Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Law enforcement personnel in New York examine a license plate during a multi-agency operation at the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in ...

Cheapskates have long used a gadget known license plate flippers to avoid paying tolls. To some, skipping out on paying to drive on toll roads may seem akin to the story of Robin Hood, but more ...

Fans of the James Bond Aston Martin and other spy movie cars have likely seen the license plate flipper, an ingenious device used to evade the authorities and stay one step ahead of the bad guys.

A new law went into effect in California on January 1, 2026. It attempts to clamp down on a practice depriving the state of toll revenue while it aids and abets other types of vehicle-based crime such ...

Nov. 21 (UPI) --Pennsylvania has enacted a new law that bans drivers from selling or installing license plate flippers to evade speed cameras and automated tolls. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed ...

MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers has signed two bills into law aimed at penalizing reckless drivers and those who seek to evade police detection on the road. Both measures were introduced by Sen. Van ...

MADISON — License plate "flippers" and other devices that help drivers escape detection will soon be illegal in Wisconsin, under a bill awaiting Gov. Tony Evers' signature. Here's what to know about ...

IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- Irvine police located and pulled over a Mercedes-Benz sedan that was possibly involved in a series of vehicle burglaries -- and unexpectedly discovered a spy-type device that ...

State and local legislators in Tennessee and Pennsylvania are cracking down on the use of “license plate flippers,” devices that allow drivers to obscure or conceal their license plates at the press ...

California is joining a growing number of states that are banning the use and sale of license plate flippers. The crackdown on license plate flippers is gaining momentum, with California joining a ...

License plate flippers are commonly used for aesthetic purposes at auto shows, where they allow drivers to switch between custom or decorative plates. But across the country, thousands of drivers also ...