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3/11-2003
Trafikmagasinet
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is
the
name
of
a
car
program
that
keeps
the
Swedish
society
updated
with
the
latest
car
news,
once
a
week
on
the
Swedish
National
Television.
We
are
testing
the
car
registration
plate
spray
The
government
is
undertaking
large
projects
with
the
automatic
speed
cameras
–
the
supervising
lockers
along
the
roads
are
doubling.
But
you
can
find
a
spray
on
the
internet
that
is
putting
the
cameras
at
risk
and
they
are
probably
legal.
Trafikmagasinet
have
tested
if
it
works.
Sent:
3/11-2003
Reporter:
Erika
Rydstrand
Approximately
50
million
Swedish
Kronor
will
be
spent
on
the
automatic
traffic
safety
control
(ATK)
and
along
the
roads
will
it
be
around
330
radar
cameras
by
the
end
of
2003,
while
in
fact
at
this
moment
in
time
are
there
180
radar
cameras.
Spray
on
the
Internet
Many
tests
have
been
done
with
great
creativity
to
get
away
from
the
radar
cameras.
For
instance,
there
is
a
spray
for
the
registration
plate
that
can
be
bought
on
the
Internet.
We
first
contacted
the
police
to
do
a
test,
but
they
didn’t
want
to
since
they
say
its
illegal.
To
get
the
biggest
test
result
we
could,
we
drove
the
car
with
a
regular
(not
sprayed)
registration
plate.
We
could
conclude
that
the
sign
was
readable
at
the
actual
photograph.
When
we
changed
the
plate
to
one
that
had
been
sprayed
and
tested
in
three
times,
was
it
unreadable
each
and
every
time
on
the
photograph,
meaning
that
you
couldn’t
see
whose
plate
it
was
at
the
photo.
Even
when
we
moved
the
cameras
closer
to
the
plate
and
having
the
car
stand
still,
it
wasn’t
readable.
Clear
Difference
Just
like
the
police,
do
we
use
an
advanced
car-program
and
with
the
help
of
the
computer
try
to
make
the
registration
plate
readable.
When
we
compare
the
regular
plate
with
the
sprayed
one,
do
we
recognize
a
huge
difference.
We
experiment
with
the
computer,
try
to
make
it
darker
and
lighter.
We
try
as
hard
as
we
can
to
read
the
registration
plate,
but
we
fail
to
do
so.
What
does
the
law
say?
A
spray
can
costs
approximately
400
Swedish
kronor
and
can
in
fact
put
the
50
million
investments
at
risk.
The
questions
is
if
it
is
legal
to
spray
the
registration
plate?
After
a
legal
judgment
do
we
conclude
that
there
is
no
penalty
for
spraying
the
registration
plate.
The
plate
is
readable
for
the
eye
and
the
applicable
law
text
that
was
written
in
1972
mentions
nothing
about
sprays
since
it
didn’t
exist
neither
did
the
radar
cameras.
The
speed
kills
The
question
is
if
its
worth
the
money
and
the
time
that
we
gain
to
spray
the
plate
just
to
be
able
to
speed
up
a
little
extra?
To
drive
legally
doesn’t
costs
any
money
(violation
tickets),
and
we
are
having
difficulties
to
understand
that
the
speed
kills.
Since
it
doesn’t
happen
to
me,
or
does
it?
On
the
road
with
radar
cameras,
the
number
of
deaths
has
actually
decreased
with
60
percent.
The police tested
Bo Andersson, is vice president for law at the
National Road Administration and he says it is
likely to be legal to spray the registration plate.
The law says the plate must be readable for the
eye, but it says nothing about the fact it must
be able to be readable on a photograph. However,
this will most likely change, be sure. After the
police got to hear about out test exercises, they
actually arranged their own. The police do uphold
the fact that the spray doesn’t work. Yet,
the best way not to get a speeding ticket is simply
not to drive faster than the law…
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