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New Camera Technology Targets Defaced License Plates

WNYC 93.9 FM New York City 12d12d Impact 5
Drivers in New York City are reportedly defacing or obscuring license plates to avoid camera-based speeding tickets. One individual has received more than 16 such tickets in the past year.

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Sources · 7 independent

WNYC 93.9 FM

“so many drivers deliberately obscure or deface their plates, which frustrates the ability of the city to actually capture them on camera.”

WNYC 93.9 FM

“I think that the New York Times has it as 14,600. Is that kind of consistent with your reporting and what you've seen? Yeah, that's probably thousands.”

WLS-AM 890 Chicago

“This peer to tear tax is specifically designed for the richest of the rich. Those who store their wealth in New York City real estate but who don't actually live.”

WNYC 93.9 FM

“the vendor that actually installs the cameras has been really installing better and better cameras that are able to detect whether a plate has been defaced and better see it in better detail.”

WNYC 93.9 FM

“method of defacement is often in such a way that allows a human to read it up close and see what the actual license plate is, but in a manner that a camera from up above would not be able to.”

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