Number Plate Spray Proven To Be Ineffective

Traffic police yesterday said they have a number of solutions to foil motorists who use a special spray to blur their vehicle’s number plate from speed cameras.

“An additional fine, ranging from NT$2,400 to NT$4,800, will be issued on top of the traffic ticket if police discover that the motorist had used the spray to try and conceal his license plate,” said Fang Yang-ning (???), director of Taipei City’s traffic police division.

‘NOT NEW’

Reacting to concerns raised about the spray by a Taipei City councilor, Fang said that the spray was not new and had been around for years. It first became popular among motorists around a decade ago, but its popularity cooled after a police crackdown.

Fang said the spray forms a reflective layer on the number plate. Its manufacturers claim that the reflective layer will blur the plate numbers if the car is photographed by a speed camera, making it impossible for authorities to identify the vehicle.