Well, six trips with the ST plate and I have managed to elude the police!!! And, STILL not one proven (or unproven for that matter) case of anyone being ticketed or questioned regarding the plates. Like everything in life, you must do what you are comfortable with. I am waiting to be proven wrong and will accept that if it happens. In the meantime I am sleeping just fine at night. I respect anyone's decision to do whatever they want. But these days this country has a lot of just following the herd and very little challenging of the system. I can afford the $118 plates but I refuse to without having a good reason to waste the extra $100. Its a personal decision and everyone has their opinion of what will or won't happen using the ST plate. But, without facts to back it up they are meaningless. Fact is I have used it 6 times so far without a problem. I have never been a lucky person either!