Impact_Player

Hey guys and gals, just got pulled over yesterday for no front plates (live in Ca.), but the officer was cool about it and just gave me a warning. I told him I have no place to put my front plate because I have no license plate holes or holder for it. (cause I got those buttons to cover them up ,ha,ha,ha) He also told me I was lucky and should look into getting it done some how, he said some officers are not as nice about it as he was. After the incident my plans for the RonJon body kit has been changed, I'll have to go with the A-spec kit from the dealership, so I can still put on my front plates if needed. Damm, the only bright spot is this incident occur before I got the RonJon kit.

csmeance

i think that you can still put on the license plates on the rj kit. PM rondog about it and he can tell you

LKLD

I love FL

cjhurtado2

Same here. Got pulled twice in a month. The first time while going to work. The second one was a big hassle I was going to leave for a business trip and guess what? I missed my flight. After that incident, I have to install my front plates.

gotjesus

i guess you were lucky because it's not end of the month.

simonsez

I dont know about any where else but NYPDs are very strict about front license plate.
Even they write me a ticket in front of my house parked for no front lic plate. $65

rondog

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you can put the plates on our bumper, not that hard, but most decide not to.

spedstr25

we dont write more tickets just because its the end of the month...quota's would be illegal!!

1995hoo

No offense, but it really amazes me how much time people here spend trying to get around the front license plate laws. Sure, it looks nice not to have the front tag, but is it really worth all this hassle?

poncekim

After getting two tickets for no front in Chinatown in downtown LA, I finally gave up and installed my front. These aren't fix-it tickets either. They are $25 violation fine. They can ticket me as many times as they want.

My 98 Prelude still doesn't have one, and I've never gotten ticketed, but I've decided it's not worth the hassle anymore. I'm getting too old for this.

streese

Yeah...... Just like Code Red's are illegal, so they never happen......

You may not have a quota, but try not writing a ticket for a month.......

Don't think for a second we all actually believe that you are not measured on the number of tickets you write.


Nice try though. Next time, you might post this in a pre-kindergarten forum. They MIGHT actually believe you!

Ron A

I guess you missed the sarcasm.

streese

I did, I guess. I suppose it was the "we don't write more tickets". Sarcasm would have probably said "they don't write more tickets"


Oh well........ I guess my dog buried my funny bone......

wdp06tl

FYI: CHP doesn't charge you inspection fee. I heard LAPD and LASD will.

djesuna

I got a warning once for no front plate at LAX... I saw the same cop driving around on his motorcycle pulling other people over who also didn't have front plates.... I've had my front plates on ever since

maddog136

WooHoo- no front plates in GA

TL CHROMETIDE

Do the plates have to be on the bumper? Some guy in PT Cruiser has his plate attached to the passenger's visor and the visor is always down. I've also seen someone's plate taped up to the windshield. Are any of these legal?

lifetimeofwar

Hey remember the guy that used his plates for some kind of protector? for his AEM??? it looked like it feel down there hahaha Wonder if the cops would think thats legal??

dalieu

the reason i have my front plate on is because there is a school on my way to and from work, and there is a jackass cop who is basically there everyday pulling ppl over for speeding. the first time i ever saw him, i got a ticket! i dont need to give him another reason to pull me over.

subinf

i had a plate on my bumper and it saved it from getting hit. didnt matter in the long run since its taken a beating but it did protect against one or two backins

datmrman

You mean this one from the SoCal Mega Meet?



I wonder if that still considered legal.

Thorin78

Supposedly the law from what I've heard, which may be different from state to state, is that you cannot have anything covering either of the plates. So in reality those clear plexiglass or plastic covers over the plates are illegal as well.

spedstr25

In texas..nope...still not legal..the plate cant be obstructed like it is in the picutre

spedstr25

Actually I write on average less than 5 moving violation tickets a month...sometimes I write as little as one a month...and no one says a thing. If you start to look at the old timers statistics...some have written less than 5 tickets for the entire year and no one says anything!! So your wrong on being messured on that!!

spedstr25

yup clear covers or plexi glass covers are illegal in Texas

pimpin-tl

Nope, I have no front plates either. My last G35 no plate, and my current TL. As long as your not doing anything wrong the cop is not going to waste his time to pull you over for that. I have had no front plates for over 2 years never a problem YET.

F23A4

Here in NJ, I was pulled over and cited in Old Bridge Twp for the plate cover on my Accord's rear plate. I have one on my Maxima but have not had any altercations with 5-0 yet.

spedstr25

Exactly right....Its one of those stops we usually use to stop people we suspect of doing something wrong...it is a very rarely written ticket were I work.

RS_TL_Lover

i got tix the first time i took it off

subinf

unless you are young and out late

LKLD

OUCH!

Ania

Here in va its the same deal. illegal so this is what i ended up doing with some L brackets
http://www.pbase.com/t4trbo/image/63602054
http://www.pbase.com/t4trbo/image/63602060

pimpin-tl

I am out late all the time.

But I just got a $172 for speeding. But he didn't even care for no front plate. Go figure. LOL My V1 was turned off.

Armada05

I will never have a front plate on my car. I don't give a crap if it's illegal. I never have had a front plate here in texas. That's the first thing I do to my car is to take off the front plate holder.

jupitersolo

That's I pretty good idea.

I got pulled over in the early 90's when I had my '89 Cavalier. Cop said I was speeding 34 in a 25, ok but he couldn't get over that my front plate was to the side like you have yours, but to the right. He wanted to know if I put it on like that. I told him no, that's how they made the car.

He keep asking, he couldn't get off of the damn subject. Then after I thought he was going to have a fit, another Cavalier drove by. I made sure that I pointed out to him, HE FINALLY SHUT THE HELL UP.

I did the speeding ticket.

theone

what L brackets did you get? and from where? also did you have to take off the front bumper to mount them?

sorry for the rapid questions

INSPIRE 32V

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i have gotten a $840 ticket for going 128mph in a 55mph.it was on i97 in washington state i think. it was so weird cuz there were no cars on the road and it was like 1pm in the afternoon so i floored it and the on,ly reason i probbly didnt get aby faste was cuz there were 2 cop cars waiting for me with there lights on at the next freeway interence. when i asked the cop told me that they were radiod from the plane. i was like plane and they said that the state patrol hassnall planes which fly over the freeways and measure the cars speed by these things on the side of the road some white markers or something. though i would share.

truongxlong

aint that some bullshit, i go on the freeway making sure there isn't any cops and now we have to worry about planes too LOL. what a world

h4qq

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dang that sucks, I live in socal and never got pulled over for no front license plate and ive had the TL for over 6 years now =/

paz840

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holy thread bump