NY no front liscense plate
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NY no front liscense plate
Well I got a ticket for it. I wasnt speeding or anything, the cop was just a douche and he looked like he was 15. Found a petition going on to get this stupid law removed. A lot of other state have already removed it.
http://www.petitiononline.com/NYSFLPR/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/NYSFLPR/petition.html
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My wife just got a ticket for this a few weeks ago too. She said the cop was a jerk about it (trooper). We put the bracket back on (for 5 minutes), took a few pics, and mailed them in with a not guilty plea. Hopefully it will be dropped. **** cops that have nothing better to do than to harass people for stupid ****! I could understand if she was speeding, and to give her a break he gave her a license plate ticket, but she wasn't.
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You should look into your specific law. Here in mass a front plate is also required by law, but there is a loop hole in the law here. It states that if there is no "factory" bracket, then one is not required up front but good luck trying to convince them that a "factory" bracket did not come with the car
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You should look into your specific law. Here in mass a front plate is also required by law, but there is a loop hole in the law here. It states that if there is no "factory" bracket, then one is not required up front but good luck trying to convince them that a "factory" bracket did not come with the car
that petition gets passed around in all over the place. they've been doing it in TX for years and it never provides any momentum.
can you get away with putting it in the window in NY? in TX, the law just says 'front and back', it doesnt define the location or mounting method... not many cops buy that train of thought though.
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when i lived in ny i never had a plate in the front.. kept in the windshield though.. when they questioned i used to say, yeah man i just ordered the new bracket from the dealer to put it up there with my new grill.. got away with it every time... i was always very polite and offered to race the cops! lol
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In the NYS VTL it actually states that "each vehicle shall have a set of number plates ... one on the front and one on the back ... wherever reasonably possible, not higher than forty-eight inches and not lower than twelve inches from the ground..." Section 402. So it actually tells you where to put it. I have pulled people over for not having the front plate, but usually as a means to find something else [DWI's] I won't issue for not having it.
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In the NYS VTL it actually states that "each vehicle shall have a set of number plates ... one on the front and one on the back ... wherever reasonably possible, not higher than forty-eight inches and not lower than twelve inches from the ground..." Section 402. So it actually tells you where to put it. I have pulled people over for not having the front plate, but usually as a means to find something else [DWI's] I won't issue for not having it.
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In the NYS VTL it actually states that "each vehicle shall have a set of number plates ... one on the front and one on the back ... wherever reasonably possible, not higher than forty-eight inches and not lower than twelve inches from the ground..." Section 402. So it actually tells you where to put it. I have pulled people over for not having the front plate, but usually as a means to find something else [DWI's] I won't issue for not having it.
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without going out and measuring, I don't know. I do know that you can't have the plate covered at all. Whether it's a clear or tinted cover, and technically even the plastic brackets that car dealers put over your plate are not legal, but I'm pretty sure no one makes stops for that.
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ny cops are great aren't they? i was in a park lacin up my skates to go skatin w/ my g/f. cop pulled up and started bustin my chops over no front plate. drivin around in circles with nothing better to do. i wasn't even in my car. i played dumb told him i bought it that way and didn't no how to mount it. he starts telling me that someone prob makes a bracket for my car and i just yes him to death whatever he wants to hear. there is no way a front plate is going on my car. i no it's the law but come on its a plate find something better to do on the taxpayer's dime.
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I might be the only one who doesn't mind front plates. I actually encourage them. When I went to college in Arizona (no front plate required) I had to cut off a large SUV to get around a stalled bus. Bastard stayed within 2 feet of my rear bumper for a good half-mile. If he had a front plate on I would have remembered and called the police about it.
I should have stopped short and have the jerk rear end me, would have been his fault according to the law no matter what he said to the cops. This was when I had an old shitbox so I wouldn't have cared about damage.
I should have stopped short and have the jerk rear end me, would have been his fault according to the law no matter what he said to the cops. This was when I had an old shitbox so I wouldn't have cared about damage.
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I got pulled over last week for loud exhaust (which is surcharchable I found out) and the cop looked in front of the car for a front plate (which I dont have), and to check my inspection sticker. I wasnt written up for no front plate.
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most cops use it just to check out our cars, they see young guys(not sayin all of us) driving nice cars. most young guys with nice cars either have no front plate, drugs on them, no insurance, or have something they cant arrest/harass us about. its what happens when u drive our kinds of cars around frankly i think they r jealous. i got a ticket last yr the cop was a total dick about my 86 iroc havin no front plate