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    #61
    Originally posted by PAH View Post
    What's the punishment for not having plates on your car?

    If we were french we'd be ripping them off and burning them, but as brits we'll co
    Er no. They even have a law about how you must fix your plates on in France and they enforce it. They also have speed cameras.

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      #62
      Originally posted by d000hg View Post
      Great argument. Because the only way to keep to the speed limit is to stare at the clock.
      l

      Use cruise control
      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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        #63
        Pop onto Facebook and steal a few identities, then register your car under their indentity, so someone else gets all the tickets.

        You can pay for the registration with their credit card as well...

        ...and you may as well get a mortgage under their name to pay for a Veyron since you won't be needing to worry about speed cameras any more.

        This week oi 'ave mostly been... Janine Buttersworth of Uxbridge

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          #64
          Use cruise control
          Agreed and very handy it is too.

          Set at 69 mph on the motorway and sit back and rest the feet.
          Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

          C.S. Lewis

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            #65
            The answer is...

            High power infra-red LEDs fitted behind a semi transluscent numberplate.

            CCD devices will be dazzled by the infra-red and so will not be able to "see" the registration number.

            Churchill - In "I R AN ENGINEER" mode!

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              #66
              Originally posted by Churchill View Post
              The answer is...

              High power infra-red LEDs fitted behind a semi transluscent numberplate.

              CCD devices will be dazzled by the infra-red and so will not be able to "see" the registration number.

              Churchill - In "I R AN ENGINEER" mode!
              My solution was LED based too, but I wanted them to be black and yellow when off (so the plate is readable) but all one colour when on. Strobe them fast enough for the human eye to read them but in such a way as the shutter speed for the camera only gets an unreadable dot pattern. Or all black (or yellow) in response to the flash if poss.
              I am not qualified to give the above advice!

              The original point and click interface by
              Smith and Wesson.

              Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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                #67
                Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
                My solution was LED based too, but I wanted them to be black and yellow when off (so the plate is readable) but all one colour when on. Strobe them fast enough for the human eye to read them but in such a way as the shutter speed for the camera only gets an unreadable dot pattern. Or all black (or yellow) in response to the flash if poss.
                Good idea, but overcomplicated.

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                  #68
                  K.I.S.S.

                  Simply buy a blank plate with a metal backing then use magnetic alphanumerics to design your own registration. Then change the registration once it's attracted enough 'heat'.

                  For inspiration on valid registrations that you don't mind if the real owners (who happen to have the same make/model car as you, so probably helps if you've a Focus not R8!) take the rap, make a list of all the knobs at ex-clientco. I'm on my second sheet already and I only started listing them a couple of minutes ago.

                  On a more technological front, set up an ANPR like the rozzers have that identifies other cars of the same make/model and stores their numberplate for later use. As the icing on the cake, have it linked to your swanky electronic plates so the registration can be updated either in real time if you're cheeky, or at the push of a button.
                  Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
                  Feist - I Feel It All
                  Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)

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                    #69
                    Originally posted by PAH View Post
                    K.I.S.S.

                    Simply buy a blank plate with a metal backing then use magnetic alphanumerics to design your own registration. Then change the registration once it's attracted enough 'heat'.

                    For inspiration on valid registrations that you don't mind if the real owners (who happen to have the same make/model car as you, so probably helps if you've a Focus not R8!) take the rap, make a list of all the knobs at ex-clientco. I'm on my second sheet already and I only started listing them a couple of minutes ago.

                    On a more technological front, set up an ANPR like the rozzers have that identifies other cars of the same make/model and stores their numberplate for later use. As the icing on the cake, have it linked to your swinky electronic plates so the registration can be updated either in real time if you're cheeky, or at the push of a button.
                    One of my patent "get your own back" solutions has been to have a car that matches the person who you want to shaft. Put their number on it then trip every camera you can find. Then put the plates back.
                    A couple of taxi drivers did that to our local senior police officer and the guy in charge of speed cameras at the local council.
                    I am not qualified to give the above advice!

                    The original point and click interface by
                    Smith and Wesson.

                    Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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                      #70
                      Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                      Good idea, but overcomplicated.
                      I had also considered an anti radar device that transmits on the received frequency. Bounce the signals back at a rate that shows you doing 300 mph.
                      I am not qualified to give the above advice!

                      The original point and click interface by
                      Smith and Wesson.

                      Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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