Camera Shy Number plate
Field Test done with South Yorkshire Police.
Taken with a Digital Camera and flash,
Alert status is standard when it came to this plate, no overexposure.
The UK Speedtrap Guide and Sheffield police setup
this test using an operational Gatso camera. The test was for
the "Camera Shy" number plate.
The plate looked like any other but is designed
to reflect back too much glare for the Gatso camera causing over
exposure on the film. The plate costs £20 and claim
they have tested it with their own cameras in daylight and at
night, it works they say. They however have never tested it on
a Gatso.
We tested it with my digital camera, the result
was not good. The plate was clearly readable so it was down to
the Gatso.
The Gatso was set at 20mph, you should have seen
the worried faces of motorists driving past as they were flashed
in the trap zone and one even stopped, walked back up and asked
if he had been nicked.
We mounted the Camera Shy plate on the police stop
sign on the back of the police bike, the officer drove past the
Gatso at 30mph and set off the camera. All we had to do then was
wait for the central process unit to develop the photograph.
A few days later the picture arrived, and guess
what it never worked. Okay so it was a little harder to read,
but the processing unit said they did not have to do anything
to the picture to read the plate.
Taken on a Gatso, Your Nicked!
The top plate is the camera shy plate (M123 ACE)
the lower plate is the plate belonging to the police bike.
My thanks to Sheffield police for the picture.
Often used by police is the negative view
The top plate is the camera shy plate (M123 ACE)
the lower plate is the plate belonging to the police bike.
Can we recommend it, NO, we can't,
This is a real rip off.
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