U. S. News Latest National News, Videos Photos ABC News. Automatic numberplate recognition ANPR see also other names below is a technology that uses optical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration. Red Light Camera 1. Samsung Galaxy S I9000 Pit File on this page. Do License Plate Sprays Actually Work EDITORS NOTE This is the second in a weekly series on avoiding red light tickets here in Chicagosoon to be the red light camera capital of the world. In the war against red light cameras, specialty aerosol sprays to coat your license plate was the initial skirmish of this long battle. According to reports, many, if not most, red light cameras employ a very strong flash to photograph your license plate. Based on that theory, when sprayed on your license plate, these high gloss sprays reflects the cameras flash back toward the camera, overexposing the photo and thus, and theoretically, making your license plate unreadable to the camera. The original anti red light camera spray, Photostopper was created in an effort to defeat the red light cameras ability to document vehicle license plate numbers. It costs 1. 9. 9. Another product is called Photo Fog, and comes in a spray pump. Convertir Rar To Psp. It claims to perform in the same way as these other aerosol sprays and sells for 2. While Photostopper claims to be the first, Photo. Blocker spray, created in 2. Phantom Plate, the manufacturer of Photo. Blocker, is based in Harrisburg, PA, and produces several different anti red light camera products. We will explore many of these other products in during the course of this series. Massachusetts-green-license-plate-restoring.jpg' alt='Is It Illegal To Paint Your License Plate In Illinois State' title='Is It Illegal To Paint Your License Plate In Illinois State' />Verified As Of 1042017 Our goal is to give you the most uptodate, accurate information about your state DMVs processes. The date you see here reflects the. 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Steele says these sprays dont work on Chicago cameras because the flashes are mounted at angles, so the flash does not hit the cars license plate head on so this blinding effect the spray is supposed to inflict upon the camera, does not occur. Ive never heard that before, said a surprised Joe Scott, Marketing Director for Photo. Is It Illegal To Paint Your License Plate In Illinois State' title='Is It Illegal To Paint Your License Plate In Illinois State' />Blocker, in respect to the way the flashes are angled. Piping System Fundamentals Us Version 2Nd Edition. Its still a bright flash of light no matter where it comes from. Were not really concerned whether it sprays work or not, says Jennifer Martinez, spokesperson for Chicagos Office of Emergency Management and Communications OEMC. We dont have an opinion either way. Our issue is safety and making sure people stop at red lights. Our vendor has done some testing and they say it spray doesnt work. Of course theyre going to say that the spray doesnt work, continued Scott. We have 5. 00,0. 00 satisfied customers in the United States and internationally. The cops and the camera manufacturers say that their technology has improved with a higher and faster samplings of frames being shot, so the camera, if it is blinded for a milli second, can still view the license plate before or after the flash. Mr. Steele says that the cameras not only take two still photographs an initial photo when the red light is blown and another 1. Although, the spray has been tested with some speed camera units and, according to one TV news report, seems to work well. So, who really knows. Obviously the jury is out on this one. Ive never tried it and Im mildly skeptical of how well the spray concept works here in Chicago. My strategy has been to not blow through stop lights anymore and that has seemed to be working well for me. I guess the only way to really know is to buy Photo. Blocker or Photostopper, spray it on and then blow through a few intersections with red light cameras and see what happens. Perhaps we should put a fund together to reimburse someone to buy the spray and run a few red lights. The only other spray Ive seen is something called Sprayonmud. It was allegedly developed for people to easily make their SUV look like its been actually four wheeling out in the hinterlands, without going through the effort of doing so. A secondary use has been to spray the product on the back of your vehicle, making it look like you accidentally partially covered your license plate in mud. Therefore, red light cameras couldnt record your full license plate number if you went through a red light and therefore, wouldnt receive a ticket. Obviously, covering or obscuring your license plate is illegal. However, the Sprayonmud website is down and I cant seem to find it for sale anywhere and get the feeling the company is defunct. But, heres a story from Wired Magazine on the product Spray On Mud Makes A Splash. So, when it comes to license plate sprays, my advice is caveat emptor, it might be best to save your money and just dont blow through the red light.