I Won My "No Front Ticket" Case Today!!!

[jaykay]

Hmmm got nailed for this as "granny"(literally grandma dynamite dressed as a police officer) had no place to aim her lazer gun.....and come to think of it I don't have an SWC key chain. Granny must have spotted that before writing the ticket!

[CoBeerToad]

I'll be sure to find someone who can work Photoshop if I ever get a ticket.

A front plate ain't happening on my car. Of course living so close to a non-front plate state (Indiana), it's no wonder I haven't had even a warning ticket in over 10 years for no front plate.

[Flavor 987S]

Originally Posted by ccjazz

WOOHOO!!.....well done.

Originally Posted by Ian c

Congratulations .

Originally Posted by silverboxter

That's cool! Glad you got off.

Thanks, guys!

[jb92563]

Just for an experiment I'd argue that the Boxster S was not designed to have a front plate since it will disrupt the airflow going into the front center oil cooler.

I'd ask for an exception to the law because I don't want to chance blowing my $15k engine.

In California I'm sure you could find a loophole with all the arcane and ridiculous laws on the books here.

Perhaps arguing that the extra air resistance causes higher fuel mileage and is therefor environmentally unfriendly and increasing my carbon footprint.

I can also make the point out that the front plate would be useless to them anyway because they'd be lucky if they could even catch up to me and hence only have the opportunity to see the rear plate anyway.

Nice going on your ticket, finally they recognize who is paying their salary and deserves a break for such trivial matters.

[Flavor 987S]

Originally Posted by jb92563

Just for an experiment I'd argue that the Boxster S was not designed to have a front plate since it will disrupt the airflow going into the front center oil cooler.

I don't think so. The 987S does not have a center oil cooler. Only the Tips do, for the tranny cooler, not oil. The Boxster S does have an additional engine mounted oil cooler, IIRC.

I got the ticket in this:

[BrokenLinkage]

I'd prob buckle under and put the plate on if my state required it, but heck, if I didn't care about the beautiful lines of my car, there are a lot of other more practical car options out there, and...
You gotta draw the line somewhere at unnecessary government intrusion.
By the time we get old, we are tired of drawing the line anywhere, and just jump through the hoops. We justify mental/moral/physical laziness as practicality (you can't fight every minor battle, can you?)
Soon, it becomes the norm, and tomorrows youth act like yesterdays aged and tired, and the price of freedom inches up.
We should enjoy our cars before the state recognizes us for the selfish criminals we are, abusing the resources of our country for the sake of something as antisocial and unproductive as plain old fun.

Congrats Flavor on your win, and for taking up the case for all of us more lazy types. It sounds like the both the judge and the policewoman see your point, and that is at least a tiny start in the process of getting the law changed to eradicate this tiny bit of extraneous bureaucracy.
But before I'm too old to drive, I expect there will be an exorbitant tax for those of us that don't agree to install self-monitoring GPS with reporting capability to monitor our location/speed/traffic compliance. Or maybe it will be a flat-out requirement. After all, we have been told over and over that driving is a privilege, not a right, and that the freedom envisioned by the founding fathers did not include automotive travel.

[johnsimion]

Originally Posted by BrokenLinkage

I'd prob buckle under and put the plate on if my state required it, but heck, if I didn't care about the beautiful lines of my car, there are a lot of other more practical car options out there, and...
You gotta draw the line somewhere at unnecessary government intrusion.
By the time we get old, we are tired of drawing the line anywhere, and just jump through the hoops. We justify mental/moral/physical laziness as practicality (you can't fight every minor battle, can you?)
Soon, it becomes the norm, and tomorrows youth act like yesterdays aged and tired, and the price of freedom inches up.
We should enjoy our cars before the state recognizes us for the selfish criminals we are, abusing the resources of our country for the sake of something as antisocial and unproductive as plain old fun.

Congrats Flavor on your win, and for taking up the case for all of us more lazy types. It sounds like the both the judge and the policewoman see your point, and that is at least a tiny start in the process of getting the law changed to eradicate this tiny bit of extraneous bureaucracy.
But before I'm too old to drive, I expect there will be an exorbitant tax for those of us that don't agree to install self-monitoring GPS with reporting capability to monitor our location/speed/traffic compliance. Or maybe it will be a flat-out requirement. After all, we have been told over and over that driving is a privilege, not a right, and that the freedom envisioned by the founding fathers did not include automotive travel.

Meh. You're worried about government intrusion by having to have two plates, and I'm more worried about the 90% of Americans who are out there texting while driving, talking on cell phones, eating, putting on makeup, driving 50 mph in the fast lane, etc. My friend in LA has been rearended twice in the last month by morons on cell phones. If everyone drove like you and I and the rest of the 986 forum readers who actually care about driving and pay attention, we wouldn't need all those government regulations. It's because of the other 90% that we do, and I'm darned glad we do. Personally I wish we had MORE enforcement (of stuff that counts, not just setting speed traps for revenue). In perspective, complaining about having to have two plates strikes me as just plain petty. And yes, I have two plates on my Cayman. Boo hoo.