with a lovely printed border and shapes to convey a sense of class. These covers can be affixed over the license plate with screws or sometimes they employ a rubber gasket to provide complete sealing and offer protection along with good looks.

Decorative covers for license plates can also serve other purposes beyond aesthetics and protection. These days the threat has increased of traffic cameras capturing license plate numbers and automatically issuing tickets even if the driver is not at fault. It is for drivers to take care of the license plate and also keep themselves safeguarded against the capture of license plate numbers by red light cameras. The simple expedient is to use decorate covers with an additional feature. There is not all that much of a price difference between decorative covers and anti-red light camera covers but the benefits are many.

Plain decorative covers allow cameras to capture license plate number whereas anti-cameras do not. One could end up paying hundreds of dollars in fines without this protection. Simply by spending a few dollars more for decorative covers with anti-camera features it is actually possible to consider that these covers not only pay for themselves but also save quite a bit of money in the long term.

Whereas plain decorative covers are noticeable due to their embellishment, these protective decorative covers with anti-camera features are nearly invisible and do not invite attention of traffic police. There are less chances of a driver being stopped and questioned just on account of the decorative plate covers. Offered a choice most car owners would naturally prefer covers that are decorative yet not so obvious and offer protection against traffic cameras. 

How Does the Red Light Cameras Blockers Work to Save You From Being Wrongly Penalized?

Over 661 cities and towns across 24 states in the US had installed red light and traffic cameras in 2012 much to the annoyance of citizens. The simple reason is that it costs money to put up cameras and the main reason is not prevention of accidents and compliance with traffic law but revenue generation for the installers and the administration. In the process, instead of catching only genuine violators, the traffic cameras photograph cars and issue tickets at random even though the driver has not committed any violation. There is no appeal. The driver must pay the fine amounting to around $ 150 to $ 300.

There is always a way to prevent tickets from being issued. The way the automated systems works is that the cameras capture the license plate registration number and the computer processes it to match a record and issue a ticket. If the number is not read clearly then it is obvious it cannot be matched with any driver. A ticket cannot be issued. There are active methods such as installation of rotating number plates to prevent cameras from recording the number. Some drivers have been known to install LED lights that they switch on while crossing traffic cameras. These lights create a glare and prevent a clear image from being captured. Some drivers spray the plate to make it shiny. Another simpler yet more effective Phantom Tag Protector red light camera blocker is the installation of a textured transparent acrylic plate over the plate. The surface has micro prisms.

This is how it works. When viewed from the front at eye level, the plate cover appears transparent and anyone can read the registration number. The magic starts happening as one views the plate from an angle of around 90 to 120 degrees. Microprisms on the surface bend light rays and partly obscure the registration number when the plate is viewed at these angles from the side or from the top, which is the usual position for red light cameras. If a driver is followed by a police car then the plate appears perfectly normal because the numbers can be read. It is only when the traffic cameras try to capture the image that they capture only an obscured image. If there is no clarity the data cannot be processed and the driver stays safe.

Yet another method is to install a curved, dome like transparent acrylic license plate protector. The curvature of the plate cover creates shiny reflections that partially obscure the registration numbers. This type, however, may not be quite as effective as the textured microprism surface acrylic plate cover.

Authorities do warn against such efforts at blocking cameras from capturing images. However, every citizen has a right to privacy and certainly has a right to protection against tickets issued wrongfully even though he has not violated any law. Appeals are long drawn out processes, expensive and the onus of proving that he is not guilty is on the driver. Why go to all that bother? It is better to install these inexpensive phantom tag protectors and remain safe. 

Some Good Tips On License Plate Covers You Should Know

That law makers are introducing new methods and technologies to maintain traffic on the roads is all to the good. Unfortunately, there is a fallout to this in that the general populace does feel a bit harassed. Are we turning into a police state? Some ask. What happens to generate this feeling is that quite a few motorists, while travelling in their cars and crossing traffic barriers or lights, have been photographed or tagged with radar and ticketed even though they have not violated any traffic laws. They have to pay a fine.

Traffic cameras are programmed to photograph the license plates of passing vehicles in the event a vehicle driver does not stop at a red light. Police cars may be equipped with radars that detect speeds of vehicles and, if they are found to be violating the maximum limit, such drivers are issued a ticket. Is there a workaround to this form of unjust harassment and unfair penalties? There is. The solution is to install Phantom Tag Protector license plate covers that protect privacy of drivers. There have been cases where law enforcement agencies may have willfully tampered with the settings to capture license plates of cars even when there is no offense and thus generate tickets that lead to increased revenues for them and losses for vehicle owners.

Commonly known as tag protectors, these are quite simple in their design and operation. One simply installs the license plate covers over the existing license plates. The covers are in the form of laser etched holographic polymer film that sticks to the plate. It diffracts light. Traffic cameras are usually located on one side of the road and have an oblique angle look at the passing vehicle’s license plate. Should it try to capture an image of the plate what happens is that light is reflected and refracted by the license plate covers into rainbow hues and it effectively prevents the camera from recording the license plate details. Captured from high above at an angle or from an angle to the left or right, the license plate will show the effects of the protective tag in that not all characters are perfectly legible. If characters are distorted then further process of scanning and issuing a ticket is simply not possible. The plate cover for license plates saves the day for motorists.

Is it legal? It is. There are no laws that prevent car owners from applying a protective polymer cover that does not hide the details when viewed from normal viewing angles. When viewed head on the plate is completely legible and the polymer film cover is virtually invisble.

Is it a license to violate traffic laws? It is not. It is developed and offered simply as an aid to motorists to prevent them from becoming accidental victims of misjudged traffic ticketing by robotic cameras. The makers do not promote it as a tool to help break traffic laws but as a protection for motorists against unjust bookings. The company manufacturing these covers always recommends that drivers follow traffic rules.