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The concept that "there could be frames of video where it blows out but plenty of frames where you will get the plate" also applies to cars directly in front of you. Sure, when your own headlights are blasting plates in front of you they will get blown out on video but reflections are actually based on the "angle of incidence". The reflective paint on the plates changes the equation somewhat but doesn't eliminate the laws of physics.
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I know we would all like to capture clear images of the brightly illuminated license plates of the cars directly in front of us and that's a worthy goal but if you stop to think about it, when accidents happen that's often not the angle the car is coming at us from unless they've slammed on their brakes.
License plates are painted with retroreflective paint so no matter the angle of incidence they will be extremely bright. Being offset is better because they're being hit by less bright light from your headlights