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post Sep 15 2003, 12:35 PM
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For those of us who live in states that require a front plate:

Do you put it on?

If not have you been ticketed?

If you got out of your ticket how did you do it?

Colorado has really cracked down on this recently because of the use of photo radar. I carry mine in the car, and have had a verbal warning, but a co worker just got a 50 dollar ticket when her car was parked downtown boulder at a meter. Another friend got pulled over for not having one, and ticketed as well. I really hate the idea of putting mine on, just spoils the looks of the car, plus I just plugged the holes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) .
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post Sep 15 2003, 12:37 PM
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$40 parking ticket PLUS $150 ticket for not having a front license plate here in downtown San Francisco ...

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post Sep 15 2003, 01:05 PM
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There are 31 states that issue plates in pairs.
They are: Alask, Cal, Colo, Con, Haw, Id, Ill, Iowa, Maine, Md, Mass, Minn, Mo, Mt, Neb, Nv, NH, NJ, NY, ND, Oh, Or, RI, SD, Tex, Ut, Vt, Virg, Wash, Wisc & Wy. 32 if you add D.C.
In Canada - BC, Man, NB, Ont & Sask issue pairs.

There does not seem to be consistent enforcement of the local laws regrading properly displaying them. Here in Nevada it is just a 'performance ticket'. If you get a citation you can go to the police station with a front plate properly attached and they will drop the charges. I have never had the correct front plate on any of my vehicles and have never been stopped for it. (knock on wood)

It was the front plate thing that got me started collecting license plates. When I got my first teener 10 years ago it had the wide spaced holes for a European plate on the front bumper. I thought it would be cool to attach an old German plate. By the time I found a nice one, I had developed a new hobby.
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post Sep 15 2003, 01:14 PM
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I've never got pulled over for not having one on my MGA.

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I have buddies in my car club that say they get it all the time. I carry my front plate in my trunk just in case.

In Ohio, people (including cops) are mainly just suprised that a 43 year old car is on the road and they ignore the illegals.


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post Sep 15 2003, 01:25 PM
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Heh. A couple of years ago we left my wife's car parked at LAX for a three weeks. We come back and find a ticket for NFP (no front plate). It was a fix-it ticket for like $30 or $50. I didn't think it was very sporting of them...

The 914 is NFP and the new 944 will be NFP as soon as I get my phillips after it. "They've" been getting pickier since stoplight cameras and laser speed guns started going in around socal.

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post Sep 15 2003, 03:35 PM
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QUOTE(VegasRacer @ Sep 15 2003, 11:05 AM)
...Here in Nevada it is just a 'performance ticket'. If you get a citation you can go to the police station with a front plate properly attached and they will drop the charges.

maybe true in Clark County but Reno (Washoe County) was getting picky while i was there, heard of several SNR members who got tagged...

that's -one- good thing about PA - no front plates !

ran a front plate on the Subie, but it was bent just about parallel with the road surface and was more of an air deflector into the radiator area than anything. i don't think a pole-mounted camera could have made out numbers ...
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post Sep 15 2003, 03:45 PM
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I took mine off, but might stick it back one because of the dents in the bumper. My jetta doesnt have a place for one so I just keep it in the trunk if I were to ever get hassled.
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post Sep 15 2003, 04:09 PM
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If you're feeling lucky, I think the law is that a front plate must be "displayed", not necessarily "attached", and must be displayed no more than (some fairly liberal number like 36 or 42 inches) above the road. Print a copy of the regulation from the DMV, and stick it and the front license plate on the dash so it can be seen through the window next time you park downtown. If you still get a ticket, well, it's like taking one for the team, at least the rest of us will know not to try it!
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post Sep 15 2003, 04:36 PM
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I put mine in the front window today (front of dash).. (first drive to school) cus I cant find my plate holder..

