PhotoBlocker Spray

The makers of
PhotoBlocker spray claim that their product will make your license plate invisible to photo radar, red light cameras, and infrared and laster cameras. Special crystals in the spray will reflect back the flash (or light source) used by these cameras, making your license look like a bright blur. Would this actually work? Would it be legal if it did? They say that the spray is invisible to the naked eye, which means that it won't be of much use if a cop pulls you over. Personally, I've always thought someone should make a stealth car, made out of the same material as the stealth airplanes. That would be cool. (via
Red Ferret)
Posted By: Alex | Date:
Tue Dec 07, 2004 |
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We had a stealth car. It was an old Lincoln Town Car...every now & again it would just shut off. We kept coasting along of course...& whenever it shut off we would say we were in "stealth mode". Some of my friends actually believed it.
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Tue Dec 07, 2004 at 10:25 AM
even car is stealth, license plate is not. Police radar can always use it unless you have remote controlled shades or something. If you direct red laser to plate or sign far away, it reflects light right back and illuminates whole thing.
Posted by Loxx on Tue Dec 07, 2004 at 10:41 AM
I was told - and of course I have no source, this was just scuttlebutt - that a few people got in a lot of trouble for stealing certain buckets of paint a few years ago from the classified facility they worked at. This paint essentially made their car so a radar gun couldn't get a good reading. This may or may not be true.
Posted by Patrick on Tue Dec 07, 2004 at 10:43 AM
Mythbusters did an episode this season where they tested all the myths they could find regarding different methods of fooling radar and laser guns. Nothing worked. After seeing the tests, I dobt any paint, no matter what was in it, could have any effect.
Now the license plate camera paint, I believe could work, much like the 3M tape that reflects directly back at the camera, and George lucas tried to use for the lightsabers in Star Wars. Problem was, it didn't work THAT well, and they had to add a glowing blade in post. I could see the paint working ~25 percent of the time.
Posted by Matt on Tue Dec 07, 2004 at 11:13 AM
Hey, stuff was invented a long time ago that makes it almost impossible to read or photograph your license plate. It's called black paint.
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas, Texas on Tue Dec 07, 2004 at 11:39 AM
Unless I'm mistaken, stealth technology only works on radar. I'm almost afraid to bring this up but something truly invisible would be the alleged "Aurora" Wonderland planes. Oh dear, it looks like the Men in Black are knocking.
Posted by Mark on Tue Dec 07, 2004 at 01:14 PM
Why would you think this is a hoax? Did you read the site, and view all the evidence showing how it worked?
Posted by coit on Tue Dec 07, 2004 at 02:19 PM
The stuff is crap. Channel 12 out of Portland, OR did an investigative piece on it recently. They sprayed a license plate with it and could easily see and photograph the wording on the plate. Then they went further: They actually found the guy selling the stuff and he admitted, on camera, that the stuff doesn't work. He conceded that it was "for suckers." This is not second-hand info; I saw the story myself--twice--on Channel 12 (KPTV). Their website, KPTV.com, may well have the story on it.
Posted by crankymediaguy on Wed Dec 08, 2004 at 05:38 AM
My brother has a bird-dog (radar detector) that my dad gave him for his 16th b-day. (Way to go, Dad.) Well, he's been pulled over 4 times for speeding in the last 3 months. My mom got one of the officers to talk to him after court & the officer said that bird-dogs used to work...But b/c the new radar is constantly scanning, rather than sending out a pulse one at a time, that by the time your bird-dog alerts you...cops already know what you're doing. I don't see how spraying you CAR could keep you from being detected. Cars weigh a ton...you can't miss 'em!
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Wed Dec 08, 2004 at 07:12 AM
I took a look at the evidence on their site. I am convinced this stuff won't work as advertised. I particularly like the side-by-side shot of the car before and after the spray was applied. The after shot looks very much like the first one, just over exposed. The reflections on the car are exactly the same as the before photo except they are brighter. Looking at the tail-lights is another clue.
Posted by Reinstag on Wed Dec 08, 2004 at 08:54 AM
Coit, sometimes you don't need to make a full examination of their claims to tell they're bogus. In this case, it's claiming that it works by reacting differently to a flash than normal light. There is an obvious problem with this: These cameras do not all rely on flashes. Even the ones that do use flashes only do so in low light. Even if it worked its usefulness would be marginal at best.
Posted by Matt on Wed Dec 08, 2004 at 09:16 AM
The infamous coit has returned.
