End California's Front License plate Law

[ScottKelly911]

Please sign the petition to end the front license plate law
http://www.petitiononline.com/caplate/
Scott aka Mouse

[ronin]

go for it! and should you be successful, bring your expertise to Washington State and do it here. hell, we'll even give you the title of Honorary Tim Eyman

[ronin]

btw: can you provide any data from the "20 or more states" that were successful in abolishing their front license plates? I would be very interested

[rcecale]

Georgia, I am happy to say, has done away with this silly requirement.

Randy

[targa911S]

Florida too. I love it!

[RickM]

I'd love to see this happen in NJ.
I never have a front plate on my 911. However, they just passed a law that places a very stiff surcharge (up to $200) on minor violations. May not be worth the risk.

[SteveStromberg]

Never in California as the front plate is used at the Red light cams,So that they have the plate# and a photo of the driver, $$$$$ for the local citys.

[911SCfanatic]

Michigan got rid of it many years ago (>20 yrs).

[LeeH]

Originally posted by rcecale
Georgia, I am happy to say, has done away with this silly requirement.

When did Georgia ever require front plates?

[nostatic]

as Steve said, never gonna happen. Too much revenue to be lost, almost zero to be gained (cost of making an extra license plate?).

[Pete000]

I hate front plates!

[911ctS]

Originally posted by nostatic
as Steve said, never gonna happen. Too much revenue to be lost, almost zero to be gained (cost of making an extra license plate?).

Yep! Especially when plates are made by inmates in prison.

However, I did sign the petition.

[ronin]

also, in WA, the State Patrol would fight hard to not give up their radar "aiming points"

[klaucke]

Mass has a law.... but once again, I'm a criminal. I don't have the brackets anyhow. Here, if you have a white plate with red letters, you need a plate front and back, but if you have a white plate with green letters (the older style, being grandfathered in) you only need it on the back. I suppose if I spend the 15 bucks for a "year of manufacture" plate, then I would only need it on the back, as my car is registered as an antique. Luckily, myself and friends have gotten away for a couple years running w/o our front plates, which we keep inside the car.

[Jason Porter]

Originally posted by klaucke
Here, if you have a white plate with red letters, you need a plate front and back, but if you have a white plate with green letters (the older style, being grandfathered in) you only need it on the back. I suppose if I spend the 15 bucks for a "year of manufacture" plate, then I would only need it on the back, as my car is registered as an antique.

Why not just paint the letters green?

[EdT82SC]

I know it's a lost cause, but I signed it. I've driven my 911 for 6 1/2 years with no front plate, and have had no problems. Even the cop who gave me a speeding ticket didn't say anything.

[RickM]

I keep mine under the seat just in case I have to pop it up on the dash. Better than nothing I guess.

[jfw834]

Originally posted by 911SCfanatic
Michigan got rid of it many years ago (>20 yrs).

I grew up in Troy, MI and when I moved to chicago I bought a car and only put the rear plate on cause i thought the other one they gave me was just an "extra" the dealer even told me I only needed the rear!

A few weeks later I was parked on the street in downtown and received a $45 ticket. I was PISSED.

[JP911]

What I really love is the select enforcement of the front plate law. For example, they enforce it in all of the parking lots at LAX. Nothing better than coming home from a business trip or vacation to a nice fat ticket on your car.

[jazzbass]

No front plate (US and Canada):

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virgin Islands, West Virginia, Alberta, Quebec, Manitoba (New plates are front/back in 1997), Northwest Territories, Prince Edward Island, Yukon Territory