Plateless

[A 986 S]

Can't say I'm surprised that you were able to get by without a front plate. A couple of decades ago I went without a front plate on my X1/9 for a few years before being pulled over. Frankly, I think he stopped me more because he wanted to get a better look at the car and less because he was concerned about the lack of a front plate. In any case, my town is small enough and red sports cars are eye catching enough that the officer would probably have noticed if I had "forgotten" to display the plate after being warned. After that incident I had front plates on all my cars, until last week that is...

[Starter986]

My front plate is European embossed with my actual CA license plate info.

I've the CA plate in the frunk... with the screws and screwdriver. Still waiting...

[rick3000]

Originally Posted by Starter986

I've the CA plate in the frunk... with the screws and screwdriver. Still waiting...

I also keep the front plate and mount in the trunk, it's a bad excuse since I have installed bumper plugs, but the car is so much cleaner without the plate. I don't plan to ever put it back on.

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by rick3000

I also keep the front plate and mount in the trunk, it's a bad excuse since I have installed bumper plugs, but the car is so much cleaner without the plate. I don't plan to ever put it back on.

The car is in my wife's name so... if I get pulled over and they hassle me about it... oh, yeah... I'm playing the wife-card.

"Officer...".

[jonogt6]

Just out of curiosity why has there been a change in the law which doesn't require you to have a front license plate? Normally the authorities like creating laws not repealing them!

[Frodo]

Cost to the State of Ohio: I'm pretty sure there will be no reduction in what they charge John Q Public, but they'll only have to be stamping 1/2 as many tags.

Continuity: None of the states surrounding Ohio require front tags.

Electronics: Apparently modern-day sensors that go into front bumpers these days requires extra expense to be adapted to the positioning of front tags up there. Don't know that much about this, but the dealerships argue that it makes their cars more expensive compared to those just across the boarder.

Aesthetics: people (especially historic and foreign vehicle owners) have lobbied for years to jettison the front tag requirement because they just don't like the negative effect it has on the looks of the car.

I guess it's been debated for years...the 'no front tag' lobby finally won out. :dance:

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by Frodo

Cost to the State of Ohio: I'm pretty sure there will be no reduction in what they charge John Q Public, but they'll only have to be stamping 1/2 as many tags.

Continuity: None of the states surrounding Ohio require front tags.

Electronics: Apparently modern-day sensors that go into front bumpers these days requires extra expense to be adapted to the positioning of front tags up there. Don't know that much about this, but the dealerships argue that it makes their cars more expensive compared to those just across the boarder.

Aesthetics: people (especially historic and foreign vehicle owners) have lobbied for years to jettison the front tag requirement because they just don't like the negative effect it has on the looks of the car.

I guess it's been debated for years...the 'no front tag' lobby finally won out. :dance:

Also, no one ever sees the front plate of an Ohio driver. I only see their rear plates because they're always in front of me hogging the left lane going 55MPH!