fila0220

I hate it when I am washing my car, and find new scratches on my bumpers from careless parkers. So I decided to install something that would leave a mark on their bumper if they were to back up into my front bumper . I am still thinking of an idea for the back hahaa. It costs like $10 bucks at my local car wash, and I just spray painted it black so it wouldn't stand out as much.



Happy Parking!

PlatinumPi4u

Thats awesome!

maxi13

I think it is highly illegal. You can get a ticket for that and also can be sued by a careless pedestrian who would tear up his leg of this so called "defense".

VividRacing

How would this be illegal? It's no different than those Goth kids that have this stuff on their clothes/bracelets/etc. And if some moron is walking that close to his car, chances are they'd probably trip on the front bumper anyway, with or without this plate frame.

maxi13

Try putting barbed wire or broken glass on the top of your fence

The car is a source of increased danger. The owner is responsible for all the damages done by it.

ExoticToysNyC

any plate cover is illegal in ny(it's not readily enforced)...unless they've changed the law lately. whether it's partially or completely blocking the wording on your plate. for ex..in your pix it's partially blocking the words "the empire state"(which is an ad by the way) is illegal...would you get pulled over for this? chances are no...but sometimes these cops can be a real pain especially when it comes to end of the month and quota time for them....this is prob something most drivers don't know, but simply having an air freshner hanging from your rear view mirror could get you a ticket for obstruction of your vision but i digress...... as for your "defensive approach" chances are no one will see this backing up into you till it's too late(meaning out of the car and actually look at it) also anyone backing in hard enough will crack your paint, a bumper can only flex so much, i know this because i've done many repaint jobs like this in the past for pissed off customers. my apologies for my response being this long...it's just that i've had first hand experience in this and my customers also.

ExoticToysNyC

i just noticed you're in queens, so am I....fortunately for me...I rarely park on the streets as i'm at work most of the time with my own parking space...but just this 4th July I parked on the street and someone nicked my rear bumper :sigh: pissed off? ::: yes..... expected? :::: unfortunately yes...i was able to buffed it out luckily for me.

fila0220

Yea, I know how you feel. I have my car garaged parked most of the time. But you can't protect it from the real world. It's more of a, if someone did back up into me, then it would leave a parting gift. A friend of mine used to have long screws sticking out of his license plate. The car that backed into him ended up ripping out his front plate . Defiantly wasn't as funny for him tho.

pinebaron

Years and years ago in the 80's when I lived in New Delhi for a while, I built from scratch and installed a radar alarm with an adjustable proximity detector, complete with a bull-horn loudspeaker under the hood. This was then wired to a Ham radio (I am a licensed radio ham) 2M transceiver to control the device. The alarm system was controlled using a 2nd 2M transceiver (on my belt). The alarm, a 120db+ siren would fire a warning sound it someone came within a foot of the perimeter of the vehicle and I could hear the alarm on my 2M transceiver. Sensitivity could be remotely monitored. The system also enabled me to communicate(speak) through the bull-horn loudspeaker, shout obscenities, threaten police action etc.

All this could be controlled from several miles away. Today's technologies would permit me to build an ever more sophisticated device. With satellite capabilities, visual aids, video capable broadband cell phones a lot more is possible.

During my eight years stay in New Delhi and often parking the custom built fully loaded truck in New Delhi's busiest and notorious areas, it did not suffer a single scratch on its impeccable and custom paint work. I need to put a picture of that beauty here one day.

I'm not sure if it would work in busy NYC

grane

One of the film wraps over the bumper?

Does our friend above with the shop install these?

I like the New Delhi haha story. Like an old Candid Camera episode.

I have also seen these orange foam tubes you can put over the bumpers when you park but they probably would be swiped in a city. Or set on fire.

grane

If any ws obstruction is illegal how do you mount your Sleazy Pass transponder? Same question for the black front plate transponder?

At some point I would like to visit your shop but driving with out of state plates is a red flag. Saw a NY semi undercover constable pulled over in a bad bad blind curve the other day 20 miles inside an adjoining state. WTF?

Good to hear from you....