Actually SFPD is notorious for pulling over for front plate violations. My uncle is SFPD and he is able to sign off my front plate tickets, but only for so many times... even my sister is now unable to get out of them (the tickets) because she has used this avenue too many times...

They are cracking down big time as I know a lot of people that have been caught in SF... yet I have to contend that only certain types of cars are really being targeted...

 

Did any of you that got pulled over have the other plate with you?

At times here, having the plate with you sometimes gets you some extra grace (as the plate isn't on another car, etc)

 

One time I got pulled over and the cop said that the plate that was sitting in the corner of the dash right in front of the windshield belongs on the front. And then proceeded to write me a fix-it ticket.

Funny story... (I posted this on Motoring some time ago)

I remember one time when I was a kid (probably 19 or so), and a buddy and I had just come from SF after a night of clubbing (about 2:30am or so). We had stopped off at a local 7-11 to get something to drink and when we came out there was a Sausalito police car outside just "hanging around."

Here in the Bay, no front plate generally is a fix-it ticket that must be signed off my another officer along with a $10 fee. I already have my hook-up out here though...
He looked at my car and asked, "Where's the front plate?"

I said, "On the back."

He quickly retorted, "What!?"

Then I said, "At home." I was told to put it on and that he would let me go this time. Man, thinking about it, I was a little cocky (and buzzed) and I was really lucky that he didn't f--- with me about other things that he could have should he had investigated my car further...

 

Yea the front plate on the dash doesn't cut it. I believe the law says it has to be "no more than" and "no less than" a certain height. I was pulled over numerous times in my VW for having the front plate on the dash.

On a side note, I've used the "I just had a new bumper installed and painted, and the paint still needs to cure" excuse a few times and received warnings everytime. Of course this probably wont work if you have numerous small paint chips on your bumper.

 

I just got a warning when I got pulled over by a CHP officer in Fremont. I told him that I didn't want to drill holes in my bumper and was waiting on a new license plate holder that doesn't require drilling.

 

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my dealer had already butchered my bumper before i got the car....

has anyone tried to fix the holes and attach the z-bracket ?

 

don't bother getting the z bracket if you already got holes in the front bumper.