ImUrOBGYN Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Have had mine in the windshield since I got a ticket for no front plate in Texas (nothing else). Haven't had one since, though, this is making me rethink it. I think I'll attach a long, thin pole that sticks out from the front of my car and put my plate on that. Like a swordfish with a license plate on the tip of it's sword. I mean, it has to be on the frontmost part, right? Is it specific about how it faces? What if I put in horizontal so there's almost no frontal area? I can cut a slot and slide the plate in until the top of the letters, facing up. Even easier to read when you're standing there writing me a ticket. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimmel1647545512 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 funny how both of these cars were both performance cars fuck the cops if it was an 89 caviler or a 2002 taurus would of went by no ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRTurbo04 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 funny how both of these cars were both performance cars fuck the cops if it was an 89 caviler or a 2002 taurus would of went by no ticket mabey thats why i dont get tickets much in a girly econobox pos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost face Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Care to explain how? I dressed up and went and told that i put some money in and the last coin i put in did not add additional time to the meter (with my poker face). I got papers to prove lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcz06 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 I watched randomly with my girlfriend, how many people ran with no front license plate and in a 10min span we counted 10-15 cars without plates. Everyone seems to do it and I'm pretty sure it's easy to get out of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJINOHIO03 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 How much are the tickets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Lee Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Never had front plates on my vehicles. I guess that's the benefit of having OH tags but living out of state. It allows me to get away with illegal window tint too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SicShelby Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 How much are the tickets? Mine was $120. $120! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Mine from a meter-maid was $45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty2431 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 I just got one a few weeks ago in the lancer. Just got a warning though as I had the plate in the passenger door. He gave me the warning and told me to take it to the dealership since they didn't issue me a plate holder and they should know better than to sell cars in ohio without them. Ive had like 6 prior to this. Once when I had the R parked in the short north over night (oops). Got a $40 parking ticket and a $40 no plate fee, which I called and raised high hell and was absolutely wrong about. Once from a bicycle cop in bowling green, and once it lead to my car being searched even though I was not intoxicated in any way, nor have anything at all in my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcz06 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Mine was $120. $120! Guess they went up a little since I got one. I better find my extra plate, to stick in the front window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 once it lead to my car being searched even though I was not intoxicated in any way, nor have anything at all in my car. what was their probable cause? they can't just search your car based on a not having a plate or even getting a speeding ticket. my wife always laughs when she watches COPS and everyone just simply allows the cops to search their cars. Just say NO folks. You don't have to grant permission unless they have cause that a crime has been committed or if your car smells of alcohol or drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty2431 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 what was their probable cause? they can't just search your car based on a not having a plate or even getting a speeding ticket. my wife always laughs when she watches COPS and everyone just simply allows the cops to search their cars. Just say NO folks. You don't have to grant permission unless they have cause that a crime has been committed or if your car smells of alcohol or drugs. I wasn't in the hurry at the time, I wasn't doing drugs or drinking at all, nor did I have anything in the car or on my but a huge hog chaw dip, so I let him rummage. He never gave any sort of probable cause at all, I didn't even get a ticket out of the ordeal just a warning. If your not doing anything wrong then who gives a shit, but I do agree its a total misuse of power, which 75% of cops are guilty of... and yes, I hate them as well fucking pigs (the majority of them that is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty2431 Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I would like to note that I just received my second front plate bullshit ticket, in the same car, in two weeks. I showed him the warning I got two weeks ago and told him I didn't have time to make it to the dealership to receive my front plate holder that I paid for in my dealer prep fees and all he said was 'thats unacceptable'. And wrote me the ticket anyway. Thing is it was in the middle of rush hour traffic on 71 and he was an absolute DICK HEAD. He walks back and says 'in my opinion you need to go there now and tell them to give you a holder or your going to drill holes in the car' and I said 'in my opinion its a completely bullshit law thats just helping you guys meet your fiscal year budget' and smiled and walked away. I didn't sign the ticket either. He didn't even offer me to sign it so im fighting it and i know ill win. $136. They can suck my nuts as they will never see one dime of it, thank god my mom is a clerk of courts in ohio. I would like to know how 88 in a 65 is $120 but driving without a front plate is $136??? Anyone care to explain why 23mph over the limit is LESS dangerous than a front plate in the state of ohio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 (edited) I would like to note that I just received my second front plate bullshit ticket, in the same car, in two weeks. I showed him the warning I got two weeks ago and told him I didn't have time to make it to the dealership to receive my front plate holder that I paid for in my dealer prep fees and all he said was 'thats unacceptable'. And wrote me the ticket anyway. Thing is it was in the middle of rush hour traffic on 71 and he was an absolute DICK HEAD. He walks back and says 'in my opinion you need to go there now and tell them to give you a holder or your going to drill holes in the car' and I said 'in my opinion its a completely bullshit law thats just helping you guys meet your fiscal year budget' and smiled and walked away. I didn't sign the ticket either. He didn't even offer me to sign it so im fighting it and i know ill win. $136. They can suck my nuts as they will never see one dime of it, thank god my mom is a clerk of courts in ohio. I would like to know how 88 in a 65 is $120 but driving without a front plate is $136??? Anyone care to explain why 23mph over the limit is LESS dangerous than a front plate in the state of ohio? You not signing the ticket means nothing moron, you will win nothing because you didn't sign it. Now if you put on the plate and go to court they may just make you pay court fees. Westerville has done that for me. I took it off when I got home. Edited September 14, 2009 by Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty2431 Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I'm just going to give it to my mother who is going to close it out in the system and I won't pay a dime just like she has done for every other ticket I got she felt wasn't my fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 It's not your fault you don't have a plate on the front of your car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 It's not your fault you don't have a plate on the front of your car? Don't argue, or he'll get his mommy after you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I know it's my fault I don't have a plate on the front of my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 What up with the Snow Leopard in your sig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starkmaster03 Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Have had mine in the windshield since I got a ticket for no front plate in Texas (nothing else). Haven't had one since, though, this is making me rethink it. I think I'll attach a long, thin pole that sticks out from the front of my car and put my plate on that. Like a swordfish with a license plate on the tip of it's sword. I mean, it has to be on the frontmost part, right? Is it specific about how it faces? What if I put in horizontal so there's almost no frontal area? I can cut a slot and slide the plate in until the top of the letters, facing up. Even easier to read when you're standing there writing me a ticket. lol I'm not sure if it is specific about how the plate faces but I have got a warning because my plate is not vertical. It's at about a 45 degree angle on the Fiero and the cop gave me a warning for it but ticketed me for blue lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty2431 Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 It's a bullshit law and its definitely unjust for $111 just for not having a front plate, thats absolute fleecing if you ask me. And my mother has been able to get me out of a few spots actually, so I use her wisely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 A Worthington officer followed me in to a parking lot today to tell me "Plate it or pay the price." I was polite and waved. I think for the first time in six years, I'm going to bolt on the front plate. I think cars look better without them, but until I'm made of money, I'd rather not worry every time I pass a squad car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Wasnt there a political movement recently to get rid of this law? What was the outcome, or is it still in the pipeline? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRW Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Wasnt there a political movement recently to get rid of this law? What was the outcome, or is it still in the pipeline? That's what I was just wondering. When I bought my G8 GT I bought out of state and had the option of leaving it off since it wasn't already on. I told them to put it on and regretted ever since but now I'm thinking that maybe it wasn't such a bad idea. When I bought my G8 GXP no way was I going to put it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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