KaiserSea1

Gotta ask, I paid 50 bucks for a license plate cover that reflects light up so that my plate can't be photographed. Why do you all want your plate more visible? I'm not saying I run through lights or don't pay tolls, but why make enforcement easier?

VVTiBob

No the question is if you don't run lights or avoid paying tolls, then why would there be a need to spend $50 on a gizmo specifically designed to avoid law enforcement activities.

Harold57

Not to mention that those covers are illegal in some states.

KaiserSea1

I do not trust automated cameras that can issue citations. I have been in law enforcement for over 15 years, I am an attorney and I have a healthy lack of trust in government and value my privacy. I don't need the world to be able to read my plate, but if pulled over it can be easily read. Whenever I see a kid with his name on his shirt, a car with a sticker showing where they live, I just don't get what they are thinking. When you stick LED lights on your plate so it could be read from a greater distance, I wonder how does that benefit you or make you more safe?

VVTiBob

I think those of us who have changed out the yellow cast incandescent bulbs in favor of white-white/bluish cast of LEDs did it for the "look" or appearance rather than worrying about how well LEO can see our plates.

While I don't know about Florida law, in California, automated red light cameras require law enforcement to review not only the still capture but the video too. Then the photo(s) are compared to the registered owners drivers license photo. If in the mind of the sworn officer who is reviewing the evidence there is probable cause, a summons is issued. Then it's up to driver to decide how to proceed. Pay a fine, request a trial, opt for traffic school.

Sadly, while public safety may have been included as some of the motivating factor bringing the technology forward, the fact is the revenue generated by red light cameras has become a drug many cities are now hooked on.

In California, a red light camera violation carries a fine of approximately $461 on a first offense. That fine alone is motivation enough for me to, and as comedian Chris Rock suggests in this YouTube video below, OBEY THE LAW. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFNYrL-YgIw