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TX plates: Did you install the front license plate? -
04-22-04, 04:51 PM
Do you have Texas plates? Did you install the front license plate? If not, have you been stopped for it? Got a ticket? How much?
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Location: Denton, Texas
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04-23-04, 10:41 AM
ive been stopped but never got a ticket
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04-25-04, 01:28 AM
been stopped once, no tickets. no front plate
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04-25-04, 11:11 AM
Actually been stopped for "Acessive acceleration" no front plate... no ticket at all!
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Location: The warm end of the gutter....Texas baby!
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04-28-04, 12:15 PM
Been stopped more than once for no plate (when they have no other reason than seeing me "near" street racing) 1 ticket, a few warnings. I think the ticket was $80 in Dallas but that was about 7 years ago
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Location: Los Fresnos, So. TX
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05-03-04, 09:00 PM
Yep, need to have a front plate in texas. Needs to be infront of car. Can't put it behind windshield. Been there done that, with about 7 tickets later...
It's hurt the wallet toooo much.
check out this link. Help put a stop to the front plate requirement!
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/txplate/
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05-04-04, 09:16 AM
Some of the comments on that online petition are too funny! How can a lawmaker take this seriously?
For example:
14. Glenn Gossett If plates are required to drive a vehicle in texas they should be required to sell a vehicle in texas.
102. Jeff They are always pulling me over from the back any way?
279. Brett Jacobs The only reason you require a front plate is to allow laser radar a better target.
282. Chris Granado plz take off the plates
312. Dave Dillehay Racecars don't need plates.
797. Andrew Vela Front license plates are dangerous and cause a reflective distraction for drivers while aproaching on coming traffic.
798. billy atkins i personal do not see the need for them other then an easy way for radar to work.
811. clayton cook this law is byist towards lower class people that dont have fancy exotic cars
1305. Ken Patton Or create Euro style plate option
2566. Monte Bennett Front plates suck!
2585. Chris Sanders Front plates can also cause nasty leg cuts when you walk by a car and hit them.
2875. Miso Orney Another positive is when you run over someone, they won't be able to get your license plate number as you drive towards them.
3015. Jacob Elster front plates suck
3018. mikey pitz you damn right jacob, front plates lick ballz!
3581. John Roscoe I signed this for New Jersey too. I love Texas barbecue! I miss you Melissa
4259. Adam Stanley Front plates are gay
4305. Kelly Hnot Front license plates suck!
4367. cory zimmerman I recieved 5 stiches in my hand from a front license plate while washing my car.
4422. Paul Jeannet I like chicken
4457. Steven Guess sliced my finger open on one
4559. Matt H This law is gay
4610. Mitch Heard no plate plz!
4772. John Castillo I've cut my leg a few times on those darn front plates!!!!
4976. Edwin B Jordan Jr Ruins appearance of rear of car
5088. Todd J Michalek get rid of this law I would love to put a personlized plate on the front
5441. mike liang i am a serious ricer, i keep mine in the dash.
6127. Jenilee harwell They are also dangerous to my husbands knee. He has had stiches twice from running into the sharp edges of the license plate.
6396. Joshua Yes, please. My bodykit looks ugly with the license plate.
6562. john grant its my car
6699. andrea i had to miss a day of work just to go to court and have them dismiss my front plate ticket! it's a waste of my time and money as well as the judicial systems
6776. Eric Mai i'm asian
6861. Josh Zepeda suck it
6917. Lavan Thompson Front plates suck6942. Mitchell the front license plate law is gay. it serves no purpose.
6978. Anderson Horn I agree with aerodynamics
7023. Hak Leav i dont have a car, but when i get one...NO LICENSE PLATE
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Location: Los Fresnos, So. TX
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05-04-04, 12:15 PM
haha...man, ppl are crazy....i like that "I love Texas Barbecue" one...haha
Gabe R.
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White 84 5.0L GT Carb'd: MSD Ign, Cut Springs, Pony's, SLN Wing, SVO Frt Valance
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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05-17-04, 09:02 AM
No front plate and I have never been pulled over.
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Location: North Texas
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05-18-04, 10:30 AM
Been given a verbal warning, for inspection I put it in the windshield and they pass it...
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06-01-04, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by afast93stang
Been given a verbal warning, for inspection I put it in the windshield and they pass it...
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They check for the front license plate during a Texas state inspection?
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Location: Greenville, Tx
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06-01-04, 12:58 PM
I got stopped but I told the cop that I didn't know that I had to have it, and he gave me a warning.
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06-10-04, 11:23 PM
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I got stopped but I told the cop that I didn't know that I had to have it, and he gave me a warning.
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Same here...I think they go easy on girls.
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Location: Houston Texas
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06-24-04, 10:34 PM
technically the only way to legally get away with no front plate is to drive a classic vehicle (25 yrs or older) and have it registered with an original dealer plate from the year of the vehicle's manufacture.....that is how I get away with it in my 57 T-Bird. I love that dealer tag.....and I have one for one of my 66 Mustang's too, but which one to use it on?
- 57 T-Bird
- 66 Shelby G.T.350H
- 66 FB Restomod under construction
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Location: Wylie, Texas
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06-27-04, 11:04 PM
I drove around the Dallas area for nearly 6 years with no front tag. Then I moved out to wylie which is quite a bit smaller and got stopped in about a month. Told the cop that yeah i know theres no plate on the front and that i have it but didnt realize it was required. He gave me a verbal warning and let me go. I put it on then cause in such a small area my car was quite distinct and I pass the same cop about twice a week on the way home from work. And I never had it on when it was inspected and it always passed.
I sold that car yesterday and got a 01 GT, which I will put the front tag on cause the 4 friggin holes in the bumper look dumber than the plate would.
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06-28-04, 08:16 AM
Ive been pulled over 4 times over the years....cop never noticed I didn't have a front liscense plate. 1 ticket out of the 4. Not for license plate though...
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06-28-04, 08:30 AM
I put in for a personalized plate. If and when I get it, I'll probably go ahead and install the front one.
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07-14-04, 08:26 PM
I bought my stang from TX and because of compications with registration I am going on 3 months driving with TX plates and I took the front one off the day I got it... no one has stopped me!!!
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07-15-04, 12:44 PM
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2566. Monte Bennett Front plates suck!
2585. Chris Sanders Front plates can also cause nasty leg cuts when you walk by a car and hit them.
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07-16-04, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Greensix
I sold that car yesterday and got a 01 GT, which I will put the front tag on cause the 4 friggin holes in the bumper look dumber than the plate would.
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Same reason I've got one on the front. It is legal to have it in the front window though, as long as it's visible from in front of the vehicle it doesn't really matter where you put it.
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07-20-04, 09:12 AM
Florida plates in texas here!
Been pulled over 3 times, then the cop says Oh OK sorry
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