San Francisco is cracking down on the sale of illegal license plate covers, which obscure the numbers on the plates in an effort to stymie law enforcement.
A box of Kesselring Gun Shop license-plate covers, above, was among a large collection of items for sale at the recent Kesselring Gun Shop inventory auction, April 10, 2014. Boxes of ammunition, scopes and reloading equipment were among the goods …
In addition to making it hard for cops to identify specific cars involved in crime, the covers also allow drivers caught speeding or going through red lights to get away with it, as the cameras cannot see through the cover. The four retailers mentioned by the attorney’s office do not sell the license plate covers, but vendors are reportedly using their sites for private sales.
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