So im parked at my community college school lot. I come back and see a ticket on my window, so i double check that my parking pass is in the window, and it is. I check the ticket and the guy wrote me up for not having a front license plate, but the thing is, I have it in my front window on the dash, passenger side. The plate is clearly in sight, not hidden away or anything. I thought that would get me out of it. Somebody tell me thats messed up... do I just go to a police station and get them to sign it off?

 

I honestly don't know because my state doesn't require a front plate. But let me ask you this...if a front plate is required by law in your state, what makes you think simply having it on your front dash is the same thing? Have you been told that was ok? I can't imagine that the cops would be ok with that. It would be much harder to read..especially with sun glare.

 

Just pay up and move on. It's only what $25? Happened to me in an LA airport parking lot. I was really happy to see that the LAPD has such a tight handle on crime that they need to troll for mising front plates.

Anyway, up to you but the only place the plate can be is on the front bumper. No windows etc.

Anyway, best of luck to you!

 

I had one about 1 month ago that I received in Pasadena. It was like $25 to pay or reduced to $10 if it was corrected. I just paid the $25 and considered it my "not having a front plate" tax.

 

Having the lisc plate in your window DOES NOT constitute having a front lisc plate. Your plate must be mounted to your front bumper in accordance with federal regulations (unless your state does not have front plates)

Sorry but you have no room to complain. The plate in the window is not legal. You will get pulled over again or ticketed again for it, and if your pulled over the cop will probibally give you a fix it ticket to go along with it to say that youve been told to put it on correctly.

 

i'm a little confused, did the security give you a ticket or the police, if its the security I would fight it, what right do they have to give you a ticket for it..
If its the police, put your plate on take a pic show it to the judge and hope they drop it i hate the front plate, so I eliminated it from my car too, illegal or not its ugly, and its a 'fix-it' ticket

 

i used to have my plate on the window but my dad said "wut if you do a sudden stop or get in an accident and the plate comes straight for your passenger's neck or head?"

yikers. hahaha mortal combat baby..

 

I had to drill holes in my bumper for my license plate for my driving test. It sucked that I had to do it. I didn't want to but you know how the DMV is.

 

That is a very good of your dad to say that. I forgot how much force gets applied when you get into a car accident but in one class in college we figured that out. Put is this way .... if you get into a horrible accident and it leaves a seatbelt impression on your chest .... what do you think a razor sharp license plate will do? I really don't want to think about it.

 

I thought you had to be on a street driving your car to get pulled over for no front plate? I got pulled over and the cop gave me a no front plate ticket instead of speeding. $50 in IL for no front plate!!!!

 

^ sure beats the speeding ticket

 

Don't know about CA, but in NY, if you have the plate in your window and not attached to the front of your car somewhere, it called "Improperly displayed plate."

You have to have it attached to the car in the exterior of the car, otherwise it pretty much defeats the purpose of having a front plate.

 

the speeding ticket would have gotten thrown out in court since he didn't radar me and told me "You were leading the pack, that's why I pulled you over"

BS

 

Sounds more like "you're kinda doing something wrong, but i really wanted to pull you over to see what else you were doing wrong and ticket you for that."

And those of you not wanting to drill into your bumper can probably just make your own bracket to mount it from the lower grille. Someone around here sells one and you can sometimes find them on eBay too.

My poor bumper, on the other hand, was drilled into by the dealer when I bought it. Oh well though. Not like I'm going to take it off all the time and see the holes there. My front plate really isn't going anywhere.

 

sorry to hear about it man, but yeah they can totally bust you on that cause they can call it an "obstruction of view" or soemthing. imo its stupid, the whole law it self is stupid, but esp. in so cal i always wear my plates, in norcal its not tooo bad. i dont have any holes i just use zip ties to the bottom grill with padding on the back so it wont hit my bumper.

also about having it in the window, yeah thats why i took it off in my other car. i didnt want my passenger to get sliced just incase something were to happen.

 

This is where I got mine from, and I luckily got my car before the bumper was drilled

http://www.eight08customs.com/v2/index.php?id=store.php

 

^ Ya, that's the one that I was thinking of besides eBay.

 

all states that require a front plate have specific regulations on how the front plate should be displayed. I know in new york it needs to be such and such inches off from the floor.

 

my bumper is all fckd up from the dealer...there are the holes for the mount, and circles from the screws for the plates. LAME! Then, the mounting screws are so messed up, they don't even work any more.

 

I Cali!!

You're screwed. No need to repeat what has already been said. Just pay it and move on.