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post Sep 15 2003, 04:36 PM
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Well, my luck lasted for three years until an over-zealous Beaverton motorcycle cop took a sudden interest in my Jetta and pulled me over for no front plate. I had lost mine due to an accident (mini-van plowed into me because he was looking for something on the floor) and never replaced it after the front was worked on. Yes, cars look MUCH better with no plate in front. Charges dropped since I went to the DMV and got a new set of plates that very day.

So, it's kinda hit-n-miss. I drive carefully and try to be grandpa-like when I see a cop so not to arrouse their interest. It worked for a while...oh well.
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post Sep 15 2003, 10:46 PM
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Knock on wood, I haven't run a front plate on my cars in at least 10 years and have had no probs. I think it is one of those things where the officer has to be really bored and/or really 'dislike' something about your driving or your car before you'll get popped. Yes, I have been stopped for speeding etc. in NFP cars and that topic was never brought up nor was noise, illegal (euro) lights etc.
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post Sep 16 2003, 08:20 AM
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Another Colorado member here...
I do not run a front plate, but I do throw it up on the dash.
Never have been pulled over (nor invited a reason to do so).
There is no way I'm drilling into my front bumper... but I have considered those hard-drive magnets (but afraid they will start rusting).
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post Aug 19 2006, 03:21 PM
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Hope you don't mind I resurrected this from the dead...
I just read a thread where it's not wise to have a plate on the front dash (makes sense that it could slice up the passenger in an accident) so am trying to think of ways to mount a front plate without drilling the bumper.

Found this on the VW Vortex:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2...postid=31275909
(Granted that's about magnets through a plastic bumper) - but has anyone found a better way for front plates that don't drill the bumper ?

I could have sworn I saw a nice bracket someone made for theirs, that went between the spoiler and the bumper, I think, but as always I am looking for a step-by-step and it's obvious by me digging up this old thread I used the search ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Aug 19 2006, 04:06 PM
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WHat is this Honda-tech.com now? Just put them on.
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post Aug 19 2006, 04:11 PM
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post Aug 19 2006, 04:48 PM
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We here in the non club are very fortunate. Unlike mere citizens, WE get to pick which laws we want to obey. I pity all the lesser mortals .................

Actually, I feel sorry for those of you that spend all that time thinking about how you can avoid having a front plate, as if it were a defining experience in your pituful excuses for lives .................. The Cap'n, who can't believe this topic is on the same page as the one about one of our own fighting for his life ............. Does this p*ss you off? Good!
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post Aug 19 2006, 06:16 PM
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We here in the non club are very fortunate. Unlike mere citizens, WE get to pick which laws we want to obey. I pity all the lesser mortals .................

Actually, I feel sorry for those of you that spend all that time thinking about how you can avoid having a front plate, as if it were a defining experience in your pituful excuses for lives .................. The Cap'n, who can't believe this topic is on the same page as the one about one of our own fighting for his life ............. Does this p*ss you off? Good!


I don't think that any disrespect was ment except maybe from you, jumping on

fellow non-members who are dealing with this sad news in their own way will

not make him better. Prayers from all would be helpful.
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post Aug 19 2006, 07:11 PM
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Everybody back off. This is a tough situation and people are going to respond differently. Krusty may know James personally and may have met him face to face. He may know James's family. He may be grieving for a friend in dire circumstances. I really don't know but, I respect the fact that he feels the way he does.

For the rest of us, we know James through his posts and I for 1 would never recognize him on the street. The internet has given us a brand new situation. We feel grief for someone we really don't know. I really don't know how I should feel. I'm sad for sure but, I just don't know. I suspect everyone will be touched on different levels so, cut people some extra slack for a while. This is probably new to a lot of people.

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Chill people.....nothing here on this BBS will make James' situation any better. Let's keep the banter light.
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post Aug 19 2006, 08:02 PM
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You are right and I like him too. He is fair and level, I don't think I ever

read him pissed off or short with members that asked any question. He allways

is a Gentleman on this site and I have a strong suspision that he was the same

in real life. When he gives an answer I consider it gospel.
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