MailOnline has found at least two products that market themselves as a so-called ‘stealth plates defender’ that illegally make licence numbers undetectable to ANPR cameras.

A photo promoting another spray with apparent ‘high-tech flashing shielding’ urges motorists to ‘end your traffic ticket troubles now’ and ‘avoid the risk of being caught speeding’

On one listing on Amazon it promises to ‘block infrared signals and visible flashes emitted by speed cameras’

An Amazon spokesperson said: ‘Third party sellers are independent businesses and are required to follow all applicable laws, regulations, and Amazon policies when listings items for sale in our store.

‘We have proactive measures in place to prevent prohibited products from being listed and we continuously monitor our store and those who violate our policies are subject to action including potential removal of their account.’

An eBay spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘We do not allow the sale of any item which may enable or encourage illegal activity, and have block filter algorithms in place aimed at preventing items that breach our policies from being listed on site.

‘We also proactively monitor our site to identify and remove any items that do not comply with our policies. We are removing the listings reported to us by Mail Online, and are sweeping our site for any similar listings.’

It comes after it was revealed today that traffic officers are struggling to catch speeding boyracers who are using ‘ghost’ plates on their souped up motors.

The plates, made of reflective material unreadable for police cameras, are being used by some drivers to get away with running red lights, drink driving and ignoring speed limits, a Labour MP claimed.

Sarah Coombes this morning called for tougher laws with drivers currently only being fined £100 if they are caught using a non-compliant numberplate.

She told Good Morning Britain her consituency in West Brom has a ‘huge issue with car racing and that’s how I came across this in the first place’.

‘Sometimes you have 40 or 50 cars racing along a residential road on Friday and Saturday nights and it was the police that told me they are struggling to catch some of these people because they are using ghost plates,’ she said.

The ghost or stealth plates can be bought online for as little as £30.

Number plates can also be cloned or made unreadable relatively easily without detection by the authorities.

Michael Flanagan, chair of the British Number Plate Manufacturers Association, says the people making them are doing so ‘under the radar’ and then selling them online.

He warned terrorist organisations and criminal gangs can ‘easily access’ the numberplates simply by going on the internet.

Calling for tougher punishments, West Bromwich MP Ms Coombes  said: ‘There are a select minority of people who think they are above the law.

It comes after it was revealed today that traffic officers are struggling to catch speeding boyracers who are using ‘ghost’ plates on their souped up motors

Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain on February 26, 2025

Pictured is a police officer checking car speeds in Edinburgh

Pictured is a traffic sign warning of the speed limit and that cameras are in operation

The plates, made of reflective material unreadable for police cameras, are being used by some drivers to get away with running red lights, drink driving and ignoring speed limits

‘They think that by using a ghost plate they can get away with running red lights, drunk driving, ignoring speed limits and much, much worse.

‘It can’t be right that these drivers are not being caught by police for creating so much danger on our roads. The punishments need to be tougher.

‘Pedestrians and drivers alike deserve to be able to feel safe on the roads.

‘The behaviour of a few reckless drivers is putting us all at risk.

‘Clamping down on dodgy plates by toughening up the law is the first step we need to take towards ending this road safety crisis for once and for all.’

Ms Coombes is set to put forward her plan to change the law in the Commons on Wednesday using a 10-minute rule motion.

Her proposal stands little chance of becoming law unless it is taken on by the Government as part of its new road safety strategy.

Tony Porter, the UK’s former surveillance camera commissioner, said ghost plates offer a ‘temptation’ to drivers who want to ‘speed, drive without due care or without insurance to evade prosecution’.

‘Innocent members of the public are being put at risk,’ he added.

The scale of number plate misuse is still being understood but it is estimated that around one in 15 plates could be modified in some way.

A Government spokesperson said: ‘This Government takes road safety seriously.

‘We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.

‘Since the general election, the Labour Government has begun work on a new road safety strategy, the first in over a decade. Ministers will share more details of the strategy in due course.’