A friend of mine showed me his solution on his 360... so I 'copied' it. Reduced to 62% of original, laminated then temporarily held in place by poster tape.

Stays on in the rain and easily removed without glue residue left behind.

 

Well that will get you maybe 2 or 3 tickets here in NY and a possible impound of the car. Good trick and good luck up north.

 

Be surprised that wasn't illegal everywhere. Certainly be an issue in Australia

 

This topic has been discussed in many of the model tech forums applying in a few States in the USA where members have chosen either not to display a front plate, use temporary / retracting fixings or reduce the size. I haven't previously read of any Canadian members getting creative with front plates.

As Ozmag has posted, you wouldn't get away with it in Australia and you also wouldn't get away with it in Europe.

As far as I understand the situation from US members, there is no 'debate'. It is an infringement which may or may not attract police attention. Is this not the same in Canada?

Graham

 

I think it's great
that there are no debates
in the 19 states
that don't require front license plates.

 

I live in MA and requires a front plate. I have not used a front plate since 2003 and the only two tickets were when the car was parked at a meter in front of Watertown Town Hall while at my dentist. Need to remember to park somewhere else...

I have been pulled over I assume about 10 times in the last decade and law enforcement never said anything about a lack of front plate. As long as a citation for lack of front plate does not increase my insurance, I will take my lumps as they come.

 

Geez, as was mentioned last fall, I was nailed with a $70 fine for no front tag, out on my very first run.

 

I never saw this map before but it is interesting to see what states only have a single plate.

 

What's really interesting is the correlation between states requiring front license plates and their inmate population. The blue states on the map have way more motor vehicles (and inmates) - California, NY, NJ, TX, just to name a few. The more inmates, the more license plates. Must keep them working to stay out of trouble!

The job is easier for some inmates than others. It was simple for Martha Stewart to go from dinner plates to license plates!



Too bad they don't make 'em like they used to.


Sure would like to see Made in Guantanamo Bay!

Stuart

 

If states were "smarter" they would get rid of the front plate and increase plate cost to more than what it is now for two plates.

The whole thing that two plates are needed for law enforcement is a bunch of c***. They are quite capable of doing their job with with one plate cars.

 

Still carry my front plate on passenger sun vizier ; just flip it down for display.
Not police tested yet.......................2 years.

Cheers, Adrian

 

I don't like that idea; shows law enforcement of complicity in breaking the law. I keep the front plate in my trunk like I was never supposed to have a front plate.

 

Just as a sidebar here the next person who gets my car can go with or without a front plate with no visible mounting holes. I used the OEM plastic plate mount and turned it upside down. I mounted a piece of aluminum angle under the center nose section. Screwed the plate holder to the aluminum and also used double sided foam tape on the back of the plate mount. It now has 6000 miles of usage and no issues with the mount. If you don't need a front plate you just take the holder and angle off and there are no visible holes for the next owner.

 

Here in lovely S. Cal I was driving right at 65 in the slow lane had a CHP bolt from off freeway speed up behind me, pull me over, solely for not having a front plate, wrote me up as most CHP do. It was a "fix-it" ticket only cost me $25. To resolve it I bent the plate to conform to the bumper the use double sided tape in their parking lot then had them come out to see that I had a front plate got it signed off. Total bullshit.

If states were "smarter" they would get rid of the front plate and increase plate cost to more than what it is now for two plates.

bwahaha "If states were smarter" is hilarious sadly. The sensible way to do all this crap would be for states, or the fed gubmint, to mandate that when you register your car you pay a yearly registration/insurance fee all at once there by negating the fact that rates are so high mostly due to those driving without insurance. Each year change the color of the plates so our wonderful LEO's can immediately tell who has paid and who should be impounded... but that would make sense so toss that concept out. Remember what they do is NOT ever for the greater good, solely for the purpose of revenue generation

 

The more I look at the map the more it reminds me of the map of the civil war. It makes me wonder ???

 

If states were "smarter" they would get rid of the front plate and increase plate cost to more than what it is now for two plates.


It will never happen as it is now going to be not only a revenue generator for not having one, but a law enforcement tool to use against those who do. They have now installed (at least in WI.) camera's that look forward and back and they scan license plates for history. If computer kicks you out as not paying tickets, no license, warrants etc... they pull you over. Now all they have to do is drive around and wait for a hit. So they are now Johnny on you if no front plate.

 

It's time for state government to work for the people, not against them. No one wants the front license plate.

 

I run without front plates on all 3 Jags in IL and so far have yet to be ticketed for it. According to a friend at the DMV, it might have something to do with the fact I have the special-design "Route 66" commemorative plates on 2 of them, and Expanded Use Antique plates on the XJS.

The Route 66 plates are a completely different color scheme than the standard IL plates and are not very common, so my friend said most cops who drive by might not even recognize them as being IL plates, assuming they notice at all that I don't have a front plate. So they won't bother.

I was also told many police in IL assume cars running antique or expanded use antique don't require front plates. Not in fact the case, but that might also stop them from investigating further.

All I know is that I've been lucky so far! I do run a front plate on my LR3 daily driver.. it doesn't look bad, and since I drive it the most, no point in risking it with that car.

 

This ist the price here in Germany, when you earn a lot of money and you have a copied smaller plate.

Michael Stoschek: 1,65 Millionen Euro Strafe wegen Klebekennzeichen am Porsche - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Thomas

 

Wow.. and I thought a ticket for a few hundred dollars here in the US was bad!