View Poll Results: Front Lic Plate
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Front Lic Plate
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,394
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From: Belhaven North Carolina
Cruise-In VIII Veteran
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 757
Likes: 13
From: Norfolk VA
http://www.topflightrepro.com/
Got my setup without the plate surround..
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Race Director
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 11,363
Likes: 1
From: Virginia Beach VA
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Got them on my car. I am at the courthouse for work at least twice a month which is right across the street from the main police headquarters...combine that with my spirited driving habits...just one less excuse I have to get pulled over. 
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 220
Likes: 30
From: Fairfax VA
I've got the bubble cover on over top the plate - side benefit is that it will take the hit with a minor front end bump, since we all have to "use the force" in figuring out where the bumper ends. 
I have the factory cover if I ever move from the Old Dominion.
I have the factory cover if I ever move from the Old Dominion.
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 4,279
Likes: 82
From: North Strand, NMB, SC; Retired x 2 (US Army: 70-90 AD) (US Army: 91-16 DAC); yea, I'm old.
I have gotten one warning and one ticket (judge dismissed the ticket; trooper was po'd) for no front plate.
I don't mount my front plate while tooling around town; the local LEOs don't hassle us; it's just the interstate LEOs who write you up for not having one.
I put my nylon mask on whenever I take it on the interstate and now I am putting my plate on the dash until I am out of Virginia.
I don't mount my front plate while tooling around town; the local LEOs don't hassle us; it's just the interstate LEOs who write you up for not having one.
I put my nylon mask on whenever I take it on the interstate and now I am putting my plate on the dash until I am out of Virginia.
Team Owner
Joined: Nov 1999
Posts: 32,782
Likes: 11
From: Former NCM Drag Racing coordinator, National director Corvette Challenge Spring Hill, Tennessee: Whiting, New Jersey
Cruise-In VI Veteran
Cruise-In VII Veteran
I got a ticket in New Jersey for not having a front plate. Cost me $125. 
--So this is what i did to this area
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 177
Likes: 0
From: Northern Virginia
Unfortunately, still in this day and age as a black man, when I get stopped while driving a nice vehicle, the first thing LEO asks me is "who does this vehicle belong to?" Yeah, it seems that at 46 years of age, three degrees in engineering and owning my own consulting firm, some folks still only see ... well ... I use the front plate because it's one less reason to stop me - I don't care how it makes my car look, just so long as it's legal. For those of you that just drive illegally without a front plate, I can only say, "walk in my shoes for a while" - flaunting the law just isn't healthy for me.
Now if we can just get these VA traffic violation fines repealed....
type to you later....
Last edited by Longhorn Vette; Mar 9, 2008 at 04:22 AM.
Pro
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 513
Likes: 2
From: Virginia Beach Va
Had my 2000 Coupe less than three weeks with no front plate before I got stopped by the State Guys along I-64. Told him the car was new to me and just hadn't gotten it on yet. He didn't care, wrote me up anyway. $70.00 check sent to Goochland County and I would rather flush that $$$ down the toilet as give it to them.
I put mine on the next day and it will stay on. Like most of you, don't need to draw attention to myself anyway!
I put mine on the next day and it will stay on. Like most of you, don't need to draw attention to myself anyway!
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 177
Likes: 0
From: Northern Virginia
Team Owner
Joined: May 1999
Posts: 22,830
Likes: 13
From: Columbus Ohio
CI 3-4, 8-9-10 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '06-'08-'10
