New York City has lost millions of dollars thanks to ghost plates, a new way of obstructing your license plate to avoid ticketing. Michael Kosta teams up wit...
These people are still using public roads and should obey the same rules as everyone else. Maybe it’s a shitty system, but you can always not speed and endanger other people. Is it also snitching when you report drunk drivers?
I’m all for reporting drunk drivers and reckless speeding that endangers others, but for speed traps in particular, they can often be nothing more than a racket.
I’m glad your department is using them responsibly in your neighborhood, but in some departments/towns, they are purposefully set up to catch people not really breaking the law as a source of revenue. Here’s another example.
Ok, covering your plate’s letters or scraping the paint off makes it impossible to read their plate to report though when those actually serious scenarios you mention happen. I have a pretty decent dash cam (high res, quality sensor, circularly polarized filter to eliminate glare) but even unintentionally damaged plates might as well not be on the car at all if the retroreflective coat is missing and it is not perfectly lit.
I’m not a huge fan of him going after normal folk in particular, I just liked that it exposed that so many cops do it too.
These people are still using public roads and should obey the same rules as everyone else. Maybe it’s a shitty system, but you can always not speed and endanger other people. Is it also snitching when you report drunk drivers?
I’m all for reporting drunk drivers and reckless speeding that endangers others, but for speed traps in particular, they can often be nothing more than a racket.
The speed trap they rotate on my street has drastically decreased the speed people drive through this residential neighborhood.
Haven’t heard a single neighbor complain about the trap.
Best racket ever as far as the one on my street is.
I’m glad your department is using them responsibly in your neighborhood, but in some departments/towns, they are purposefully set up to catch people not really breaking the law as a source of revenue. Here’s another example.
Ok, covering your plate’s letters or scraping the paint off makes it impossible to read their plate to report though when those actually serious scenarios you mention happen. I have a pretty decent dash cam (high res, quality sensor, circularly polarized filter to eliminate glare) but even unintentionally damaged plates might as well not be on the car at all if the retroreflective coat is missing and it is not perfectly lit.
You make a good point. With that scenario in mind, I suppose I don’t have a problem with busting them all.