The stupid plate tricks of Florida motorists

Most motorists hate paying tolls, but drivers in Florida apparently really hate coughing up their hard-earned dollars. Some have decided they're done paying altogether, and will go to novel ways to thwart toll booth cameras. We say "novel" as a kind way of saying "moronic."

Friends leaning out of open hatchbacks, motorcyclists kicking their feet back to obscure their own license plates are just two of the tricks used by these apparently sovereign citizens to avoid getting caught for not paying road tolls. The St. Petersburg Times compiled a few of the Florida Department of Transportation's finest toll evaders.















http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/03/t...ida-motorists/

lol this is funny. why bother putting on plate at all then?!

Cheap/funny/lame/dangerous.

are times that tough for them or are the florida tolls really expensive? but i appreciate some of their dedication to not wanting to pay.

The partially covered ones can be figured out...

.. the guy who kicked his feet up ... genius

so ghetto. They do that to save a few bucks??

How common is this?

HAHa this is an awesome thread, I don't blame them. For fun we was actually thinking of reversing a car through a red light with no front plate and showing middle fingers. That red light camera is on a very quite street so it wouldn't be dangerous to do.

So they avoid one lousy toll-fee to end up paying a much more serious one. Those guys standing on the rear bumper and leaning out of the hatchback are clearly in violation the "Click-it-or Ticket" Seat-Belt-use laws. In many states, including my own (VA), that carries a stiff fine.

As IS-SV has correctly pointed out, it is also stupid and hazardous. One's health (and driving record) is not worth a simple few bucks.

Well.... did these guys get away with it??

The fellow on the bike with his legs kicked back is pretty clever, I'll admit. My thinking for these people doing it seems to be that they have a lot more to lose than just a few bucks if they were to get caught; as in criminal records.

I got those darkened license plate covers, i wonder if that would obscure the plate enough

I'm still amazed Toll roads still exist in this country. You would have thought they would have been tossed out along with all the British...

they dont take pics of the front?

i know in california they did. i sold my car and the guy got like 2 tickets toll road tickets. it had pictures of the front and back plates.

Florida only has 1 plate.

I wish CA would make that legal. The plate number is still visible. Cops need everything clear and unobstructed.