New Law In Ca

[slickkedar]

I dont know if you guys have heard, but the LAPD has begun to really crack down on people that dont have their front licence plate.....I think it looks kinda ugly to have it, but i dont know what to do?? What have you guys done out there so you w0nt get any fixits??

[wickedG20]

Yeah, I know about it. I guess all you could do is get a really nice license plate frame, hehe. Maybe one that matches the color of your car. All I can think of...?

[redvalkrie]

:o Hey guy's I have an article here from MAXIM magazine a cop talk's about the front license plate issue.

The big reason why cops hassle you about it, it's because the flat surface is a favorite for cops to aim at with a radar gun car's being rounder now a day's makes it harder for the radar to focus the gun on, he went on to say that the licnse plate is perfect for catching speeder's but here is an intresting thing he also said that dark color car's are hard to read with a radar gun & you are able to get off clean with a dark color vehicle, he said white car's are his favorite cause they always get clocked perfect on the radar gun.

So I guess this is why they are pushing the license plate thing beside the abiouse reasons that it is the law ooooohh scary!:finger:

So the Magazine was maxim the july issue .

BTW this is an awsome mag.

[Koojo]

The big reason why cops hassle you about it, it's because the flat surface is a favorite for cops to aim at with a radar gun car's being rounder now a day's makes it harder for the radar to focus the gun on, he went on to say that the licnse plate is perfect for catching speeder's but here is an intresting thing he also said that dark color car's are hard to read with a radar gun & you are able to get off clean with a dark color vehicle, he said white car's are his favorite cause they always get clocked perfect on the radar gun.
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I got on of those plastic plate protectors. It is a clear and bubble shapped (rounded). Would this be harder for the cops who are trying to aim at the license plate?

[wickedG20]

lol koojo! I think it will just go right through it

[wickedG20]

lol koojo! I think it will just go right through it

[Jay!]

FYI, slickkedar it's not really a fix-it ticket. It's more like a "pay us and fix it anyway" ticket.

The reason front plates are manditory in CA (actually, they have been manditory for a while, they're just ramping-up enforcement lately) is so that the stop-light cameras will work, because they take a picture of the front of your car if you're in the intersection when the light's red.

[wickedG20]

Yeah thats the reason. The camera takes three shots I think, the front, the back, and of the person driving the vehicle (windshield shot.) Just incase it doesn't get the back, they use the front shot instead.

[slickkedar]

Is there any way to get around it?? And how much is the ticket?

[G22DET]

i think it's a lame law....most high end cars dont even come with front license plates....look at the MB S500 or a Land Rover....it's just a way to give us tickets when the donut is running low in the store...so they have SOEMTHING to do....if it really is "illegal" to not have front plate, why do we, the consumers, have to drill our own hole to the front bumper of our new G20s to put on the plate???? seems optional to me...

[redvalkrie]

:o In the article the cop said just take it off , but there is that one cop that will pull you over for not having it last time I got a ticket was for around $25 for it not being there I give them the same story it got ripped off.

I always take them off my car's, I have had 7 car's & all have not had them on, stopped only in one car.
the Cop didn't pull me over for not having the front plate it was cause I left my under body neons on my Eclipse. OOP's

I curently run my G20t & my pathfinder without plates.

[InfinAge]

I don't even have holes in my front bumper. That's how my car came.

[slickkedar]

hey guys, i found what seems to be a really good idea to get around the law........what you do is take some velco backing and put it on the back of the licence plate.....then take some of the other back and put it on the passenger side's shade flap (thing, you know, with the mirror on the other side) and put the licence plate there.....that way, cops can see your plate from the front, but you dont have to drill into your car.....i just did it, looks fine......just thought you guys might be interested!

[Koojo]

I dunno bout you but I dont like it when people put their license plates on the inside of their cars. looks real cheap.

[slickkedar]

Originally posted by Koojo
I dunno bout you but I dont like it when people put their license plates on the inside of their cars. looks real cheap.

Hey man, obviously im cheap if i care this much about a dollar ticket!