Does your state not require a front plate?
Heel & Toe
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Originally Posted by Graemeinvette
Mandatory in the U.K. and pretty much the rest of Europe. Strictly enforced as well!!
Europe.
Safety Car
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From: Buckeye, AZ
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Originally Posted by Gary79
here in Illinois you are supposed to have one, but many vettes and ricers are not running them. the mechanic at work says it's not illegal to run with out one, but I'd bet he's wrong. i'm on the Illinois - Missouri border, so if you don't have one in the front and a cop goes by, he assumes you"re from Missouri, and then as he goes by you, he sees you're from Illinois, well, then he's got to trun around and chase you down. it does give them reason to pull you over, so best not be doing nothing illegal.
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From: Foxfield CO 1970 Convertible
Originally Posted by ZD75blue
I've also heard about some other states that require "One rear facing and one forward facing plate." Guys stack them back to back on the back of the car! 
CO requires both - I'll have to check into the exact wording...
Burning Brakes
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From: Grants Pass Oregon
Plates
Originally Posted by nostgry
Front plates are just another excuse for the government to extort more money from the public.
Drifting
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From: VetteMOD
St. Jude Donor '05-'07
Originally Posted by Nick-75Roadster
Does anyone know if in Ohio you can get away with having your front plate on top of the dash at the base of the windshield while you're driving?
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/ohplate/
Also, Ohio will have Lidar (where they take a picture of you speeding and send you a ticket) soon. This was just OK'd in Hamilton County. No front plate=no Lidar. Sign the online petition and get everyone you know to sign!
Drifting
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From: San Diego, CA Website: ChrisMitchell.us
In CA you need both front and back plates. My daily driver is a 90 firebird with no front plates (not even a place to put one if I wanted it). I once got pulled over for speeding and the officer walked to the front of the car to get the plate number to write on the ticket. He looked and when he didn't see it he just walked to the back of the car and got the number from there. He never even mentioned it to me. However another time I parked my car on the street in front of my house and when I got up the next morning to go to work there was a $30 dollar ticket for no front plate. But in the six or seven years I have been driving that car I only got the one ticket.
Burning Brakes
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From: Springboro Ohio
Originally Posted by Nick-75Roadster
Does anyone know if in Ohio you can get away with having your front plate on top of the dash at the base of the windshield while you're driving?
P.S. BBshark where in Cincy are you? Your PM box if full.
Last edited by LemansBlueStingray; Feb 9, 2005 at 08:26 PM.