OT Why are license plates always blacked out?

[djsteveyk@shaw.ca (Jody Bailey)]

>I can think of a few reasons why possibly license plates are always blacked
>out in pictures....but what is the real reason?

I know the reason my plate is 'whited' out in my pictures is because it is 
reflective.  You hit it with a flash and it becomes a white spot that no 
one can see.  I am not sure how many other states/provinces have reflective 
plates that do the same, I don't ever have to black mine out.

Jody Bailey
82 Scirocco 2L 8v