Front license plate or not?
 

I know it looks so much cleaner with out the front plates but its just another reason to get pulled over in Cali. Very tempted to remove. How are you rollin? :)

Nebraska. No front plate. Never been pulled over. Of course, I'm an old fart and drive conservatively in town.

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Don't drive the Hwy 275 Fremont bypass on a Sunday. There's a State Patrolman who watches that stretch like a hawk. In different yrs he's pulled me over with my LE, my 07 CS, and 08 CSS. The first two were fix-it tickets, the last one a $73 ticket. He mentioned something about me having a hard time displaying my front plates.

During the day, OPD could care less if you have a plate. Since I've been pulled over at night for rolling a stop sign and making a left turn into a right lane, I'm sure they'd use no front plate as an excuse to pull you over at night. I was pulled over by a State Patrolman in my 01S for no front plate but that was during a late night celebration during Omaha's Nationwide golf tournament. In all 3 cases they were fishing for drunks.

I was also pulled over near Fremont in 1985 driving my brother's '83 Turbo T-Bird. You guessed it - no front plate. Don't think it was the same Patrolman who got me the last 3 times. I bet the satellites were working overtime printing out my rap sheet the last time I got caught.

Am I a scofflaw?

I decided to remove my front plate and found these unsightly marks. :mad:

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I saw a guy in Denver get a no front plate ticket while parked on the street. I'd keep the plate on there if its required in your state.

Glad to still have my freedoms and rights protected down south :D no front plate, no emission tests, no other highway inspections, most importantly no speed cameras.

I roll in NJ with no front plate. It looks sooooooo much better without it. Got bumper plugs.

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My plastic mount was pretty worn/broken after 15 years so I removed it it. I am in no rush to replace it because I think it looks way better. My understanding is that the vast majority of police won't bother you about it unless they have already pulled you over for something else.
I think the cops in most big cities have better things to do than write front plate fix-it tickets.

My state doesn't even provide front plates. In CA I got ticketed more times then I can count for not having a front plate.

No front tag. In fact, since moving to Ohio in 1997, I've had 3 cars (Camry, Mazdaspeed 3 and BoxsterS)...none have had front plates. I've been pulled over for other reasons from time to time, and they'll typically mention the absence of the front tag...but no ticket. I've heard, but can't verify, that Ohio's got plans to eliminate the requirement for front tags.

I think the earlier comment about age being a factor is a valid one...my son got pulled over once for no front plate when he had borrowed my Camry. No ticket was issued--I think it was a fishin' trip, an excuse to pull over and look for other issues.

What's next, what oil should I use, what are the best tires

If your state requires a front plate, then use one :rolleyes:! Unless you have money to throw away for tickets. I stopped noticing mine about 2 days after I installed it (yes, Wyoming requires one, and we do get ticketed).

No Front plates or tickets for me in SoCal so far, but its only been 2 years.

I think the workload of police, and their personal disposition in your area will determine the likelihood of being pulled over and actually ticketed.

In my area they prefer to catch speeders so they typically don't bother you otherwise.

There's always a risk, but my car did not come with a front plate and when I asked the previous owner did not get one either so its likely been over 6 years since its had a front plate.

I suppose if I get ticketed I'll get new plates and attach the front.

If you keep one in the trunk/frunk and mention that you are in the process of getting it reattached but waiting on some brackets you could probably avoid a ticket, but that only works once with the same officer.

In NC I had no front plate but pesky annual state inspections. down in FL no front plate and no inspections... and you can sure tell by some of the cars on the road. and giant trucks. Mufflers seem to be barely optional :)

I have bumper plugs but the paint delaminated from one of them so I have a big white dot on my bumper that really shows. I am going to do Dr Colorchip on my hood soon and when I do I may try to touch up that bumper plug.

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If that doesn't work I do have some black bumper plugs I got really cheap from Suncoast, I may put them on.

If the law in your state requires it then you should have a front plate. Why fight it? Duh!

Our province not required thankfully.

Cheers G. Have a law abiding day!:)

No front plate, but we are supposed to have one installed. I have observed many vehicles without front plates too. It seems like it is only beneficial to the contractor that provides them to the states.

Don't park in Chicago without one. The meter maids will get ya'.

I spend most of my time in Indiana (does not require a front plate) and because I live so close to the border, cops don't normally look for that where I'm at in Illinois. But them parking meter cops downtown got me once... once.

Definitely not wooh! :cool:http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1395113661.jpg

Same here in Houston - seems Texas cops don't care. Most don't run one and I've barely heard of 1 person getting a ticket.

A front license plate looks bad. A front license plate mounted to the tow hook location looks even worse.

No no no no no no! Driven without a front plate in the CA Bay Area for my whole life and never once been stopped for it. Speeding...now that's another story


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Other side of the continent, but here in VA, cops watch for front tags. I've been warned on both of my cars. Last time I was stopped on the interstate. The tag had been knocked off a couple of weeks earlier by a piece of truck tire. I showed the banged up tag to the cop and he let me go with a "get it fixed".

Virginia...such a beautiful state, with so many beautiful, incredibly scenic and fun roads. But the law enforcement on public roads is crazy oppressive. My kid got a ticket driving through the state a few months back. There are attorneys there, I am convinced, whose practices consist primarily of taking cases for out-of-state defendants that don't want to travel all the way back to ol' Virginny for their court appearance. Such a racket. :mad:

No front plate on my 2000S here in CA but we sure get hit with all other regulatory BS!

A friend bumped into my front plate a few months ago while walking out of a pub. I decide to keep it in the back trunk until I get pulled over :)

After two tickets in Houston, I started running front plates on everything I own. I just don't need the hassle...

Perhaps a stupid question.... would you be subject to a ticket IF you're fom a state that does not require front plates yet you drive through a state that does require them?....or do you just get pulled over and questioned.....OR....in my case, my state requires front plates but I don't have one installed. If I drive through another state that requires them can I get a ticket?.... How could a state issue a ticket for a car not displaying a plate in the front that's registered in another state? (that would be like one state enforcing another state's law)

Confused and questioning.

I was in Washington last year with a group of guys in audi's they got pulled over the one guy had a euro plate with his licence plate numbers on the front. The cop told him to get it fixed. He was from Vancouver Canada. So apparently they enforce other provinces rules too ;)

Pennsylvania does not have a requirement for a front plate, so people put all kinds of vanity plates on the front of their car. I wanted the euro look for mine.

The funny thing is I still dont have plates on the rear and I'm worried about the front hahaha :cheers:

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I live in RI and we have 2 plates but hate the way it looks on the boxster. I plan on filling the holes and installing a removable mount.

I've kept mine off.

I had the body shop re-do the entire front bumper.

No bumper plugs needed and I live in CALI. (Living life dangerously.)

Even dirty, I have to go with yes.
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