Author Topic: front license plate?? (Read 12106 times)

91 ex-cab · « **on:** Apr 13, 2010, 09:33:11 AM »

The local highway patrol just got behind me this morning as i was getting on the freeway and pulled me over and gave me a fix it ticket for not having a front lisence plate>has anyone else had this problem? Were do i even get a front lisence plate?

David · « **Reply #1 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 09:39:25 AM »

In sunny komifornia you are issued two plates when you register your vehicle, if yours is missing go to DMV they will get you another or two new ones.
Gotta watch the cops these days, they will write up their own mother if it makes the state or county a buck.

ROCKO · « **Reply #2 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 09:43:24 AM »

never ticketed but worned several times till i zip tied it to my front bumper.....it made life sooooo much easier on the way to the trails

go to dmv and they will issue two new plates for like $15.00

87hillbillyoter · « **Reply #3 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 09:46:49 AM »

yes in california it is mandatory to have two liscense plates, although my parents have been doing it for like 25 years and have only been hassled once. but make sure you pay that money, because when my parents forgot, it got all the way up to 750 dollars. but she was able to bring that back down to 25 bucks in traffic court hehe. like david said, just go to the DMV and they should issue you a new one.

and i was gonna say truckee cops cuz they are arseholes but i guess it was CHP which is next in line...

REG535 · « **Reply #4 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 09:59:41 AM »

I think colorado is the same way.,

2slow4you · « **Reply #5 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 11:21:59 AM »

WA is currently the same as well. But we are trying to push a petition through to prevent the need of one.

MiniSimp · « **Reply #6 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 11:29:43 AM »

Legally you have to have one front and rear. Been ticketed many times for this and mud flaps.

COToy91 · « **Reply #7 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 11:53:59 AM »

Quote from: ToxicYoat on Apr 13, 2010, 09:59:41 AM

I think colorado is the same way.,

Yup, I got pulled over coming back from Holy Cross last year for having it on my dash

Tool Pimp · « **Reply #8 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 11:55:00 AM »

As far as I know Az is the only state the only issues 1 plate.

Volcom · « **Reply #9 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 11:58:07 AM »

Quote from: COToy91 on Apr 13, 2010, 11:53:59 AM

Yup, I got pulled over coming back from Holy Cross last year for having it on my dash

Damn, I didn't know that. Did you get a ticket?

COToy91 · « **Reply #10 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 12:11:28 PM »

Quote from: Volcom on Apr 13, 2010, 11:58:07 AM

Damn, I didn't know that. Did you get a ticket?

Nope, he warned me about that and my broken windshield. He then started to chat about how he was at holy cross with some friends the day before. Cool state patrolman IMO

GNasty 82 · « **Reply #11 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 12:33:35 PM »

Alabama also only requires the rear plate.

axled89 · « **Reply #12 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 01:27:26 PM »

OR. you need 2 plates.

yotaneck13 · « **Reply #13 on:** Apr 13, 2010, 03:20:08 PM »

here in pa you only need the rear plate

91 ex-cab · « **Reply #14 on:** Apr 14, 2010, 03:16:29 PM »

agreed on the truckee cops here ive passed a few of them and saw one turning around to get behind me but i darted behind safeway and layed low for a while hehe. But i got tagged going to my parents house in Auburn.

dk98 · « **Reply #15 on:** Apr 14, 2010, 05:34:53 PM »

do you have a stock front bumper or aftermarket either way just bolt it on the front hanger

BoG-ToY · « **Reply #16 on:** Apr 14, 2010, 07:06:26 PM »

fl only requires one... BUT consider this.... california and oregon I KNOW uses photo enforced traffic tickets... if they cant see your FRONT plate number, they just wasted there time and money both on THAT ticket, and on the equipment used to catch you

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #17 on:** Apr 14, 2010, 07:12:28 PM »

California has always required 2 plates, cameras have nothing to do with it. AZ only requires one and they are more camera ticket than any state I know of. You can even get busted on the freeway for speeding or even the stoplight cams will get you for speed. In Phoenix you may start feeling like a star and the poperatise (sp) is chasing down the highway.

