# Smokey plastic panel over license plate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokey-plastic-panel-over-license-plate/507071>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 20, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokey-plastic-panel-over-license-plate/507071 "2009-08-20T13:57:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokey-plastic-panel-over-license-plate/507071/21 "2009-08-23T03:17:30Z")

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I know I’d be a bit nervous about pulling over a car with both the smoked licence plates and the jet-black tinted windows if I was a cop :eek:

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokey-plastic-panel-over-license-plate/507071/22 "2009-08-23T03:24:56Z")

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They’re all over the place here.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokey-plastic-panel-over-license-plate/507071/23 "2009-08-23T18:29:29Z")

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The anti-camera covers are also quite common around here. Around 1 in 20 to 1 in 40 cars have one. IOW, you can’t drive to the mall & back without seeing 1 or maybe 2.

Do they work? I have no clue.

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokey-plastic-panel-over-license-plate/507071/24 "2009-08-24T13:54:50Z")

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No, they don’t work.

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