Question about fix-a ticket
 

Dinner with wife and couple friends last night. Due to lack of parking, valet took care of parking. No front lic. plate on the Cayman. Got dinged from meter maid. 25 bucks. I haven't gotten one in a very long time. We had to clear it at CHP station years ago. Now, there's no instruction but the fine on ticket and that can be paid through QR code. Anyone know if it needs to get signed off at CHP or they just want the fine. I hope its just fine and be done with it. Don't feel like drilling holes on my bumper or look for my front place. Don't have any idea where it is? Oh yeah, this is in paradise call LA well, City of Glendale for those that know socal.

Maybe go to the website where you can pay the fine if one's available? Otherwise, pay with the QR code (you have to, anyway) and see if you're done?

If you have to fix it, get a kit that doesn't require drilling into the bumper, then remove it after getting it signed off?

damnnn, even while parked? not even a moving violation? hah, did they check for your legally mandatory litter bag too?

I should have been an illegal and all this siht wouldn't have matter to me in this state. They parked it about 7 cars away in front of the restaurant on the street. I saw the meter maid walked by as we were eating and my friend even made a comment about it. I noticed all other car had no front plates got something on their windshield. I counted 7 cars in the general area on both side of the street

Michigan last required a front plate in 1981 and I'm glad of that.
I don't know why other states haven't done the same.

CAn't tell ya.

Well, I'm sure law enforcement has a better chance if identifying a car for a bridge toll, red light violation, or other violation. On a rare occasion, something could be serious.

There’s no tow hook hole on the cayman? You can put a plate on those fairly easily.

Even if you had to show evidence that it was fixed, you don't have to drill holes in the bumper.

There are plate mounts that screw into the tow hook hole/threads, so completely reversible.
Rennline makes them (and others I think) that are available from Pelican Parts
https://www.rennline.com/porsche/cayman/body-exterior/license-plate-brackets/

You're in the minority, Steve. According to this article, 29 states require a front plate.
I can only assume, it's to allow the vehicles to be easily identified from the front, have a nice target for laser/radar speed measurement, etc....
https://1800lionlaw.com/which-states-require-a-front-license-plate/

I've been stopped twice for no front plate in VA. First time was a cop in an unmarked Camaro, I was in my 993, and he was trying to get me to race him. I didn't take the bait, but he lit me up when I pulled away from a green light quickly. He tried to get me on DUI too, finally settled for no front plate. The second time was in my '83 SC, was coming home from a DE. But I had the plate in a bin of other stuff on the front seat and he let me go. I was 1/4 mile from my house and told him I'd reinstall as soon as I got back to my screwdriver.

You will need to go to your local CHP field office and get it signed off by the front desk officer.

Please!!!! Do not stop in the side of the road while an officer is issuing a citation. It’s very dangerous for everyone involved.

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Texas has a front plate law but I don't run one on any of our Porsches. They mention it on that not as rare as I'd like occasion when I get pulled over for speeding but I've only gotten one ticket for it and that was over 30 years ago. On that occasion the license plate ticket was in leu of a speeding ticket so I gladly took it.

On the not pulling to the side of the road comment above: I usually don't. I'll get off the freeway if it's a big one or try to pull into a business if it's a small highway but I was surprised by the state trooper when I got pulled over in the wife's Panamera last year. I pulled off the highway in just a few hundred feet into a business and he told me I didn't need to do that and could have just pulled to the shoulder. I told him I did it for both our safety. He didn't reply to that but mentioned the front license plate and let me go without a ticket.

This.

Once got a 'no headlight' fix-it ticket in SF. I'd just replaced a radiator in a Civic and forgot a connection. Shame on me. Cop pulled me over at early dusk when 90% of the cars weren't even using headlights yet. I plugged it in and he replied "I already wrote the ticket". Went to a local station and got it signed off after making an officer walk outside. Then I stood in line for over an hour at City Hall. They reduced the fine from $25 to $10. Sigh.

Oklahoma has no front tag. One one of my trips to California, I stopped to get gas. A motorcycle highway patrol officer stopped to go into the convenience store, and he looked over at my 911 with no front tag. He pulled out his ticket book, and walked to the rear of my car. He saw it was Oklahoma and he put his ticket book away and went inside. I finished filling up, and parked next to him and went in to empty my bladder.

As I went in, he was exiting, and he said nice car and kept walking.

Several years ago, I got a no front plate ticket in South Pasadena.
I had to fix it and go to the CHP office to show the repair.

I was able to get a plate backing and hook it to the car with tie wraps.
I cut it off when I got home but kept the plate backing, just in case.

