Montgomery County, Maryland, just got $40 richer off me. I got caught in a photo radar trap, dead to rights. Paid it online just now to get it over with.

The threshold was 42mph, and I was doing 43mph. Two less mph and it would have ignored me. Not going to argue. Big red printing on the "ticket" says "WILL NOT RESULT IN POINTS AND CANNOT BE USED TO INCREASE YOUR INSURANCE RATES".

* Last updated by: privateer on 5/27/2011 @ 11:40 AM *

Sheesh.You've got plenty of goodies on there...WHERE'S YER SPEEDOHEALER???????????????LOL!!

Speedohealer wouldn't matter. I don't want to go above the preset max speed, and according to my Garmin Zumo 550 GPS, my speedometer is reading pretty true, like +2 mph or so.

I was going about 60 along there when I flashed past the road sign saying photo radar and had just finished braking down to 45ish when I crossed the dotted line. I just reacted too slow.

Oh well, $40 for an amusing color photo of me in the rain under serious braking is a fair price. Heh.

Nice pic Sorry to hear that you owe $40 to the "cause". Like you said "Oh well, $40 for an amusing color photo of me in the rain under serious braking is a fair price. Heh."

I'll take no points for $40 anytime...

Shogun1 wrote:

I'll take no points for $40 anytime...

You got that right, my friend !

But.... I'm putting PhotoBlocker on my plate for yucks, and will test the same photo trap after I do it. Its not illegal like covers are. And should work on the one that got me because they used a flash.

What is PhotoBlocker? Had a photoradar flash me while riding in a 6 bike group last week. Leader was speeding, I was 3rd and I think radar thinks it was me speeding and flashed while I was passing. Waiting to see if ticket come in the mail....

PhotoBlocker is a permanent spray-on clear acrylic that has a very glossy finish. So any photo radar that uses a flash will get a big white blur where the license plate is from the reflection over-exposing the picture.

Its legal, because nothing in any State's motor vehicle code says you can't clear coat your license plate. And it doesn't prevent a cop reading your plate either from within the police vehicle or standing behind.

In fact, nobody but the photo radar would see anything strange about your plate.

Folks on Amazon have posted reviews, and I've seen photographs taken using a flash and there is no way they could bring up the plate number or even the State on a plate so coated.

And the fact I went to VT and back to MD and didn't get any mail yet asking for $40 more demonstrates that Photoblocker works.

I'm certain I blew past at least 3 photoradar units.

I don't see that a flash would have any effect during broad daylight. May be out of state they don't always bother to pursue.

Hey folks, we were, at one time, photo radar nation here in Toronto, Ontario. They would use the flash during the day, I remember because that's how you knew when you got tagged (this beam of light would flash you as you passed an unmarked white van). We have a 404 toll that uses overhead lights, so photobucket, would only work at night. At what they are charging a can - PB, I might pick up one and do all three of our vehicles. Thanks for the suggestion my wise friends.

Maybe you could get chalk and on the back of your fabric riding jacket write, "Efff you photo radar," in this way when they mail you the pic, you could mount it on your wall in an attractive frame. Bam, now you have a conversation piece?

* Last updated by: Wolfman on 4/4/2013 @ 6:03 AM *