Motorist avoids paying tolls with "license plate flipper"

[Stevicus]

Motorist dodged paying nearly $5,500 in Houston tolls with ‘license plate flipper,’ police say

Houston cops have arrested a man they say avoided paying nearly $5,500 in tolls on Houston roads with an illegal “license plate flipper.”

Preston Talbot, 27, of Houston, was stopped Thursday for avoiding a toll on the Sam Houston Expressway and charged with a misdemeanor, police said.

“He would activate this device, putting a flipper down in front of his license plate, so the cameras at toll plazas couldn’t read his plate,” Harris County Constable Mark Herman told KHOU-TV Friday.

Herman said Talbot owes $5,473 in unpaid tolls.

I never heard of these things before. License plate flippers. It reminds me of the guy that wore a monkey mask so that he couldn't be identified by the traffic cameras when speeding (Driver in monkey mask once racked up 37 speed-camera tickets in Phoenix area). He was eventually caught, too.

 

[Jumi]

There was a man who got caught by cameras multiple times, but he blamed it on his twin. In the end neither had to pay.

 

[Revoltingest]

Buy'm on ebay!
USA Remote Control Hide Away Turning License Plate Frame,License Plate Flipper | eBay

 

[Jedster]

James Bond used this

 

[Jumi]

I wonder what they got to say if they're caught with stealth or flipper plates even if they've not done anything else...

 

[Father Heathen]

You used to be able to buy online the infrared devices used by emergency vehicles that automatically turn traffic lights green.

 

[David1967]

Motorist dodged paying nearly $5,500 in Houston tolls with ‘license plate flipper,’ police say





I never heard of these things before. License plate flippers. It reminds me of the guy that wore a monkey mask so that he couldn't be identified by the traffic cameras when speeding (Driver in monkey mask once racked up 37 speed-camera tickets in Phoenix area). He was eventually caught, too.

Is his name James Bond?

 

[Twilight Hue]

Motorist dodged paying nearly $5,500 in Houston tolls with ‘license plate flipper,’ police say





I never heard of these things before. License plate flippers. It reminds me of the guy that wore a monkey mask so that he couldn't be identified by the traffic cameras when speeding (Driver in monkey mask once racked up 37 speed-camera tickets in Phoenix area). He was eventually caught, too.

Sometimes you just got to admire the tenacity of the classic rebel.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I wonder what they got to say if they're caught with stealth or flipper plates even if they've not done anything else...

I imagine they are illegal in numerous jurisdictions (as is often the case with things that obscure the license plate).