Topic: front license plate??

[3TOYFAM]

OK in Ca look up the 5200 sections of the vehicle code.  its all there.  two plates on most vehicles, mounted between 12 and 52 inches... some exceptions, sitting on the dash not OK, no plastic covering, etc. Don't forget to keep them clean too, if they cant be read from a distance, you can still get tagged.

[Rocksurfer]

Oh Ok it's gone from my sigline.










                 

[91 ex-cab [OP]]

rocksurfer the weirdest thing happened when you posted that one of those bugs showed up on my screen  hehe

[Rocksurfer]

So it even fooled the real thing. 

[91 ex-cab [OP]]

Good to see you got rid of it though 

[wakkjobb]

Only a few states have single plates anymore; I think it's just PA, WY, NV and AK? As long as the plate's stuck to the front somehow you should be okay... got mine zip-tied. Some ricer guys have it stuck to the visor facing the windshield and seem to get away with that.

 
Meh...
>>Dan

[toyomr285]

In Hawaii you have to put front and back license.

[Stocker]

As of September 2009, the following states require a license plate only on the rear bumper: Michigan, Kansas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Delaware.

http://www.ehow.com/about_5377220_list-requiring-front-license-plates.html

[91 ex-cab [OP]]

anyone know the reasoning why certain states require front and back, and others only need back?
oh and stocker i like your avatar pic what kinda truck is that, chevy?

[kneedownnate]

72 3/4 ton chevy 4x4    He's had it since 1977 and I think it has something like 140,000 miles. 

[91 ex-cab [OP]]

gotta love a chevy hehe  ford

[83yota5960]

gotta love a chevy hehe  ford

[Daddys Lil Country Girl]

naaah chevy   
  ford 
 anyways here in cali  i only got one license place.. the only thing ive gotten hassled on was mud flaps.. and my rear plate was too muddy to read.. and hangin on by one bolt.. but pretty sure he was lookin for any reason to pull me over.. cause then it got towed!!

[BLACKDOG]

anyone know the reasoning why certain states require front and back, and others only need back?
oh and stocker i like your avatar pic what kinda truck is that, chevy?

individual states make their own decisions as far as vehicles go for the most part. This is why some states have more stringent smog, registration, etc. laws than others.

[91 ex-cab [OP]]

aww so your one of those guys who goes and gets butt hurt about people ragging on fords 

[mudaddict]

been pulled over plenty of times for this but yet no ticket all have been warnings here in wa it is two plates but i have yet to have a front plate on any of my vehicles in 6 years

[Sleeve of Wizzard]

Its all about luck I guess, I'm in Fresno and in the past 6 years I have only run a front plate for about two and never had it even mentioned to me. 

[Goldrush]

ya. i live in kingsburg (about 20 miles south of fresno) and i pass a cop almost everyday on a two lane road. ive even followed a couple of cops and nuthin. idk. im just lucky i guess. and its been about 1 1/2 since i havent had one.

[axled89]

they use to let it kinda slide here in or.  but they cracked down on it awhile ago.

[91 ex-cab [OP]]

ya well i got the front plates but know i ditched my mudflaps 

[axled89]

rebal

[91 ex-cab [OP]]

 

[madmax886]

Had my front plate on my dash up here in WA... still got a $215 ticket and a fix it list with like 5 things on it.  Biker cops are the worst!

[junya92toy]

Hey now, my dads a biker cop! Must be why I never got a ticket haha

[madmax886]

...He better have a sweet mustache

[muddytaco]

Only a few states have single plates anymore; I think it's just PA, WY, NV and AK? As long as the plate's stuck to the front somehow you should be okay... got mine zip-tied. Some ricer guys have it stuck to the visor facing the windshield and seem to get away with that.

 
Meh...       
arkansas only uses one plate, and oklahoma i think
>>Dan

[NotSoPC]

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

Here in WA most of the red light cams take the photo of the rear of the car (had a few). I have only seen one that took it of the front but that was a mobile unit in Bonny Lake and its now gone.

[91 ex-cab [OP]]

it might not even be just for traffic cams, if every car has front plates it makes the chances of a car seen on camera creating a crime that much easier to catch

[BoG-ToY]

tell me this, if it ONLY takes a picture of the REAR, how can they prove who was driving? therefore how can they issue a ticket?
all I have to do is say, I wasnt driving it, but my keys were at home... so ANYONE COULDA TAKEN IT WITHOUT MY KNOWLAGE

[Snowtoy]

Here in CA running a red light is a driving infraction not a vehicle infraction that the registered owner is responsible for, such as a parking violation, so they have to be able to id both the driver and the car actually running the red light.  IIRC, there is supposed to be two pics taken, one from the front to get the plate w/the pic of the driver, and one from the rear depicting the vehicle w/visible plate numbers in the intersection w/a red light.  Absent clear photos of each they aren't supposed to issue a citation.

If you live in a state that only uses a rear pic and the citation is a point against your drivers license you should fight it, since w/o you admitting to it, it is impossible to prove that you were driving the car.