No Front Tag = ticket
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 8,004
Likes: 250
From: Tampa Fl
St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
you dont think it was the 95mph in a 55MPH zone that brought you to has attention ? 
if you were to drive the speed limit like me you would have nothing to worry about, and you could have saved 10 grand in modification
if you were to drive the speed limit like me you would have nothing to worry about, and you could have saved 10 grand in modification
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 3,854
Likes: 8
From: Pearland, TX
Cruise-In VIII Veteran
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '20
Originally Posted by Zoomfast
Front tags are becoming more important as more jurisdictions go to red light cameras or photo radar. Don't look to have front plates done away with anytime soon. There's too much money in it.
Have a good one ... plateless in TX
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,561
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From: Clark NJ
St. Jude Donor '05 thru '26
If you run without a front plate, you just set yourself up to be stopped by LEO and get targeted for other Bull $hit….not worth the hassle……get yourself a nice vanity plate and live with it.
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Race Director
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 13,760
Likes: 75
From: Haymarket VA
Originally Posted by phils C5 vette
you dont think it was the 95mph in a 55MPH zone that brought you to has attention ?
if you were to drive the speed limit like me you would have nothing to worry about, and you could have saved 10 grand in modification
if you were to drive the speed limit like me you would have nothing to worry about, and you could have saved 10 grand in modification
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 6,454
Likes: 3
From: Hells Sister City Phoenix AZ
St. Jude Donor '03
Originally Posted by rcs128
Just hope the cop doesn't see you reaching for something under the seat and think a) you're going for a gun or b) hiding something. Either way, you're going to put the LEO in a defensive mood and probably actually INCREASE your chances of getting a ticket for whatever got you pulled over. Angry, nervous cops are more likely to give tickets than warnings. 
When I was in LE that kind of move would get you a gun in your ear and then handcuffed in the backseat while I searched your vehicle for what you were hiding. Not a smart move to reach any where in the vehicle when stopped. Keep your hands in plain sight preferably on the wheel or the dash.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 785
Likes: 1
From: Middletown PA
Somebody has to come up with a "pop-up" front license plate to match our pop-up headlights. That way you could run without the plate showing, then if a cop stops you, you could hit a button and rotate the cover around 180 degrees to reveal a plate on the opposite side. You could have the cop think he is losing it, ha, ha.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 5,933
Likes: 13
From: The Beautiful Inland Empire WA.
great idea for new product....
There seems to be plenty of room at the front of the C5 for this.....how about a rotating center piece in the front bumper...one side good looking and the other with the plate on it.....could even motorize the darn thing and flip it over form the driver's seat......too James Bond, I know...............but think of the traffic stop where you flip the switch as soon as the lights come on behind you
Race Director
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 16,507
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From: Southern Indiana
Originally Posted by steve8
If you are going to try the "I forgot because of the show routine", which I would hope would work most of the time, the way to do it is to attach the plate permanently and velcro the cover on over the plate.
That's what I did. But I still have my doubts it'll work if I get pulled over.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,235
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From: Haymarket VA
CI 7-8 Veteran
Originally Posted by VET IT B
I need to do this. Do you have any pics? I have never had a front plate on the car, 6 years. I'm living on borrowed time.
Thanks, Mark
I'm living on borrowed time.Thanks, Mark
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 813
Likes: 0
From: Long Island New York
Long Island Nassau & Suffolk PD are tight but for some reason whenever I go through a checkpoint I dont have problems ... if anything I get two PD's that look at the car smile and check the registration and move me on. I always believed it was image ... if you look like a wise-guy youre gonna getit . Just smile wave and move on through. They are looking for bigger fish to fry 
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 1,135
Likes: 0
From: South Glastonbury CT
St. Jude Donor '06
Connecticut has the silly law of two plates. SO far so good! I was unfortunate when I lived in Maryland. THey too have the two plate rule and I was caught not having on front. SO I too got a ticket!
