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Photo reflective plates!

  • 09-01-2008 11:31am
    #1
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,071 ✭✭✭


    Driving on the N11 last week, I noticed from a distance a blank or white plate in front of me on an 01 Accent.
    I drove alongside to have a look at the category of driver and noted what I would call a middle aged woman, as opposed to a chav as I had expected!

    I then slowed again to verify that the plate was in fact photo-reflective and sure enough, if you are anyway at an angle while attempting to read the plate, it appears white or fuzzy!

    I can't imagine she's still driving because if was so obvious that there was no way that the guards could have missed such a stonkingly bad attempt to defy the law!

    Photo-reflective plates are a no-no!


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  • #2
    G Luxel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭G Luxel


    I think ive noticed these too. From a distance you cannot see anything although they are perfectly legal, yet as you move up close, ie about a foot, the number is seen perfectly. Maybe the number plate panel is manufactured at an upright angle and not a flat surface.


  • #3
    lightening
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    Its a 3M manufactered material going by what I saw. (Guy in works motorbike) Looks like its some sort of multi angled reflective glass. A bit like the grey panels on hi-vis vests.


  • #4
    Jack Bauer999
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭Jack Bauer999


    10-10-20 wrote: »
    Driving on the N11 last week, I noticed from a distance a blank or white plate in front of me on an 01 Accent.
    I drove alongside to have a look at the category of driver and noted what I would call a middle aged woman, as opposed to a chav as I had expected!

    I then slowed again to verify that the plate was in fact photo-reflective and sure enough, if you are anyway at an angle while attempting to read the plate, it appears white or fuzzy!

    I can't imagine she's still driving because if was so obvious that there was no way that the guards could have missed such a stonkingly bad attempt to defy the law!

    Photo-reflective plates are a no-no!



    jasus, i nearly laughed out loud with the though of you speeding up and slowing down to observe this dangerous criminal!!!

    Unless ur a guard, why does it concern you??


  • #5
    FX Meister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,217 ✭✭✭FX Meister


    I want one of these plates, where do you get them?


  • #6
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,071 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    Jack Bauer999 wrote: »
    jasus, i nearly laughed out loud with the though of you speeding up and slowing down to observe this dangerous criminal!!!
    I was laughing out loud also! I couldn't believe it was so obvious!
    Unless ur a guard, why does it concern you??
    It doesn't 'concern' me, but since she was sharing the road with me, I have a right to be interested? No?


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  • #7
    cyclopath2001
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,359 ✭✭✭cyclopath2001


    G Luxel wrote: »
    From a distance you cannot see anything although they are perfectly legal,
    You think so?
    "Figures, letters, designs, ornamentation's, fittings or structures shall not be placed on a vehicle or trailer in such a position as to render more difficult the reading or distinguishing of the identification mark or duplicate identification mark of the vehicle or trailer."


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