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[pavelstoev]

wait till you visit eastern europe where drivers believed strings or single CD handing on the rear-view mirror somehow makes the car stealth to a police radar.

[Xylakant → pavelstoev]

I always thought the idea was that the reflection from the flash would overload the camera sensor and hide your face/numberplate when a speed trap strikes.

[petodo → pavelstoev]

there certainly are reflective stripes you put around license plate which make very hard to take photo of license plate with flash

[hnbad → petodo]

They also make sure you pay an extra hard fine when they do manage to identify you after all.

[wkat4242 → pavelstoev]

Maybe not radar but IR laser guns?

I don't think it'll actually work though.

[narag → wkat4242]

The goal is not avoid detection, but that they can't record your plate number.