TALLAHASSEE—Depending on who you talk to, drivers who live in or those outsiders who find themselves commuting to and from Miami-Dade County will tell you negotiating travel lanes throughout Florida's most populous county with locals is a daunting task.
Some of these local Miami drivers are straight-up shady characters who do not respect law and order or rules.
On October 1, 2025, a law "Reclassifying the offense of driving, moving, or causing to be moved a vehicle or equipment with certain lighting on a highway as a third degree felony," went into effect.
Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senator Anna Marie Rodriguez's SB 44 bill earlier this year to prevent the obscuring of license plates.
Senator Rodriguez took things into her own hands, snapping picture after picture of drivers who appear to be purposely covering their vehicle's tag.
Upon entering her office, Rodriguez displays her work for everyone to see.
Drivers, predominantly in Miami-Dade County, have been obscuring license plate numbers to prevent detection and identification by toll cameras across the county.
With the law now in effect, it's up to law enforcement to enforce the law. Now, it's up to Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz, the Florida Highway Patrol, and other local law enforcement to start cracking down on illegal license plate obstruction.
