No front plate ticket!

[Superhatch]

Only a warning, and it was in a small town but now I need to decide if I'm going to put a plate on or not.

[D4ng3r]

Poor you, going to have to follow the rules. #firstworldproblems

[Superhatch]

Lol. Dont ever post anything. #everythingintheusisafirstwprldproblem
#youreanidiot

Posted this up because there was a discussion about if we would get tickets for this since lots of sportscars don't run front plates.

[Synack]

I never ever ever run a front license plate unless there's a semi-cool way to mount it. And even then I will only use it every now and then. And I have to be running a custom tag too. My current plate, whenever it decides to come in, says 'OMG 86'

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

[serith]

When you play with fire, sometimes you get burned.

I would either custom mount the plate so it's not drilled directly into your bumper, or keep taking the risk that you're going to get pulled & fined.

[ahausheer]

Just buy a license plate mount that screws into the tow hook. Get an officer to sign off on the fix it ticket and then remove the license.

[megatron]

i live in the province of Quebec in canada and we don't need a front licence plate

[Mo707]

Originally Posted by megatron

i live in the province of Quebec in canada and we don't need a front licence plate

Not helping.. haha

[Gen]

I haven't run a front plate in about a decade. I received one ticket once that only required a fine. I considered it the no front plate tax, which at $30 didn't seem too bad to me.

[Rico415]

Originally Posted by ahausheer

Just buy a license plate mount that screws into the tow hook. Get an officer to sign off on the fix it ticket and then remove the license.

Keep it in the trunk and tell them oops!! Must have left it off when i washed the car..

[Superhatch]

Originally Posted by Rico415

Keep it in the trunk and tell them oops!! Must have left it off when i washed the car..

Nice.

[Superhatch]

Double post.

[Black Tire]

In most states, failure to display a front plate is not a moving violation, so a ticket doesn't come with an increased insurance penalty. If you live in the small town, or travel through it frequently, they could cite you every day ($$$). Your car is not exactly a Camry that could blend in and go unnoticed.

See this thread for some options:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...899#post344899

I once was stopped for failure to display in front of the county courthouse in downtown Minneapolis (lots of cops are always there). The license plate frame covered my license tabs. I told the cop that while this was correct, I needed the frame to hold on my plate. Luckily he bought it (or decided to give me points for creativity under duress) and I went without even a written warning. I changed the frame soon after that though.

[Zadkiel]

Thank you Pennsylvania!

[swift996]

I'm up in VA now but kept my Florida tags because that is the DUMBEST law known to mankind. I never display one, you will likely get a ticket or two. So it depends on if you care or not. You don't get points taken off, it's just a fine. I've had quite a few dropped in the past. If you go to court you can make up a story (had body work done) and the issue has been fixed.

[Jayde]

NY requires a front plate as well, but I don't display mine. It sits between the center console and passenger seat.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Fines add up and I live in a reasonably dense police area - as far as how many jurisdictions there are - so there's no point in trying to get away with it.

[White64Goat]

Check out www.hidetheplate.com for some other cool options. Not sure how much space there is under the front bumper cover to attach it to, but it is an alternate idea. Motorized version is pretty stealth.

[Trikle]

In the mission in SF, meter maids will give fix it tickets to parked cars that dont have front plates. Happened to me all the time, like the hide a plate idea, i just used zip ties.

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by megatron

i live in the province of Quebec in canada and we don't need a front licence plate

Originally Posted by Mo707

Not helping.. haha

Move to Florida

and NO it is NOT full of old people after you pass West Palm Beach lol

[Jayde]

Originally Posted by Snoopyalien24

Move to Florida

and NO it is NOT full of old people after you pass West Palm Beach lol

I went there (Florida, Orlando area) last December and I really liked it. It's nice how it's warm there all year long. I'm not really a fan of winter anymore, let alone snow. I'd like to move down there someday soon. If not there, maybe North/South Carolina.

[eikond]

Originally Posted by Superhatch

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Only a warning, and it was in a small town but now I need to decide if I'm going to put a plate on or not.

Oooh.. I used to live in the Eau Claire area. Cops around there are very strict. Consider yourself lucky you only got a warning and not a ticket.

I would look into one of the mesh mounting options that people have been doing.. or an off-center tow hook mount as well. In my opinion, it's not worth getting a ticket just to avoid having a front plate mounted. Especially if you can find a way to avoid drilling into the bumper in any way.