Motorists using 'staggering simple' methods to make number plates look invisible to speed cameras

Driving are evading detection from speed cameras by using so-called 'ghosts plates' that aren't picked up by traditional enforcement tools. Authorities are cracking down on the use of these unique plates that obscure the registration from camera detection, rendering them illegitimate.

The illegal 3D and 4D 'ghost plates' reflect light, concealing the plate to skirt detection. Now, police forces are arming themselves with advanced cameras capable of spotting these deceptive devices.

The head of the UK's Automatic Number Plate Recognition system technology expressed concern over the use of 'ghost plates'. According to Professor Fraser Simpson, who called it, 'staggeringly simple' practice, previously wrote a letter to then-Transport Secretary Mark Harper after leaving his role as Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, lamenting the lack of action being taken to curb this issue, reports Wales Online.

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Local authorities are now being equipped with cameras designed to 'see' these elusive plates. Wolverhampton is one locality where council officers have been provided these upgraded cameras as part of the intensified efforts. Car owners found using these unlawful number plates can expect to receive a £100 penalty.

Councillor Craig Collingswood, responsible for environment and climate change at Wolverhampton City Council, spoke to BirminghamLive about the initiative. "Wolverhampton is leading the way as the first council investing in this state-of-the-art technology to deter and detect offenders," he said.

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