ok i got a grill insert for my car about 1 month ago for my 95 lt1 and so i had to take off the front plate...well cops in my city are ****!! i live in missouri city and all they do is harrass kids..well n e ways..i drove around for about 2-3 weeks with out the front plate..passed several cops, stop in fron tof them looking straight at them on a red light! then on one sunday..3-5 cops are patrolling this neighborhood..and im driving through it from picking up my girl!! i drive past one cop!! he then turns around then i turn and he keeps going straight, then i pass this other cop car he turns around and follows me...pls i made about 3-4 turns b4 he pulled me over (i heard if you make 5 turns while a cop is following you, he cant pull you over) yet he pulls me over like 2 houses down from my house!!! and says you have no front plate and i was like i know i cant put one on...then he was like ok well you better put one on b/c next time i dont see you with one ill write you a ticket!! but the main thing he was worried about was my license, it wasnt reinstated yet, but i got lucky there!! n e ways..so now i have my front plate inside my car on my dashboard in the very middle!!! and havent been pulled over yet!!! CAN THEY ISSUE A TICKET FOR THIS?

 

Sorry, but your whole post had be laughing out loud. Your post comes off like something a 16 year old would write.

Yes.

dont count on it. they can pull you over for any B.S. excuse they wanna make up. I was once pulled over because "your car is similar to one involved in getting gas and not paying for it".

Cops are almost all a-holes...but acting retarded and driving on a revoked license isn't very smart either.


Oh, and welcome to the board.

 

A license plate in the windshield can be defined as a deadly weapon. I wouldn't put it there. But I only have one plate. So I don't worry about it anyway.

 

Plate has to be on the front of the car. If you have it on the dashboard, it just looks like you know you are supposed to have one, but are trying to be smart ... just about everything you mentioned is Urban Legend. The fine for the no front plate offense is "up to $200."

More significant is that the no front plate offense provides adequate probable cause to check for other things. There are court cases speaking directly to the issue of having the plate on the dash, and that isn't good enough. The cases usually focus on drug/alcohol violations where the no front plate was used as the probable cause to pull the defendant over. In one case in particular, the court said probable cause was not extinguished merely because the officer saw a plate in the dash upon approaching the car.

 

Put it on the bottom air piece.

 

"Put it on the bottom air piece."



Probably not going to help either ... still obstructed from clear view. I don't have a front plate either at the moment, my car came from out of state. But, I will be putting one on as soon as I can find the correct fasteners. I've got lots of other things I'd rather spend $200 on.

 

As far as looks go, if you are going to put the plate on at all, below the front air dam looks the best. I have seen at least one person that mounted it there (probably made a bracket themselves but not sure) and it actually looked pretty good. As for me, they can pull me over if they want, they can harras me, but I am not putting one on the front UNLESS I actually get a ticket. I think its a crock of ****. I have been pulled over a few times, in other cars I have owned, for no front plate and never recieved a ticket. One time I got pulled over in my Talon and I blamed it on a deer I hit and that the plate and bracket was destroyed and I hadn't recieved a new one yet. Back in high school I got pulled over for no front plate in my mothers Grand Cherokee and acted surprised/stupid/ignorant (no plate? what do you mean? Its my moms car, I didn't know it wasn't there). Every time I have gotten off with no ticket.
Now if I do get a ticket and it becomes a problem, then I'll mount one below the front air dam. The one I saw looked like it was supposed to be there. I can't see a NORMAL cop giving you crap about it. BUT remember, as long as it isn't there or questionable at all, they have a reason to pull you over. Point being, you better not be doing anything else wrong when you do get pulled over.

EDIT: Don't forget the excuse I will use if I ever get pulled over in the SS for this - "i got it brand new from the dealer with no bracket. I thought I didn't need it cause there is no way to mount it. I'll take car of that as soon as possible officer." I have been stopped twice in the SS (once for speeding and once for making a right on red without a complete stop) and neither time did I get even a word about the plate missing. Depends on the cop.

 

i just spent a night in jail cause i didnt have a front liscense plate. well, the jail time was cause of a warrant, but the reason they caught me was cause i got pulled over for no front liscence plate. but i did have it on my passanger sun visor and it was not obstructed from view. when i told the cop i had it he said it was improperly mounted. fock head!!!! so i got a ticket and then he arrested me for my outstanding warrant!!!!! i go to court friday about the liscense plate. i will let you know how it goes.

 

The Texas Law states that a front and rear LP plate will be displayed. The front one will be at the forward most location.

So what if its a panzy law. Everyone needs to remember its a privillege to drive. Not a right. It can be taken away.

 

Saying that it's a privilege is irrelevant. People like you accept dumb laws which cost all of us $$. People need to start standing up for themselves and fighting big government. Some of us are getting very angry at the way things are done.

The bottom line is that it's a stupid law that is only in place because of lobbying by law enforcement (revenue from tickets) and 3M (makes the coating for the license plates). It has nothing to do with driver safety or making the roads better/safer.

Drive through just about any other state along I10 from LA to FL...none of them require the front plate. Why are Texans different?

Yes, it's the law. I will refuse to obey it until the day I get a ticket. Then I will try everything to get out of the ticket, so I can carry on my LAWBREAKER ways. Ooh, I'm SUCH a rebel.

 

Lol, you sound like a member of the Republic of Texas. They do not belive in Texas laws. How about dont get your car inspected? Or register it? All laws are put in place for a reason. If you dont like the way Texas handles things, sounds like you need a new home.

 

Laws that are put in place to protect people and basically make Texas a better place are fine. It's the retarded laws that are in place simply to make people money which are the problem.

 

Guess I am stupid for following the laws and not getting pulled over.

So an identifier on the front of a vehicle would not come in handy if the car was running from someone? Or a crime just took place and the violater got in the car and all the bystanders could see would be the front?


BTW. Only 20 States dont have front plate law.


Sec. 502.404. Operation of Vehicle Without License Plate or

Registration Insignia.



(a) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a

public highway during a registration period a passenger car or

commercial motor vehicle that does not display two license plates, at

the front and rear of the vehicle, that have been:



(1) assigned by the department for the period; or



(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the

department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the

period.

 

No, just for not demanding a change from your government. I am no saint...just think that it's time for a change.

So I'm supposed to make it easier for the cops to catch me if I'm breaking the law?

I'm getting the impression that my role in life is to make the jobs of law enforcement officers easier. Oh and just how often do these things happen vs a cop using radar bounced off the front plate to issue a speeding ticket?


Thats 40% !! So you agree that 30 states are doing it wrong.


**senseless legal babbling omited**

 

Owned yourself there. Breaking the law? Yes you need to be caught.

The nonsense about radar bouncing off the front plate. If you new anything about Speed enforcement for police you might have a point. Radar is just a tool to verify what the cop sees.

30 states doing it wrong? omg, its hopeless with you. No sense in arguing with you anymore.


Edit: So the police have such an easy job we need to make it easier?