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Fattom23 t1_j3suiht wrote

Now if we could just get some enforcement of the tinted plate covers and temp tags, so that everyone is subject to those same rules, we'd really be getting somewhere.

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ConfiaEnElProceso t1_j3tsaq3 wrote

At least in NYC where cameras are more prevelant the listen plate obstruction is incredibly common by police who often live in outer boroughs or outside the city and can avoid tolls.

Here is one solution:

https://youtu.be/WcliB8uBs5w

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Fattom23 t1_j3tt2v9 wrote

Yeah, police corruption will always be an issue. But I'd rather there be some camera enforcement and then we have to rein in the cops to get them to follow the law the same as I expect from others than for us to just to not even try.

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ConfiaEnElProceso t1_j3ttnd6 wrote

Oh, i 100% agree. The other benefit of cameras is that it lessens the number of police stops which can often be deadly for POC.

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Fattom23 t1_j3ttx49 wrote

100%. But no one ever really talks about how city streets are also quite dangerous when you have someone pulled over (both for passing motorists, pedestrians and the officer doing the stopping). So avoiding that danger is a positive as well. Sucks for people who accustomed to endangering those around them and would like to keep doing that, though.

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Th3V4ndal t1_j3ui43n wrote

I think Mythbusters did a thing on that, and found that they were useless, the tinted plate covers anyway.

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_Abobo t1_j3v823x wrote

They’re absolutely not useless and are used widely in toll evasion. Try looking at one from an angle, it’s the same as the privacy screens for laptops and phones.

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Th3V4ndal t1_j3wmq97 wrote

I mean, do you have a video or a source for me, or are we just doing the conjecture thing?

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