"The trick is that that the frame is basically a optically-triggered slave-mode flash unit that’s placed right up to the subject (the license place). A sensor at the top of the frame detects when a flash is fired, which in turn instantly triggers two xenon flashes built into the sides. The powerful flash will turn your license plate into a rectangle of blown-out highlights."
It's illegal, of course.
I much prefer the idea of getting a custom plate that's something like 00000O0000 or 1111l11111 etc. depending on the font.
It doesn't work. Mythbusters tried it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/07/10/data-broke...
Also, the plate readers, they don't even use flashes. They are essentially video cameras.
We didn't.
In Australia, at least, red light cameras are cameras, and they do have a flash (you can see it go off). The plate readers on the freeways for tolls are more like video cameras.