Mirrors

[choppedtop]

Are the convex made from glass or plastic? I have been looking for some plastic convex so I can cut them down to 4". I have some 4" but they are to convex. I can see my passenger and almost my front tire.
Lee

 

[iajjpop]

I think mine are plastic , you can buy them about anyplace. I' am going to a glass place & see if they can put glass in mine . I don't think the body on the mirror is wide enough to place a glass mirror in.

 

[TriodeLuvr]

Doesn't someone sell a license plate cover that renders the cameras ineffective.

About two years ago I came up with a method to blind the cameras, but never built it. Last year, I read where someone had built the same type of device and used it successfully. It works based on the fact that still cameras have to operate at a high shutter speed to take a sharp picture of your moving vehicle. That, in turn, requires a flash (strobe) while the shutter is open. That's the flash you see when you go through a monitored intersection or toll booth. To defeat this, you need an electronic detector that triggers on the camera's flash and fires a strobe mounted next to your plate at the same time. The strobe next to your plate causes the camera's image to be grossly overexposed, and all they get is a white frame.

I don't know if any state has made these devices illegal, or if anyone is selling them.

Jack

 

[TriodeLuvr]

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[T-Test]

Yes. Any device that obscures the numbers/letters/state of the licence plate including a frame that covers any of the aforementioned is illegal in N.C..

 

[TriodeLuvr]

This device doesn't obscure the plate or it's lettering. It's just a little tiny light mounted nearby. I think the law will need to be much more specific than that to make it illegal.

Jack

 

[T-Test]

The light will be illegal because the camera can't SEE the numbers and letters.