ralphw@IUS3.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) (02/19/88)
Does 5th amendment protection apply in cases like this? It would seem that if
your countermeasures are serious enough ('interfering with a police officer')
to warrant a criminal suit rather than a civil one ('speeding'), then you
might legitimately be able to take the 5th, and
I'm suprised that no one has suggested spoofing the radar. I can understand
the admirable restraint of the rec.ham-radio community, since proposing
something that would violate FCC regs.
Making the license plate 'invisible' to the camera is a neat hack.
The original post didn't make clear whether the photo takes a picture of the
front of the car or the back. In some states (PA & WVA), front plates are not
required, and people tend to buy 'bumper-sticker' style plates for their cars.
In PA, this is a popular one:
Normal rear plate 'hack' front plate
+-----------------------+ +-----------------------+
|You've got a friend in | |You've got a friend in |
| | | |
| XXX XXX | | JESUS |
| | | |
| T Pennsylvania | | Pennsylvania |
+----------------------+- +----------------------+-
Anyway, I recall a story about a guy with 'NONE' on a vanity plate, and
he ended up with a lot of extra parking tickets. I see the same thing
happening here, except with more amusing results.
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- Ralph W. Hyre, Jr.
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In article <901@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>, ralphw@IUS3.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) writes: > Anyway, I recall a story about a guy with 'NONE' on a vanity plate, and > he ended up with a lot of extra parking tickets. I see the same thing > happening here, except with more amusing results. It was a guy in california, who put his request in for a personal plate. They did not have the one he put and on the option line he put "no plate" meaning to him he did not want anything other than his choice.. He began to get numerous tickets from all over the state, of course for "no plate". Subsequently, the phrase used by the police was changed.. It was mentioned on the radio report, I should have written it down, and gotten another plate done! :-)