NYC sheriffs seize 43 vehicles for fake paper license plates in overnight sweep

[BlakeJones]

Originally Posted by BOORGONG

Well the nice thing about paper plates is you don't have to do the dishes, though.

Except they will impound your kitchen

[martinjsxx]

Originally Posted by Honda718

With speed cameras and red light cameras going up everywhere expect this to continue. I don't blame them.

Speaking of speed cameras, I think I saw my first mobile speed camera today near a school. I was driving and a strobe light flashed from a parked SUV facing me as I approached. I didn’t notice if a car in the other direction had passed it and triggered the light. It flashed as I approached and I was going uphill and going slow. There was a woman in the parked SUV with City of New York license plates but otherwise unmarked. A strobe unit was on the hood of the vehicle. I assumed it was a speed camera unless it is some sort of license plate reader for other reasons like looking for fake plates.

[djohnslaw]

Originally Posted by Dave 92 LSC

Every paper plate from NJ and NY is a fake plate.

most not all. i had paper plates (temp tags) that were expired for 2 months bc the dmv was so backed up from covid.of course they could have extended expirations or let dealers give you new temp tags but that would be too simple. i did get pulled over twice when the cop couldn't see the tag in the window late at night (perfectly legit) Both times the tags were expired and I explained the situation. One of them was fine with it the other was nasty, gave me a ticket and told me he was lucky he wasn't impounding my car. The ticket was thrown out in about 10 seconds as the judge understood the situation.

It was nice not paying tolls for 3 months.

[Aeran]

Fake Paper License Plate Scourge Prompts NYPD Surveillance and Arrest Surge

https://www.thecity.nyc/transportati...illance-arrest

The NYPD is ticketing drivers for fake or mutilated license plates at an accelerating clip — highlighting a growing safety scourge, even as the pandemic slows overall enforcement of moving violations, department data shows.

Tickets for missing, improper, obstructed or unregistered license plates through August 2021 are up 45% from the same period in 2019, before COVID brought the city to a near-halt.

Arrests are up too, the stats reveal — with 2,163 busts for suspected fraudulent temporary license plate cases in the first seven months of 2021 compared with 1,134 arrests in 2020 and 1,178 in 2019, according to numbers provided by the NYPD.

Paper license plates are favored by drivers seeking to elude law enforcement, according to police, as well as those trying to evade tolls and speed-enforcement cameras. Police have tied fake plates to dozens of shootings in the city.

This spring, the NYPD’s Auto Crime Unit disseminated a guide to patrol officers, instructing them how to spot the phony tags and sideline vehicles and drivers. Driving a vehicle with a fake plate is a penal violation that could result in jail time.

[Aeran]

License to Ill: More Drivers With Bogus Plates Evading Traffic Cams, Costing NYC Up to $75M

https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/4/25/23...c-cam-cost-75m

Bent, covered up, and outright phony license plates have allowed drivers in the city to dodge red light and speeding cameras some 1.5 million times since the pandemic started — and the problem is only getting worse.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by pierrepont7731

Don't forget Texas too...

https://www.khou.com/article/news/cr...d-02785b6105fc


https://www.foxnews.com/us/fake-pape...imes-across-us