View Poll Results: Front plate?
Yes
12
42.86%
No
16
57.14%
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Who is running / not running a front plate?
03-03-2013, 12:22 PM
#2
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,793
I'm probably not supposed to vote since I'm not in Texas, but we do get stopped here in Colorado. My congressman keeps running bills to do away with the front plate, he always says, "apparently without a front plate, Colorado would become totally lawless". I say charge the same registration but only issue one plate, make more money on each car.
03-03-2013, 01:46 PM
#3
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 308
Well, right NOW I'm not running a front plate. But, since I still don't have my plates, that's OK. I'll be sporting a nice new Texas plate front and back as soon as they come in. BTW, I once was pulled over and given a warning for not having a front plate so it does happen.
03-03-2013, 02:00 PM
#4
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 417
I don't run a plate. I've never been stopped for it, technically. They came to my house and noticed it was not mounted because I had backed in. Threatened it was a towable offense.
Needless to say I, said yessir nossir and haven't ever been pulled over since.
Needless to say I, said yessir nossir and haven't ever been pulled over since.
03-03-2013, 02:28 PM
#5
1st Gear Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 63
I really don't want to put holes in the front bumper cover if I don't have to!
03-04-2013, 05:18 AM
#7
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 552
When I first got it, I was worried about being ticketed for it, so I got a mod to put it on without having to poke holes in it, but the thing kept falling off (3m tape inside the bumper cover) so i just removed it and have not put it back on. I have never been questioned about my missing plate in all the times I've been pulled over.
I'm in Austin.
Years ago, a girlfriend and I were driving back from California in her Jeep Cherokee. She didn't have a plate on the front either, and as soon as we made a left turn to get off of I10 and onto 290 towards Fredericksburg. we were going the speed limit and a cop pulled us over just for that missing plate. If I recall, it was a county sheriff, but I could be mistaken. We were in a pack of about 6 cars (didn't know them) driving along and the cop was going slower than everyone until we passed him. It was 10 years ago.
I'm in Austin.
Years ago, a girlfriend and I were driving back from California in her Jeep Cherokee. She didn't have a plate on the front either, and as soon as we made a left turn to get off of I10 and onto 290 towards Fredericksburg. we were going the speed limit and a cop pulled us over just for that missing plate. If I recall, it was a county sheriff, but I could be mistaken. We were in a pack of about 6 cars (didn't know them) driving along and the cop was going slower than everyone until we passed him. It was 10 years ago.
Last edited by Murphdog; 03-04-2013 at 05:27 AM.