Not sure how much it is. But I know it wont be much I live in Plano too and have many instances of cops being assholes. Plano cops are ridiculous. Whats funny is on my 3g I havn't had a front license plate the two years ive owned the car. Been pulled over 3 times and never once have they mentioned me not having a plate on the front. HA that cop was just bein a complete dick

 

Nah, he wasn't a dick. He was alright. Some of our laws are just stupid, IMO. Unfortunately, it's his job to enforce them.

Although, I bet you, if I still had my '97 MB C280 and was driving that, I wouldn't have been stopped. One of the annoying things about driving this Evo shitbox around is the attention. Most of it is unwanted. :twitch:

 

You can get is dismissed when you go to court for like $10 - $20. Heck you could also go with my plan B. Tape it to your bumper, take a picture, then take it back off :lol:. I actually fought mine and won it though - since new vehicles don't come with them on. Heck, corvettes have the "corvette" front license plate. I used that argument.

 

:lol:

 

Chad's right, it's a $10 fix-it-ticket. I've gotten one before, too. And yeah, just tape one on (it's not like they can tell how it's affixed), take a picture and take it to court to get it dismissed.

 

When you say, "take it to court", is that actually in the court in front of a judge? Or just at the window where you pay stuff?

 

Twice now I have gotten a ticket for not having one on the Eclipse. You just go to the courthouse in downtown plano and an officer comes out and looks at it. He joked with me to wait until I left the parking lot at least before I took it back off.

Both times I got those tickets I was speeding and the officers said they would let me go with just the license plate ticket to help me out. I don't think it effects your insurance or at least not like a speeding ticket does. I definitly don't run one now though hoping for the same deal in the future.

Ticketing is a money maker and the officers work in the billing department. Most officers I have ever delt with are absolutely lovely compared to the B's at the tax, license or SS office. That has got to be own of the worst jobs in the world to work at one of those offices.

 

In that case, I'll just ziptie it to the grill by the FMIC and get the citation dismissed. :lol:

 

Take it to a window with the picture and pay the $10 court fees, then they'll dismiss it. I went to another level and fought it in front of a judge and all. Not because i didn't wanna pay the BIG ole $10, but i wanted to have an argument in case i ever was pulled over again for that.

 

doing anything else usually doesn't end well for people. :lol:

 

:lol:

 

Fold away plate maybe?

 

What'd be the point? You might as well put a regular one on, anyway.

 

Ive gotten a ticket for not having it and I had no chance to get it dismissed because they say if it wasnt there at the time of ticket then im guilty, they got me for $200 plus $92 dollar court cost. Second time I had it zip tied to the grill, still got a ticket because it wasnt to the furthest most front part of the car nor was it dead center. Second time for about the same offfense within a month, $400 plus cost.


You sure only moving violation make your premiums go up? Mine went up and I cant remember the last time I got a ticket for speeding, or running a light, or no seatbelt. Most of mine are from loud music and the 3 tickets that come with it now, got a couple for no license and insurance because I had let it at home, another no insurance because I had to drive someone elses car from a bar and they had no insurance, then a bunch of crap like illegal head and tail lights. But its jumped up twice this year.

 

Dude, with your record, pretty much anything could have raised your rates, including general dumbasserie :lol:

 

I beg to differ

 

Ok, this nonsense is starting to get annoying and a complete waste of my time.

$109 for Deferred Disposition to keep it off my record?! :wtf:

Anyone know a good lawyer?

 

Yeah, mine. He'll work on it for only $50. He's never let me down, either.

Grant St. Julian III
214-528-6220

 

So THAT's how you got away from the lawsuit with luring all those children into your big white van full of candy.

 

after my accident with mitch (some of you remember) my plate went flying off the freeway. The shop I took it to didn't put the replacement onto the new bumper. About a month later I got pulled over on my way home. Told the cop I just got the car out of the shop and was waiting on replacement plates. He let me go with a warning. lol

 

Well that's because you're a hottie chick, and that is a high probability outcome.

I'm not a hot chick. :lol:

 

My bosses daughter was t-boned in an intersection by a woman who left the scene...the ONLY reason the woman was caught? her front bumper fell off and had a plate on it.

My excuse when I got stopped (and let go without ticket) was that my front bumper had recently been painted and I had not yet installed it. Officer took a glance and let it slide, truth be told it had been painted two years ago...:lol:

 

I got pulled over for not having mine on, and just got a warning ticket, so i put it on later that day, but never went back to prove i had put it on. I think he just gave me a warning because I had the plate on the passenger side floor, and I told him the bracket broke and it fell off, and the holes for plate dont match up to the bracket holes. So now I have six holes in my front bumper.... :facepalm:

 

Idk what the laws are in TX but with mine I got pulled over for having it in the window before, not attached to the bumper (resulted in just a warning). Now I have the fold away plate. If you get pulled over and the plate is "on your bumper" technically I don't think they can give you a ticket since it IS there. If they try to, make sure the officer cites that the plate was in fact attached to the bumper, just not showing. Should win every time in court, supposedly.

In short, I agree with Andrew, fold-away plate FTW!

 

I am not sure if this is 100% correct but as long as you have the plate displayed somewhere on the front of your car you will be ok.. AKA the dash.

I have not had a front plate since 2002 because on every front bumper I have ever dragged off the holes were shaved. I have always had the plate on my dash board with a small rag under it to hold it at an angle in which anybody can clearly see it and I have never been pulled over for such things.

I have been pulled over for bullshit like the car being to low. Well actually the front head lights need to be (I think Texas law is) at least 22 inches off of the ground and my shit was at 14 or so hahaha.

 

Blackout... read my previous post. I got ticketed for it.

 

Damn that sucks. I got stopped in the eclipse for the same thing but, luckily for me the trooper gave me a warning. I actually had it placed on the dashboard passenger.

Oh yeah, for your Evo, you should be able to make a homemade bracket and place it on the driver side. The guy I bought my Evo from made one somehow, and its been reliable thus far.

 

My GTI doesn't even have mounting gear at the front of the car. The dealership was supposed to install all that when I got my plates but I just picked them up and told them I'd put 'em on myself... forgetting that I still don't have mounting hardware. Oops

 

You won't even be noticed. Cops only chase after known "street" cars. It's ridiculous. I see cars left and right without them, yet for some reason I always stick out like a sore thumb when a cop is looking for it.

 

Do they not make one where you don't have to drill the bumper? Or what about the one that mounts underneath and it flips out?

 

I just don't bother with it. If I get pulled over for it, c'est la vie. I've yet to ever get a ticket for no front plate even though I've been pulled over for that as an excuse to look for other violations.

 

You joined just for that? Most killers don't drive "flashy" cars. I see cars without a working headlight or taillight, not get pulled over all the time and I get pulled in my eclipse for not having a working 3RD brake light. The stereotyping needs to stopped. My friend has been stopped for his HID's just for the officer to let him go. He had projectors (S2k) , while I see all these piece of shit cars running around with HID's in halogen housings and not getting stopped. (Explorers, Minivans, Crown Victorians, Malibus etc) They're cars are much more of a hazard than ours with certain mods. Or how about all the trucks running straight pipes? They never get pulled over.

 

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