Ugg i feel you on drilling front bumper. The front tag for my new GTI is in the glovebox (i think...hope).

As mentioned it seems the cleanest (not cheapest) solution is a tow hook tag mount.

Somewhat more creative would be a sticker of your license plate. You can order these online. A fellow i met years back over at ESReg had this on a GT3RS.

So. Pasadena, CA? How in the world do you get a ticket for that when I regularly see CA cars with even no rear plate. Hell, I don't even know that they're CA cars, though lots of times the rear plate frame has the dealer's name on it. I can't believe how many cars run with zero plates in CA.

Arizona doesn't require a front plate.
My Arizona registered vehicles in California have been ratted on.
Had to prove to CHP the cars were used for business and personal use in both states.

Dang, I was hoping they just take my money and that would be it. Looks like I have to get a tow hook lic plate holder. I wonder if they have on line ref, like everything else we do today? Take a pic and be done with it.

So Pas is tough. Small city and they nail you for everything. I am there all the time. We live three exits from there. Once I was nailed for not turning my wheel toward the curb on a very, very slight hill.

I have one of the tow hook plate things that I used on my 996. I think I have the plate for my 997 mounted to it and have never put it on. My bumper has been drilled and has all color matched plugs in the holes. All the Renn... snobs get up in arms when they see one drilled. I don't really care.

We have the required front plates here in CO as well. that sucks you can't just pay it and move on. Its like one of the speed camera ticket things. Pure revenue generator.

I live in IL, a state that requires a front plate. In practice no one seems to really care except Finance ticket writers. I keep front plates on the two cars that are street parked. My VW already had a plate holder on it so NBD. My SE-R had never had a front plate before I registered it here, so I used 3m VHB double-sided tape to hold the front plate on. That has worked for many years now, and no holes.

When I was working at Boeing up by LAX, I was told that El Segundo had a strict front plate policy that was enforced even on parked cars there for lunch. I never tested that enforcement policy. My SC was never drilled for a front plate so I improvised with some long zip ties. It was a Road Kill moment when I put them on.

This is such a ridiculous vehicle code violation. You can go to any CHP or Sheriff's Station to have it signed off. The desk personnel will inspect the vehicle and stamp your citation indicating that you have corrected the violation, then you can pay it as instructed on the citation. Very petty violation.

So this happened in Glendale but you blame it on "LA?" CA. has a 2-plate law, period. If you have a nice sports car and don't want a front plate, you can keep it in the car and put it on the dashboard when you park. Or use adhesive velcro tape on the front bumper and plate and install it when parked or to get a ticket signed-off. Drilling holes in the bumper of a Porsche would be pretty stupid when there are so many other options, tow hook mount, etc...

I've had plenty of cars out here with no front plate, if it's CA. registered, you risk a ticket. That's the law. It doesn't happen much. It has happened to me in Minnesota, (most states have a 2-plate law), but never in CA. with an out-of-state car no matter what the law is in the registered state. Meter maids only write them for home state violations.

This is such a non-issue in any size scheme of things...just pay the ticket and consider it a "vanity tax." :cool:

No one runs with "zero plates" in CA. anymore, we've had paper temporary plates for years now. Your assertion was true in the past. Anyone driving with no valid plates gets pulled over immediately now if a cop sees them, it's a major "tell" of a crime/robbery car.

Cops in Los Angeles, (and I assume most places in the state), do not chase after and pull over vehicles with no front plate unless they want to pull them over for some other reason. There are tons of exotic/supercars on the road here and I've never seen one with a front plate, most of them do not even have a place to put one.

This is why I like TN. We have no front plates...no emissions testing...no vehicle inspections. Heck, we changed the design of our license plates years ago and I still see cars driving around with the old style plate.

As long as it will move under it's own power, you can drive it on the road in East TN. SmileWavy

In Washington cars over 30 years old are eligible for collector or year of manufacture plates. No front plate required for either.

see it every single day


I got a no front plate ticket once. Went to the Sheriff's substation to get it signed off. He did not go out and look, said something about they must not be very busy to be wasting time on this.

Ditto for South Carolina.

I was out for lunch near So Pas City Hall. Parked with the front bumper to the curb. The meter maid must have been having a slow day and not made their quota.

I haven't seen many cars without rear plates. More often are plates obscured by the dark tinting that supposedly foils red light or toll road cameras.

The feature you're looking for starts at 0:45, but the whole video is good.

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I held the front plate onto a truck I had in the mid 90s with 2 pieces of 2 sided tape about 1 inch square. It worked fine and was easily removed.