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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

Yup, that's the law in CA, Glen. One of the reasons I insisted my kids run their front plates while living under our roof. One less reason for the cops to stop them IMO.
The kid in the Elantra knew he wasn't supposed to be running in track mode. We have some guys in our hood that do that on their way out of the hood and they're a pain in the a$$ as far as I'm concerned. NOW, GET OFF MY LAWN!

Yep, it's the law here to run a front plate. I didn't run one for a while and never got a ticket or pulled over for it. I did eventually find a guy selling a plate holder that screws into the hole in the front bumper for the big screw eye. I put that one to save myself the eventual trouble.

The kid may or may not have known that he wasn't supposed to drive in track mode. Some people are clueless. Or the cop may have seen that the kid had received at least one warning before. We just don't know the whole story.