Front Liscence Plate

I was wondering who does not have their front plate. I did a search and came up with nothing. Has anybody really been harassed by the cops for not having a front plate??? Has anybody got a ticket for not having a front plate?? My front is all just body colour with no bowtie insert and I want to put just the SS there with no front plate. Any experience with this guys?

i ditched my front plate the day i got the car.

i've never had a plate on my car...

i've gone through numerous road blocks, where the cop at the front, looks, sees no plate, has to walk around to the back to see it, comes back to the front and just waves me through...

i've NEVER had an issue with no front plate

Several of us Americans are trying to get it where we dont have to have front plates on our "Collector cars" Camaros,firebirds,Vettes,Rustangs ECT.........

I mean if you get Collector plates on your car then they only ship you one.

yes u can get in trouble for having no plate
i had to get mine put back on w/ like one of those VI slips
so YEs you need the plate and could get a fine

ive hand no front plate on my car. hassled a few times thru road blocks, i think mainly cause im young. but i also got side window tints and have gotten a ticket for the window tint and warning for the front plate. ill gladly pay the fine for no front plate then to have that ugliness on there.

i have no front plate either...no problems yet

Thanks. I feel a little bit better now. I will get the SS on there and see if I can get away with it for as long as I can. If I get a ticket or hassled then I think I will change my tune and put something on there. Untill that day though.

No front plate can equal a fine. Even a license plate surround can get you a ticket if it hides any part of it. If cops want to be idiots, they have the artilery. Their are laws with sections and sub-sections and amendments and adendums with even further sub-sections etc., so that they can get you for almost anything at any time they want to.

Think about the street racing law. If you drive down the highway at 115 with another car next to you, or a bike, and if the other driver takes off on you and if a cop should witness this, you are on the robes.

A few years ago I left a light in my Typhoon with slight throttle and this Dodge Shadow turbo next to me decided to boot it. He squealed the tires and accelerated to about 60 in a 50 when he finally realized that I had been ahead of him and I wasn't playing.

Well a cop was right on my ass, turned on the lights and both of us got pulled over. It took me a while to convince the cop that I was not racing, but my ass was in a sling. If I had been a young driver, my truck would have got towed and my license lifted.

One cop apparently said that if you bought a brand new car, drove it onto the street and got stopped, they could get you for some 40 infractions, if they wanted to.

i had no problems without my plate for months until a cop coming towards me decides to do a u-turn and pull me over all in the pouring rain. he gave me one of those notices that say you need to fix it within 7 days...
damn front license plate :mad:

I've been in cars that have gotten tickets for no front plate, and I've been in cars that have gotten warnings. Depends on the cop, what you're doing, and how crappy of a shift they've had.

Lots of people around here, after they get hassled, just put the front plate on the dash all the way over to the passenger side a wedge it against the window so it is visible.

I've even seen one guy who cut the top and bottom of his front plate off so it was just the numbers and had it on his car could barely tell it was there.

Guess I should mention that I was in a car that got a ticket for modifying the plate also... Cut the top and bottom off and mounted it lower.
It was a Mustang, I guess he deserved a ticket just because of that.

i guess it does depend on the cop because i used to have it on the windshield/dash and the cop told me thats illeagle and a bad idea since in a accident it can become like a blade, he then told me an option was to cut/bend the plate and mount it onto the air dam.

this ofcouse is on my formula, in 1997. if youve seen the front of the formulas its very pointy and looks next to impossible to mounting a plate, well theyve gotten wiser and now tell me to buy a mounting bracket for it, :D

my compromise

http://www.members.shaw.ca/bps-z28/images/camaro/P4260106.JPG

so far - 3 years- no warnings or tickets

I have an SLP mounting bracket that I just put up against the front somewhere but it will still look really ugly. I can try and cut it too but I dont really want to. Thanks for all your experiences and I try some of your ideas.

Originally posted by BPS
my compromise

My son tried that, he got charged with modify or tampering with the plate. I can't remember the charge or the amount, I will ask him when I see him next time.