Posted by Johnå¨ on Wed Dec 08, 2004 at 03:46 PM
I remember this joke was a 1st april joke made by french television 20 years ago. They say that hairspray could avoided you being caught by radar.
(sorry for my bad english)
Posted by Fabrice in France on Thu Dec 16, 2004 at 07:32 AM
Has anybody tried the photoblocker or are you all saying bla bla bla with what he say, she say thing. Let me tell you people, this stuff works for real.
Posted by berry on Wed Dec 22, 2004 at 12:25 PM
Guys, I am telling you this stuff works. I should know, I have been using it for two years. Two years ago I was getting photo-radar tickets every three months. Then I saw a FOX News report that showed how well this PHOTOBLOCKER spray worked. It showed Denver police Department testing it and cops actually called it surprisingly effective.
I have tested the spray myself. I triggered one of these nasty cameras intentionally one early morning when there was nobody around. I saw the flash go off but I have yet to receive any tickets. It is a nice feeling to know that I am not driving naked. These cameras are not for safety they are all about revenue. I have donated enough money to the local police department. They are not going to get me again for driving 5 miles over the speed limit.
See for yourself. They have the police test results on their web site
http://www.phantomplate.com
Posted by Mary Ann on Wed Dec 22, 2004 at 12:38 PM
Come on people, believe the nice schill. Would someone named Mary Ann who reads like an infomercial lie to us?
Posted by Charybdis in Hell on Wed Dec 22, 2004 at 01:53 PM
Mary Ann said:
"Guys, I am telling you this stuff works. I should know, I have been using it for two years. Two years ago I was getting photo-radar tickets every three months. Then I saw a FOX News report that showed how well this PHOTOBLOCKER spray worked. It showed Denver police Department testing it and cops actually called it surprisingly effective."
Fascinating! MY local Fox affiliate, KPTV, Portland, Oregon recently ran a story TWICE that said the stuff was totally ineffective. Not only that, but they actually found the guy who was selling the stuff mail-order and got him to admit, ON CAMERA, that the stuff didn't work and that it was "for suckers," as he put it.
Seems that YOUR Fox station and mine should put their heads together and get their story straight. Assuming, of course, that you didn't just make this whole thing up.
Posted by crankymediaguy on Wed Dec 22, 2004 at 07:51 PM
I don't know about the fox news thing but they were on the "LA time" just recently saying much about the photoblocker.
Posted by Miller on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 10:38 AM
So many scams out there! This Photoblocker is an absolute scam! It is a rip off, and you just became the sucker for buying it. They make up loads of stuff and pay people to say stuff about their products that is not true. Their videos look doctored and spliced, so I do not believe this crap.
I had the stuff tested myself by the local cops, and they laughed at it. It does not work at all, under ANY situation. PhotoBlocker is getting hammered now on the internet and by customers who bought this stuff and got a ticket.
I hear that there is a class-action lawsuit in the works against PhotoBlocker. Eveyone who got a ticket should send their lawyer after them. Send them your ticket and tell them to pay it. After all, they say that their product "is 100% effective", so why should they not pay it.
There are quality products out there that do work. I should know. I have used for them for the last 8 years, like license plate covers that do not rely on flash to work. Manufactured by ON TRACK Manufacturing Corp. at:
http://www.ontrackcorp.com.
or call them at: 1-800-652-1059
I live in the country's worst photoradar area.
These guys at On Track are honest, and have been doing this for a decade. They also have their own spray available, but their covers are the best that I have ever seen! Everyone around here uses them! You get what you pay for....
Posted by Dorf Lungren in Arizona on Sat Jan 22, 2005 at 01:16 PM
the stuff works!!
I use it and i know, the gut pussing Ontrack ....i have seen your posts on the net, same wording and all.
If you want to by a COVER then go to ontrack....but you WILL get pulled over by cops!!!!!!!!
if you want to be stelth then get the spray!!!!
I got mine in CANADA at http:\\www.photoblockercanada.com
The reason i seen all your posts is i was doing more homework on the stuff....i GOOGLED photoblocker wiht the word scam and hoaxs guess what nothing!
When photoblocker saves you ONE ticket it payed for itself.
Ontrack sells the knock off Photostoper. and photo fog.
I dont thinking speeding is right butI HATE BIG BROTHER.
Posted by Matt on Sun Jan 23, 2005 at 09:33 PM
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