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> In article <CuLq4B.8J0@freenet.carleton.ca>, aa542@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
> (Nash Seifeddine) wrote:
> 
> > kingston.forsale
> > Subject: Wanted: Reflextive Anti Photo-Radar Lic. Covers
> > Reply-To: aa542@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Nash Seifeddine)
> > References: 
> > Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Before I say anything, please do not start a thread discussing this issue
> > in the buy and sell, do it in the cars or some other newsgroup
> > instead.
> > 
> > I am looking to buy (or for the name of the dealer that sell) the
> > reflective licence plate covers that beat the Photo Radar.  I know they
> > existed in BC, then they were banned and made illegal there.
> > 
> > This refletive licence plate covers will show a blank licence plate on the
> > picture taken by the Photo Radar unit.
> > 
> > I know that it is not illegal to buy or have in Ontario, it is not even
> > illegal to use in Ontario YET!!!!!!!
> > 
> > So, Law Enforcement people on here, and Smarties, please save your
> > remarks, I am NOT interested in hearing them.....By the way, I am not a
> > speeder!!!  but I want those anyways.........

(rico@interlog.com) wrote:
> 
> I have seen them selling at the Pickering Flea Market.... easy to find as they
> have a car there to demonstrate too, but I don't know if they are still
> there, as the last time I went was 2 months ago....
> 
> Good luck...
> 
> Rgds......Rico (mac FANatic)

(dhopkins@io.org) wrote:
>>
>>I think that, regardless of what you have heard, that covering your 
>>license plate may be illegal. Seems to me I heard an announcement from 
>>some police person or MTO person...  of course they may be lying through 
>>their teeth.
>>

Anyone to verify that? From the pickering store, of course he said it
was not illegal to get them...but then there must be one side who is lying?

>>The device you describe in your posting is a polarized filter which will 
>>stop a camera also equipped with a polarizing filter from taking a 
>>picture of your plate from an angle.  

That's the one....

>>
>>Another device you might try looking for is a strobing LCD cover.  It 
>>works like this.  Each half of your license plate will be covered with a 
>>transparent LCD display (not exactly, but same principal).  When the unit 
>>is turned on each side alternates really quickly between clear and 
>>opaque.  Only one side is covered at once.  This device operates at about 
>>100 Hz.  Anything above about 70 - 80 Hz works.  The frequency must be 
>>less than the speed of the film being used in the photoradar.
>>
>>When you look at a license plate covered in such a manner, your eyes pick 
>>up each side of the plate separately but since the images refresh so fast 
>>your brain resolves it into one coherent image (like how a computer 
>>monitor works).  When a camera looks at it, it takes the picture of one 
>>side or the other -- not both.  This makes it difficult to track down the 
>>owner of the automobile.

Cool, this is really high-tech..... 
Want one not for the radars, but for being "a la mode", catching up with
technology..;-)

Rgds......Rico (mac FANatic)