No plate here , ****em Ill pay the fine :cool:

Originally posted by Tw!tchb!tch
No plate here , ****em Ill pay the fine :cool:

I insist on keeping my front plate spotlessly clean.... that's why its in the garage... right next to the two liscence plate holder brackets. :p

Came off about a week after the car was mine... in May 2000. Since then I've been pulled over "a few" times and only once did they mention the plate. Even then, he gave out some "correction notice" thing I had to get signed by a trooper within 7 days and mail it back proving I had mounted the plate. With no DMV record (this isn't a warning notice from a ticket pad, its a separate thing the officer issuing the ticket has to track and follow-up on himself) I've still got a "first time free" excuse if I should get a real ticket in the future.

The only reason for a front plate IMO is for that damn money-grab they call photo-radar. Since WA doesn't have PR (although BC and Oregon do :p) I fail to see the point... other than wasting tax-payer dollars. :|

I've been pulled over 3 times in 5 years for not having the front plate on my car. The 3rd time resulted in an $80 fine, or close to it. All the other times that I've been pulled over, which has been several, the cop didn't even mention it. I've been given crap at the emissions station as well. Never had any problems driving to or from Canada. I purchase a bracket, but it is in the garage. I kept the plate in my windshield for a while, but realized how dangerous that could be should I be in an accident. Now, it is under my seat.

I've been pulled over on the freeway once for no front plate.

He also got me for my license plate bracket on the rear plate that reads "5.0 Liter Eater"

I carry the front plate with me in the hatch all the time just in case - I also had my tools with me as that I was coming from work.
I was able to fix both problems right in front of him.
No ticket.

I have my front plate in my car, in back, just in case. Still has the original tags on it, so it is well expired. :D I have not had a front plate on my personal main ride since 1986. Wife's car, yeah. Pickup, yeah. The rest, nope.
My '88 Camaro has never had a plate on it. The T/A had one when I drove it off the lot used. A few blocks later it fell off. ;) The holes in the nose left by the mounting bracket were ugly, but not nearly as fugly as a front plate on a 3rd or 4th gen T/A.

I have never had any problems w/o my plate. I have been pulled over maybe 5 times in my Camaro, and never had a cop mention it. Got oulled over last November in the T/A for doing 50 in a 30mph zone. No comment on the plate and no ticket for speeding. I like lady motorcycle cops!

On the other hand, a few of my friends absolutely hated me. Cops would pass me, then pull them over for no front plate. One guy got pulled over three times in one weekend for no front plate. Custom lowered '79 Toy pickup with wild graphics; I'm sure that's why.

I have seen a few custom cars with the front plate painted on. You couldn't tell it was a fake until you got within 10 feet of it. That will be as close as I ever get to permanently mounting a front plate to my T/A.

BPS: Of course you're not going to get a ticket. You've only driven your car 3 times in the last 3 years.

Pandamonkey: What did the cop charge you with for the 5 L eater bracket frame?

Steve in Seattle: No photo radar in BC

Originally posted by Gord's Green Z28
BPS: Of course you're not going to get a ticket. You've only driven your car 3 times in the last 3 years.


not true - I've been out at least 4 times:cool:

Never been harrassed over no front plate on my bird and I've been pulled over a few times. I have that SLP license plate cover brand new, no good here cause it covers the insurance sticker at the bottem. Anybody wanna buy it? I agree with others here that the front plate looks like hell and I'll pay the fine if that's the way the cops want to be. :blah:

Originally posted by Drumhawk
Never been harrassed over no front plate on my bird and I've been pulled over a few times. I have that SLP license plate cover brand new, no good here cause it covers the insurance sticker at the bottem. Anybody wanna buy it? I agree with others here that the front plate looks like hell and I'll pay the fine if that's the way the cops want to be. :blah:
how much do u want for it? the SLP plate cover thingee

Personally, I've got better things to do with the $109 for the no front plate ticket price.

As for altering the plate, a charge under section 74 of the Motor Vehicle Act means a mandatory court appearance, not a ticket.

Originally posted by ianwells100
how much do u want for it? the SLP plate cover thingee They sell for $10.00 US from SLP, save the exchange, shipping, duty and tax on this one, you can have it for a purple note, you pick-up. :)

Originally posted by Drumhawk
They sell for $10.00 US from SLP, save the exchange, shipping, duty and tax on this one, you can have it for a purple note, you pick-up. :)
u got a deal... next time we could meet up, or whatever, we'll sort that out

Originally posted by ianwells100
u got a deal... next time we could meet up, or whatever, we'll sort that out I'll save it for ya, it's mint. I only used it on the front until I got my bird front plate cover. :cool: