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Old 02-19-2007 | 07:18 AM
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I still have mine on but i think im going to take it off today, has anyone gotten a ticket for no front plate? here in NY you are required to have a front plate but with it I think it looks weird,
Old 02-19-2007 | 07:21 AM
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I find it more important to have my front tag on so I don't have a recurring $200 fine here in Richmond thank you very much. As nice as it would be to have the front open, I follow the rules as best I can.
Old 02-19-2007 | 07:24 AM
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Old 02-19-2007 | 07:28 AM
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I've been driving without a front plate here in Dallas for the last 3 years. Never gotten in trouble for it.
Old 02-19-2007 | 07:30 AM
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Registered in NC = no front plate but still have the two holes in the bumper

I want to get a plate like I had on my celica but one that reads Nismo or Fairlady

Old 02-19-2007 | 07:33 AM
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I run the plate to avoid anymore hassle than necessary. Police = power trip
Old 02-19-2007 | 07:54 AM
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I didnt want the plate on my front bumper so i got a Z-bracket that hooks onto the lower black grill. I didnt put the plate on my last car because of a bodykit, i had it in the front windshield for about a year and recieved 3 tickets from it. I had to go to court and had to lie to the judge and tell him "someone backed into my bumper, it cracked and thats why i didnt have the plate on but its on now" and they threw the ticket out. Although 2 times i got pulled over the cop said he stopped me because no front plate really stands out, the 3rd time i got a speeding ticket. Personally i hate the way a plate looks on the front of a car but with the Z-plate bracket it is very clean and easy to install

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Old 02-19-2007 | 08:13 AM
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i don't want but i have to
Old 02-19-2007 | 08:25 AM
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I got a ticket last month for not having it. Along with two other tickets. He said he spotted the license plate first. He even did a u-turn to pull me over!
Old 02-19-2007 | 08:33 AM
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I refuse to put a front plate on my 300ZX!

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when i had NY plates...i had to put it on cause of my tints i would always get pulled over with my tints.....i remember when i had a temp plate on and it was in the back window nobody could see it....wow i never got pulled over sooo much in 3 weeks i got pulled over about 6 to 8 times. but now i have FL plates theres still a mark on my bumper cause of a trailer hitch that hit my car
Old 02-19-2007 | 08:48 AM
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in MA u r required to have a front plate when i didnt in my old car it gave them an excuse to pull me over then i got a ticket for not wearin a seatbelt- 3x i got pulled over for not havin a plate >
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You might want to check with DMV, loacal police, or whoever to see if no front plate alone is justification for a traffic stop.
As an example, in some states if you are driving the legal speed limit, signalling turns, lane changes, etc. but the cop sees your are not wearing a seatbelt, he can not stop you solely on the no seat belt charge.
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Originally Posted by Zya123
has anyone gotten a ticket for no front plate?
Yes.
Old 02-19-2007 | 09:56 AM
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never did!
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I got a fix it ticket for not having a front plate here in California. Fix it ticket was only $15. Now I have the Z bracket. Having the front plate makes the car look ugly in my opinion.
Old 02-19-2007 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Zya123
I still have mine on but i think im going to take it off today, has anyone gotten a ticket for no front plate? here in NY you are required to have a front plate but with it I think it looks weird,
I'm in Long Island NY. A cop pulled me over when I didnt do anything wrong, and gave me a ticket for no front plate, and told me to go home(this was at DPA at night). The f*ckin cop was on a powertrip and treated me like his @sshole when I treated him with the utmost respect. I still refuse to put my front plate on. FU dikhead cops
Old 02-19-2007 | 10:09 AM
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I never had the front plate attached since the day I bought my car.
I did actually get caught but it was actually for speeding, then the police
noticed that I didn't have front plate and
he just gave me a ticket for that instead of speeding ticket
Needless to say I was happy that I got off with $10 fix-it-ticket instead
of speeding ticket that will cost me hundreds of dollars.
What I'm saying is that cops around my area usually don't pull you
over just because you don't have the front plate...and I live in Cali.
Old 02-19-2007 | 11:03 AM
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Front plate? What front plate? I even had the "Drill Here!" factory dimples filled in during a bumper repaint
Old 02-19-2007 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Z04
thats funny


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