BoG-ToY · « **Reply #18 on:** Apr 14, 2010, 07:18:27 PM »

thats funny, the title of this is gonna irritate me... as well as the fruit fly on my screen.

LICENSE

Cheesemaker · « **Reply #19 on:** Apr 14, 2010, 09:24:55 PM »

In Oregon, if you are missing a plate, and you go and get new ones. Make sure you tell them that the old ones were destroyed. If not, then it's like $125 for new plates. If you tell them they were destroyed, it's only $55. My buddy at the DMV told me this. So, both my trucks I have, I've had to replace my "destroyed" plates.

46&2 · « **Reply #20 on:** Apr 14, 2010, 11:26:03 PM »

I have been hassled for this many times by CHP. I have a front plate, I just keep it in my cab cuz its not bolted to my front bumper, just sits in my winch slot.

zembalayan · « **Reply #21 on:** Apr 15, 2010, 08:35:16 AM »

Last year, a meter maid in SF left me a no-front-plate ticket on my truck. I had the plate on the dash. :bull crap:

Not even operating the vehicle--that's hard up!

ajordan1975 · « **Reply #22 on:** Apr 15, 2010, 09:34:50 AM »

Quote from: zembalayan on Apr 15, 2010, 08:35:16 AM

Last year, a meter maid in SF left me a no-front-plate ticket on my truck. I had the plate on the dash. :bull crap:

Not even operating the vehicle--that's hard up!

WOW that sucks!
here in TX you're supposed to have two..... I've been running w/ one rear for over two years and only been hassled once. i told him it fell of and was lost during a wheeling trip even though its under my passenger seat.

Stocker · « **Reply #23 on:** Apr 15, 2010, 11:52:19 AM »

You may be able to get by without the front plate for a while (I did for a few years when we owned a Miata) -- but it gives the cops an excuse to pull you over if they're having a slow day or want to check you for other things.

jimbo74 · « **Reply #24 on:** Apr 15, 2010, 12:23:08 PM »

your dash isnt properly secured to the vehicle.....

CA VC:

5200. (a) When two license plates are issued by the department for use upon a vehicle, they shall be attached to the vehicle for which they were issued, one in the front and the other in the rear.

5201. License plates shall at all times be securely fastened to the vehicle for which they are issued so as to prevent the plates from swinging, shall be mounted in a position so as to be clearly visible, and shall be maintained in a condition so as to be clearly legible. The rear license plate shall be mounted not less than 12 inches nor more than 60 inches from the ground, and the front license plate shall be mounted not more than 60 inches from the ground

zembalayan · « **Reply #25 on:** Apr 15, 2010, 02:13:51 PM »

Quote from: jimbo74 on Apr 15, 2010, 12:23:08 PM

your dash isnt properly secured to the vehicle.....

And it ain't that safe to have on the dash. In a rollover or an accident, it could do some damage.

91 ex-cab · « **Reply #26 on:** Apr 15, 2010, 02:37:17 PM »

Quote from: BoG-ToY on Apr 14, 2010, 07:18:27 PM

thats funny, the title of this is gonna irritate me... as well as the fruit fly on my screen.

LICENSE

sorry i had a special moment but i got it fixed, as for that fly nothing i can do for you good luck!!

91 ex-cab · « **Reply #27 on:** Apr 15, 2010, 02:38:40 PM »

About the traffic cam thing if you dont have a front plate and you run a red light im sure they can just look at one of the other cameras and get your rear plate.

BoG-ToY · « **Reply #28 on:** Apr 15, 2010, 08:12:09 PM »

yeah, I hate it when people have realistic flies running round your screen.... Ive heard of peoples breaking there TVs over stuff like that... the ORKIN commercial I think caused alot of problems

91 ex-cab · « **Reply #29 on:** Apr 15, 2010, 08:19:46 PM »

hehe ya that orkin one will get you, had a buddy lose a flatscreen to that stupid commercial

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