Look, simple facts. If you don't want the fines or to have issues, follow what the law says. If you do other than that you have to understand that there are repercussions. I have no front plate. I have been sited for it and paid the situation. I don't feel that it is needed for a front plate to be on a car. I have made the decision that I will pay the fines not to have the plate. That is the cost of doing what I want. To rant about how you were screwed be a bored cop is pointless. Hate cops all you want, but someday you will thank one. What if cops hate people who owned Ford Contours, it doesn't mean they did anything wrong, they just hate them. Kind of stupid isn't it?