Yes.
Colorado drivers can be ticketed if they are caught behind the wheel of a vehicle that has been modified to avoid detection by red-light cameras and other license-plate readers. Affixing a tinted screen or cover to a license plate, or changing its color, is a class B traffic infraction punishable by a $100 fine.
License-plate readers use high-speed, high-resolution cameras to record the license plates of passing cars. Colorado law enforcement agencies use the cameras to identify stolen vehicles, track hit-and-run drivers and find vehicles associated with crimes.
Denver has dozens of license-plate readers installed across the city, along with red-light cameras at four intersections: 6th and Kalamath, 6th and Lincoln, 8th and Speer, and 36th and Quebec. Drivers caught on camera breaking the law at those locations face fines ranging from $40 to $80, depending on the violation.
As of 2022, red-light cameras were in use in at least nine Colorado cities.
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