Speeding Texans, pull your front plate

[erickonphoenix]

yup;

I wonder if it is bad to take your plate off and flat black it

FKit. I'm running no plate until I can fake a plate. Obviously in TX it is bieng enforced for more than "aethetic" reasons. I don't drinkNdrive or smuggle drugs. If Webster PD wants to take me to jail for not having the front plate then I will drive all the way around Webster Texas to make my meetings in the city. OR, I'll "F" the burbs and just move downtown with the rest of the yuppies and ride the bus. I hear Houston Metro buses got 400hp too.

http://www.cr8apl8.com

If you have a truck, you can talk to the guy on aim and get him to make a custom 'texas truck' plate

AAAH! edweird told me about this but I didn't get the link.
Thanks 8)

[DogGod]

I drove with mine off for almost 6 months with no problems. And I believe Arashi drove with his off for almost 2 years.

I really wouldnt worry about it unless for some reason you dont want the extra attention drawn to the front of your car.

[HBKHBK]

I do not understand this whole license plate issue,why it its even an issue in the U.S. if someone does not have a license plate on front.

A. some cars do not even have the spaceto mount a front license plate...

B. cops always pull you over and are behind you,NEVER on front of you,when they stop you.

C. Red light cameras are in almost every state behind you and take the picture from the back view....

I would get it in europe like in germany, where a front license plate plays a major part....

red light cameras take your front pics there, speed cameras take your fron plate....cops when they pull your over there stop on front of you and not behind you like here....

so why is a front license plate even an issue in some states here???
because they almost have no meaning,.....since in some states u can even put a whole different license plate on front,like a goofy one or even from a different state...just for fun,like in Michigan...my buddy has a florida plate on front and his michigan on the back and its legal...

hearing some states make a big deal out of it....even if its only on your winshield makes no sence...since veen some cars,like i said vefore,do not have the space provided on front of the car...to mount your plate.

Thats just me

[QuickCummins]

Texas Statue states that mounting or placement of licence plates is not defined as long as one in front and one in back, so you can have the front plate on your dash. look it up and tell them to kiss it.

[Buckeye34]

I have been running without a front plate in Texas for over two years now. My family lives in Houston while I go to school at TCU in Ft. Worth and travel to Dallas often so I have most of the big cities covered. I have not ONCE been pulled over for not having a front liscense plate and when I have been pulled over for speeding they cops never said anything about the plate.

[Lucky225]

Texas Statue states that mounting or placement of licence plates is not defined as long as one in front and one in back, so you can have the front plate on your dash. look it up and tell them to kiss it.

Texas statutes also say half of the state name, and no portion of the numbers shall be COVERED. if you put it inside your dash it is covered by your window.(This is the old 'bracket' law that just got changed today)

[WDG]

Here in Dallas they just said on the news they are going to post up on streets in certain areas and just watch as cars approach and step out into traffic and pull them over for any violation they see.

They're going to be busy, from what I've seen around DFW. I wouldn't be surprised if 10% or more have no front plate.

I haven't had a front plate mounted since '91, and have never been pulled over for this. I've been verbally warned about it a couple times during stops, but never written up for it. Like the man said, YMMV. I suspect it depends a great deal on how you treat the officer during a stop.

[velobard]

I've had my front plate off for a couple of years now. I keep it in the trunk and if I'm pulled over I'll say that it was coming loose so I put it in the trunk before it fell off and I lost it. Hey, that actually is the original reason I took it off. :wink:

[Lucky225]

I've had my front plate off for a couple of years now. I keep it in the trunk and if I'm pulled over I'll say that it was coming loose so I put it in the trunk before it fell off and I lost it. Hey, that actually is the original reason I took it off. :wink:

yea, helps to have a screwdriver and some screws too, you can say you saw some kids trying to steal it when you came out of the store and yelled at them and they dropped the plate, screws and screwdriver and you'd be happy to screw it on right now but just didn't have the time cus you were trying to get somewhere else.

[alpinestars_2002795]

I do not understand this whole license plate issue,why it its even an issue in the U.S. if someone does not have a license plate on front.

A. some cars do not even have the spaceto mount a front license plate...

B. cops always pull you over and are behind you,NEVER on front of you,when they stop you.

C. Red light cameras are in almost every state behind you and take the picture from the back view....

I would get it in europe like in germany, where a front license plate plays a major part....

red light cameras take your front pics there, speed cameras take your fron plate....cops when they pull your over there stop on front of you and not behind you like here....

so why is a front license plate even an issue in some states here???
because they almost have no meaning,.....since in some states u can even put a whole different license plate on front,like a goofy one or even from a different state...just for fun,like in Michigan...my buddy has a florida plate on front and his michigan on the back and its legal...

hearing some states make a big deal out of it....even if its only on your winshield makes no sence...since veen some cars,like i said vefore,do not have the space provided on front of the car...to mount your plate.

Thats just me

Well HBK this is why


$AFTEY Thats what they always use for and EXCU$E so why not?


It's all about Revenue to Leo's, and the state, and thats it. The problem is the General public is too uninformed and undereducated to understand "WHY" they want us to have front plates. You want the answer I think EDweird already answered it for you. With his vid's of WHY. Look how much more reflective it is. And how much more effective it makes their lidar. YOU DON'T THINK THEY KNOW THIS? They aren't stupid people, but the public is for just listening to them about every little thing they say, well it's for Saftey, we need it. Oh really? Like you say FOR WHAT! To write us more tickets? I personally think we need to start questioning our Law Enforcement more when they ask for things, as they have shown us that THEY can simply never be trusted. Although, when you give somebody that kind of authority, who could be? I guess that would be common sense, but yet my Municipality just ok'd $7,000 for new guns, they never asked once, "What for?" Because when a Leo says he needs a new gun the uneducated average city council idoit thinks he means pistol. When now days he means laser. Ya, my county just used this very tactic on our poor old people in our city council here that KNOW NO BETTER which is HIGHLY uncalled FOR! Picking on old people because they don't know anything about the stuff! That just plain DIRTY! I have half a mind to get on our city council, and starting showing these pricks that the community is going to get involved in your little so called gun purchuse NEEDS. Not to mention a brand new 3.1 million dollar digital radio system upgrade that WAS NOT NEEDED! These people need to be informed! THEY DO! Otherwise they are not making resonable educated decisions.


Also did you know that just to have a digital radio system it costs them $800.00 per radio per car to switch over, not to mention a $1,300 per month fee to touch the digital repeater system? YA, i wonder if city council knows about this? I bet not! I bet they are wondering though, where is all this money going we are giving you. Well i had a talk with a guy the other day on city council, and he informed me that, oh thats what the $7,000 the sheriff wanted was for. YA maybe you should learn to ASK! DON't Just give it to him cause he is who he is! What is this Welfare for Law Enforcement, so they can nab more of the poor innocent public that is already worse off due to the struggeling economy?


ENOUGH IS ENOUGH I SAY WE TAKE A "F" STAND!



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