Front Plate

[Snowman]

Texas resident here, and yes there is a mistake in the law covering current plate regulations. You are still required to have one, but during a rewrite in June of 2011 they left out the punishment\fine portion. It's a punishable offense - but with no stated punishment. I suspect that will be remedied as soon as possible. The dealer didn't put a front plate on my car, so I certainly haven't bothered. Not sure what I'll do when the state corrects their mistake.

[Coffinhunter]

No plate, but it has the stupid holes from where the dealer put one on. Fortunately in Florida they don't require a front plate. In fact when you register the car they only give you one!

[AKnowles]

Originally Posted by Coffinhunter

No plate, but it has the stupid holes from where the dealer put one on. Fortunately in Florida they don't require a front plate. In fact when you register the car they only give you one!

If you want to get rid of the holes, try BumperPlugs.com. They sell the plugs prepainted to match your car. I'm waiitng for mine to show up in the next couple of days. Then the plate is history (well in the garage anyway).

[stephen wilson]

Wow Dave, you must have police that are either nice, or lazy. If I told a cop that, he would make a point of ticketing me every time he saw me.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by stephen wilson

Wow Dave, you must have police that are either nice, or lazy. If I told a cop that, he would make a point of ticketing me every time he saw me.

let me guess... small town/suburban cop?

Whenever I drive through a big city here in NJ or even Manhattan (tunnel cops) they barely bat an eye.

Actually I haven't had my car inspected in nearly 3 years.
I don't feel like getting failed for mildly tinted windows, to then pay $100 to have them reinstalled.... and I can't find the front plate to at least fake it for the inspection.

[stephen wilson]

Yeah, small town. Even the local State Police have an attitude like: "respect my authority! " , to quote Erik Cartman.

[WhipE350]

Can someone explain to us poor NC folk who don't have to have one what it accomplishes...has any crime ever been solved because a get away car had a front plate?

[Keith Newby]

I bought an early 911 that came with a cut down front license plate. The previous owner simply cut off the top and bottom leaving only the numbers. I don't know if he ever ran the car with the modified plate and I kept it when I sold the car. I thought it was a cool way to clean up the front end...but I don't know how legal it would be.