How do you aeromod a boatail in states that prohibit the licence plate covered?

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by Chuck.

Ideally, I'd like to do a boatail that has the licence plate encased in the clear plastic part of the boatail.

Like a number of states, Texas seems to prohibit that. For toll stations to get a clear photoshot of a car, they want to make sure the plate holder/cover does not obscure the view....Texas law is pretty strict.

Open to ideas, but think I will have to leave the plate holder blunt and unaero, except maybe a small spoiler above it.

I can't lay my hands on the source,but I understand that nothing can cover the rear plate in Texas now.It has to do with Photo-Radar intersections now in use.
Plate covers are actively marketed to defeat photo-radar equipment and I believe this underlies the premise for the 'naked' plate statute.
Don't sweat it.It won't affect your mpg at all.