Avoid tolls by covering your number plate

Recently some drivers in Ireland have been trying to avoid paying toll charges by covering the front of their number plates up. There are cameras on the M50, which read the vehicle’s number plate and automatically issue toll charges.

However some drivers have been caught trying to avoid the tolls by covering the front number plate. They weren’t bright enough to cover the rear number plate as well, and ended up with hefty fines of up to €1,000.

In one case the driver claimed that he didn’t realise that it was illegal to cover his number plates saying that he had done it as a prank. Unbelievingly he got away with it and didn’t pay a fine or go to prison!