zx3vfr Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Not that anyone cares but it's almost at 5k signatures. https://www.change.org/p/ohio-governor-remove-front-license-plates-in-ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1crusher Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Been talked about for years and no action taken. I would love to see them go. PoePoe say then need it...not buying it personally. Dumping them would mean LOTS of money saved by the state. Don't expect that petition to do much anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motocat12 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I was crouched under my car bumper last summer and when I stood up my leg above the knee wedged under my licence plate and cut through the whole layer of skin into the fat. As a cyclist and motorcyclist please no cutting utensils mounted to the front of multi ton vehicles. My car has a plate frame now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTheAzn Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Been talked about for years and no action taken. I would love to see them go. PoePoe say then need it...not buying it personally. Dumping them would mean LOTS of money saved by the state. Don't expect that petition to do much anytime soon. They need it as another reflective target for their laser guns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinNck1 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I roll without one. Fuck the police! Been there, done that, got the $150 ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuty Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Been there, done that, got the $150 ticket.There has to be more to this story? Cops generally do not write tickets for a missing front plate they only use it as a reason to pull you over to look for other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Shit I was pulled over 3x in one day in the same city for not having a front plate and didn't even get a ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Shit I was pulled over 3x in one day in the same city for not having a front plate and didn't even get a ticket Racial profiling, they were looking for illegals. Rick nailed it, it was their excuse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I roll without one. Fuck the police! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinNck1 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 There has to be more to this story? Cops generally do not write tickets for a missing front plate they only use it as a reason to pull you over to look for other things.I was driving a birght orange lowered truck with chrome wheels and a custom front bumper cover. It's hard to blend in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Racial profiling, they were looking for illegals. Rick nailed it, it was their excuse.This was back in high school. The one cop just didn't like me for whatever reason. He pulled me over twice that day and probably 4-5 times over 2 years. Cop #1 Got me on my way to work then again when I ran out for lunch. Hassled me at lunch because i said I would put it on when I got home that night and he clearly wasn't listening. Cop #2 got me on the way home from work and had to explain I still had not been home to put the damn thing on because I was working to pay for the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuty Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 My youngest son built a 99 grand -am with a custom body kit bright red with white tribal art paint job The engine put out about 8oo hp and the back only license plate was V8KILR he was pulled over 32 times the first summer and never got a ticket he kept a log book and tried to get every cop that pulled him over to sign it. The day the paint job was done he had to work so he asked me to pick it up on the way home a cop turned around and followed me all the way to the restraint we were having dinner at the car had black out windows and he was surprised when I got out of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaCinci Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) I haven't had a front plate on my car for well over 10 years. Many cars don't have an actual mount for a front plate. I'll pay a ticket before I drill into a $60k car bumper Edited January 8, 2016 by ScubaCinci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinNck1 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) My youngest son built a 99 grand -am with a custom body kit bright red with white tribal art paint job The engine put out about 8oo hp and the back only license plate was V8KILR he was pulled over 32 times the first summer and never got a ticket he kept a log book and tried to get every cop that pulled him over to sign it. The day the paint job was done he had to work so he asked me to pick it up on the way home a cop turned around and followed me all the way to the restraint we were having dinner at the car had black out windows and he was surprised when I got out of the car.I also got a tint ticket in my car. Of course, my tint strip on the windshield was a good ways down. It's always state patrol, local cops never give me any issues. The state trooper didnt like me asking him why his windows were tinted darker than mine, and he wasn't a K-9 unit. Double standards.... Edited January 8, 2016 by JustinNck1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphy Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Got warnings on my 88 RX7 convertible. Plate was stuck between dash and windshield on the passengers side, but it was view able from the outside. Cop told me it has to be front, center on bumper. Based on that, I am waiting on them bitching about my jeep. It is on the bumper but way to the right side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludwb675 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I've had no plate for 6 years. Never got pulled over just for it. Once i was hit for speeding by a state boy and i quickly tossed it in the windshield before he walked up. He was more worried about it as a safety hazard than not having it on the front of the car. I was polite and agreed that i was speeding and he gave me a warning for being honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTheAzn Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I also got a tint ticket in my car. Of course, my tint strip on the windshield was a good ways down. It's always state patrol, local cops never give me any issues. The state trooper didnt like me asking him why his windows were tinted darker than mine, and he wasn't a K-9 unit. Double standards.... I don't have a tint strip. My entire windshield is tinted. Good luck getting a light meter onto the windshield! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I think front plates are silly, but i wouldn't be caught driving without one. It's just a conspicuous and valid excuse to initiate a traffic stop. I don't need to deal with that. Say you have a few beers at the bar and are driving just fine - then on the way home, you're pulled over for not having a front plate. Now you've created reasonable suspicion to pull you over, when the police would otherwise have just ignored you. Same goes for driving with a headlight out, etc. Just a dumb risk to take, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaCinci Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 So don't do things like drive after a few beers? I have nothing to be fearful of if pulled over outside of a traffic ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 My youngest son built a 99 grand -am with a custom body kit bright red with white tribal art paint job The engine put out about 8oo hp and the back only license plate was V8KILR he was pulled over 32 times the first summer and never got a ticket he kept a log book and tried to get every cop that pulled him over to sign it. The day the paint job was done he had to work so he asked me to pick it up on the way home a cop turned around and followed me all the way to the restraint we were having dinner at the car had black out windows and he was surprised when I got out of the car.When was this grand am built and what kind of motor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Rollin since 2012 with no front plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiztedRabbit Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Drove without a front for 10 years.. from my 96 grand am turbo with body kit, a gsx, rx8 and onto my trucks. Was never once pulled over for a plate. bought a house in Minerva park. Was pulled over first day for no plate in my truck. Was told if I didn't plate it he would impound it. Never received a written warning so Ignored it. 1 week later same cop pulls me over tickets me 120ish and issues a fixit ticket. Said I warned you next time I'm I'm pounding it.. so I plated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh1234 Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I drove 3 different Dodge Stealths for 10 years total... never ran a front plate, never got ticketed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdubyah Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) Why give law enforcement the opportunity to pull you over?I've been pulled over for no front plate. It was at 3:30am on a Saturday night. He used it as an opportunity to check me for OVI. Being stone sober I'm sure he was disappointed.If they are looking for something, they will find a way to justify the stop. Broken light, no plate, no license plate light, improper lane change, following too close, etc. etc. Plate it, or possibly get harassed about it. Simple choice to me. Edited January 12, 2016 by Cdubyah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Why give law enforcement the opportunity to pull you over?I've been pulled over for no front plate. It was at 3:30am on a Saturday night. He used it as an opportunity to check me for OVI. Being stone sober I'm sure he was disappointed.If they are looking for something, they will find a way to justify the stop. Broken light, no plate, no license plate light, improper lane change, following too close, etc. etc.Plate it, or possibly get harassed about it. Simple choice to me.No Holes in the bumper is why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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