Some Truckers Obscuring license plates? Why?

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  1. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    What's the deal with drivers putting tape over parts of their license plates? Is it purely to dodge tolls, or maybe red light cameras?

    Have any of you noticed this? I also saw a new york license plate with parts of the numbers painted over an orange paint today heading for the GWB.
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  3. LOTSO

    LOTSO Heavy Load Member

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    Tolls. Have to check Amazon trailers for this. They will rub grease on the numbers.
     
  4. roundhouse

    roundhouse Road Train Member

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    The tolls in blue states are outrageous

    lotsa people dodging them now that they are so expensive .
     
  5. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    There are other roads.
     
  6. LOTSO

    LOTSO Heavy Load Member

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    I don't know why Amazon carriers do it. Amazon pays for all tolls. I've gotten payed for tolls going over bridges that I didn't have to use the bridge to get to the next stop.
     
  7. roundhouse

    roundhouse Road Train Member

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    Yeah but they used to compare the toll time stamp to your logbook ,
    Dunno how that works now with the ELD
     
  8. Magoo1968

    Magoo1968 Road Train Member

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    That plate would get you a ticket it’s way to easy to spot
     
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  9. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Wiping a glob of grease on it would look a bit less obvious than electrical tape over the numbers.

    License plates on trash trucks tend to be so beat up as to be unreadable.
     
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  10. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    My bet is a lot of them turn in fake recipts.
     
  11. Dennixx

    Dennixx Road Train Member

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    I see a lot of temporary tags (paper) on trailers in the Chicago area that are expired or so weather beaten I'm convinced they aren't legally registered.
    An illegal or swapped plate is easy to get away with. Same w a trailer.
    Beats the homemade cardboard ones I've seen.
    I probably wouldn't be amazed at the number running up and down the road.
     
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  12. Thrasher28

    Thrasher28 Road Train Member

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    I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but going to guess that letter at the end is a 'T'
     
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