Front License Plate

[408RCLB]

What's the point of a front plate anyway? I live in Jersey and its required here as well.
Ive blown through a couple toll booths in my time and its always the rear plate pic I get in the mail I plan on not running with a front plate once i get the 2012 Raptor and I def. wont once I get the ADD bumper.

So just run a front and no rear... ****!! no mas toll boof tickets!

 

[SeaRaptor]

So just run a front and no rear... ****!! no mas toll boof tickets!

That would work for tolls, but its a lot more obvious when your missing a rear plate, specially if an officer rolls up behind me. Much easier without a front plate due to living near a tourist area, we get a lot of PA tourist and they dont have front plates so it works

 

[6.2]

Just throw it on the dash.



-Posted with my iPhone.

 

[gordhunt]

I just stuck mine to the front bumper with double sided moulding tape (from napa) well see how long it stays put

 

[AVALANCHE]

I've never run a front plate despite multiple tickets by the Federales!

The thing is that 99% of the times I've been stopped, it has usually been for speeding, stop signs and the like. After talking with the cops, I've always had good luck driving away without a moving violation but would settle on a fix-it ticket for no front plate. No plate gives them an option to let you off easy.

Yup Yup Yup. Thats my logic also. If they are just revenue seeking they may go with the plate instead of the mover. I actually plan to tell them that I got in a minor front ender and that the plate was messed up beyond use. Dont know how far that will fly though Ha.

 

[AVALANCHE]

What's the point of a front plate anyway? I live in Jersey and its required here as well.
Ive blown through a couple toll booths in my time and its always the rear plate pic I get in the mail I plan on not running with a front plate once i get the 2012 Raptor and I def. wont once I get the ADD bumper.

Im gonna guess and say their logic would be if you ass end someone and back away to take off, a plate is visible to the offended to get a plate number.

 

[BDRAG]

Acknowledging the topic of mounting license plates has been discussed previously on this forum, I would like to post it again and ask for suggestions. Given that my month old 2011 Raptor resides deep in the heart of Texas , I need a front license plate if I want to stay out of trouble and have been looking high and low for a creative way to mount the front plate without disturbing the awesome/mean look of the Raptor. Does anyone have any new ideas?

I had a decal plate made. 2 actually and it only cost me $30.00. Its an exact copy down to the colors and its also reflective. I have been stopped many times here in Texas for no front plate but never ticketed. Written warning once. So here is my decal plate. My old man gave me his BMW's plate Sunday to have it done for his front end.

I needed mine moved because I wanted my Aux lights down low behind where the plate was. I had many DPS eyeball me this past weekend comming back from Colorado. Also the Garlang moto cops nail everyone for anything and all they do is look long and hard but have never stopped me yet. AHhahaaaa.

BDRAG

 

[BDRAG]

Acknowledging the topic of mounting license plates has been discussed previously on this forum, I would like to post it again and ask for suggestions. Given that my month old 2011 Raptor resides deep in the heart of Texas , I need a front license plate if I want to stay out of trouble and have been looking high and low for a creative way to mount the front plate without disturbing the awesome/mean look of the Raptor. Does anyone have any new ideas?

Also, if you go with a state sponsored plate, mine is the FIGHT TERRORISM one they are only $20 -$40 a year with no big dollar fee to retain it. Its yours till you don't pay or drop it. The MY PLATES can add up quik. Its like $70 a year to them and $40 to the state and then you can also reserve the nuber for 2-3-5 -10 years but its big bucks. Go with a state one. Collage, military, nature lover, horn toad or whatever! HAhaha.
BDRAG

 

[SeaRaptor]

I had a decal plate made. 2 actually and it only cost me $30.00. Its an exact copy down to the colors and its also reflective. I have been stopped many times here in Texas for no front plate but never ticketed. Written warning once. So here is my decal plate. My old man gave me his BMW's plate Sunday to have it done for his front end.

I needed mine moved because I wanted my Aux lights down low behind where the plate was. I had many DPS eyeball me this past weekend comming back from Colorado. Also the Garlang moto cops nail everyone for anything and all they do is look long and hard but have never stopped me yet. AHhahaaaa.

BDRAG

Do they consider them legal? Not a bad idea!

 

[BDRAG]

Do they consider them legal? Not a bad idea!

WELL? Read the Texas State Requirments below. I think it falls into a safe zone. I will highlite the one that covers me I think. The insignia is the tag renewal thats applied to the inside of the windshield next to the state inspection. I think thats the biggie! The phrase OTHER THAN A VEHICLE ASSIGNED LICENSE PLATE. The number I use IS assigned to me its just not metal. We will see. Its had some hard looks. I guess they think its the real deal just folded around the bumper? HAhahaaaaaaa.

It also looks like $10 will get ya out of the $200 fine. So whats the state care for?

BDRAG

Sec. 502.404. OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT LICENSE PLATE OR REGISTRATION INSIGNIA.

(a) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a passenger car or commercial motor vehicle that does not display two license plates, at the front and rear of the vehicle, that have been:

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(1) assigned by the department for the period; or

(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the period.


(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a passenger car or commercial motor vehicle, other than a vehicle assigned license plates for the registration period, that does not properly display the registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the license plates have been validated for the period.

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(c) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a road tractor, motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer that does not display a license plate, attached to the rear of the vehicle, that has been:

(1) assigned by the department for the period; or

(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the period.

(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a dealer operating a vehicle as provided by law.

(e) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.

(f) A court may dismiss a charge brought under Subsection (a) if the defendant:

(1) remedies the defect before the defendant's first court appearance; and

(2) pays an administrative fee not to exceed $10.

(g) A court may dismiss a charge brought under Subsection (b) if the defendant:

(1) shows that:

(A) the passenger car or commercial motor vehicle was issued a registration insignia by the department that establishes that the vehicle was registered for the period during which the offense was committed; and

(B) the registration insignia described in Paragraph (A) was attached to the passenger car or commercial motor vehicle before the defendant's first court appearance; and

(2) pays an administrative fee not to exceed $10.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1027, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. (Source)

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