I agree, but have you ever tried to or even thought to read the plate on a cage tearing towards you with a roaring engine while at the same time pedaling for your life and/or as it streaks away. I've gotten the plates and turned in a few cage drivers who tried to force me off the road by pulling a side-swipe stunt on me and one car load of juvenile punks where one of them stuck his arm out the passenger window and took a swing at the back side of my head while they passed me but in all those cases it was when traffic flow and or a red light up ahead with cars stopped in front of them that prevented the offending cagers from getting too far away and/or allowing me to catch up with them to get their plate. So far I have never been able to get the plate in the heat of the moment when things are going down. More important things always seem to take precedence, quite frankly I don't know how the cops are able to do it, must be the training.

I've thought about getting a camera rig but so far I've resisted that step, something about rigging my bike as a rolling surveillance platform like some big brother drone just twists me the wrong way.