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I got pulled over all the time in my 300ZX because I never put a front plate on it. Never got a ticket.
A coworker's husband had a Corvette and he refused to put on the front plate, although he kept it in the car for some reason. They lived in a small town and it became a running joke between him and the cop that would pull him over to remind him that there was supposed to be a plate on the front. IIRC, he never actually got a ticket, though.I got pulled over all the time in my 300ZX because I never put a front plate on it. Never got a ticket.
How long ago was that?
I lived in ILL from 2008 to 2014 and never needed to replace plates annually.
From what I have read … it’s surveillance cameras that have kept them alive … not sure how rare … but solving and being able to win the case is pretty solid with that video and LP identityYears ago Texas was set to drop the front plate to save money. The Law Enforcement group’s lobby pitched a fit that it would endanger law enforcement lives. So the front plate remains.
Bull!...they just did not want to get out of their air conditioned cruisers to check plates on cars backed into spots in Motel parking lots. Crimes solved by viewing a front plate by LE or a witness are rare or non existent.
Was dropping my daughter off at LAX for her flight home when a motorcycle cop stopped me for no front plate on my wifes 08 Malibu, after all the questions on why I didn't have a plate he let me go with a warning after telling him I live 4 hours away.Another Californian here. I have been a front plate scofflaw for more than 35 years. I only got one ticket and that was by a chicken manure motorcycle officer. I lived near a school zone and knew that traffic enforcement was monitored closely. I was doing about 20 MPH down the street and saw the cop had a soccer mom in a mini van pulled over up ahead. As I approached, he stepped out into the street, pointed at me and pointed towards the curb. I thought WTH, I wasn't speeding. When he was done writing a ticket to the soccer mom, he wrote me a ticket for no front plate.
I put the plate on, paid the $25 fine, had it signed off at a local substation and kept the plate on the car for about a year until I sold it.
I have not installed a front plate on the three cars I have owned since and have received speeding tickets in two of them. In neither case did the officer even look at the front of my car.
The police always deny that they write tickets just to raise revenue or that they have "quotas" to achieve but it sure looked like it the day the officer stopped me coming down the street by the school, and not committing any kind of infraction where the absence of a front plate may have been an "add on" to another offense.
A childhood friend of mine is a Dallas cop. He told me they definitely have quotas, especially at the end of the month.Another Californian here. I have been a front plate scofflaw for more than 35 years. I only got one ticket and that was by a chicken manure motorcycle officer. I lived near a school zone and knew that traffic enforcement was monitored closely. I was doing about 20 MPH down the street and saw the cop had a soccer mom in a mini van pulled over up ahead. As I approached, he stepped out into the street, pointed at me and pointed towards the curb. I thought WTH, I wasn't speeding. When he was done writing a ticket to the soccer mom, he wrote me a ticket for no front plate.
I put the plate on, paid the $25 fine, had it signed off at a local substation and kept the plate on the car for about a year until I sold it.
I have not installed a front plate on the three cars I have owned since and have received speeding tickets in two of them. In neither case did the officer even look at the front of my car.
The police always deny that they write tickets just to raise revenue or that they have "quotas" to achieve but it sure looked like it the day the officer stopped me coming down the street by the school, and not committing any kind of infraction where the absence of a front plate may have been an "add on" to another offense.
I keep my front plate on, it doesn't bother me.. Now, the financially strapped school systems have to install additional cameras on busses to capture the plate number of some idiot w/o a front plate who drove past a stopped school bus. I could never figure out why these idiotic law makers would propose such a bill. It sure isn't about saving on steel. I have had my existing plates for over ten years now.Plates or Tags, we all have one. Some have two. My state, NC, only requires a plate on the rear of the car. We replace the sticker yearly so the inconvenience is minor compared with having to change a front and rear plate annually like I used to have to do in Illinois. Always seemed like it was winter when that happened.
Having a front plate seems like a waste of steel to me. We also can have anything we like slapped on the front of our cars/trucks.
What's on your front end?
License plates are on the front on all my vehicles. I don't get caught up in the abolishment of the front license plate movement. School buses in my city all had to get another camera installed to catch people passing stopped school buses because front plates were no longer required.Plates or Tags, we all have one. Some have two. My state, NC, only requires a plate on the rear of the car. We replace the sticker yearly so the inconvenience is minor compared with having to change a front and rear plate annually like I used to have to do in Illinois. Always seemed like it was winter when that happened.
Having a front plate seems like a waste of steel to me. We also can have anything we like slapped on the front of our cars/trucks.
What's on your front end?