[Z06] No need to worry about front license tag in Tx
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No need to worry about front license tag in Tx
There have been a few threads on here recently on people getting tickets for no front tag in many states.
I have not heard much about tickets for no front tag in Texas, but here is the latest.
Texas has a regulation that says something like:
Nothing can block the designs or the lettering on a Texas license tag.
Many new car dealers have notified their customers that the dealership will be happy to remove the license plate frames advertising the dealership name.
LOE are stopping Texas drivers with any kind of a license plate frame that infringes on the word Texas or on the designs around the edge of the plate.
State gov approved this.
Personally, I have no problem with this. We put our LEOs in danger all of the time. Perps typically complain that the police had no reason to stop them.
While this initiative may inconvenience us, it will also result in a few less criminals on the street.
When I grew up in PA, police could stop you for wreckless driving if you had only one hand on the steering wheel. That was their catch-all. Police never bothered us, but it gave them opportunities to stop the bad guys.
Ok to start the bashing now.
Ed
I have not heard much about tickets for no front tag in Texas, but here is the latest.
Texas has a regulation that says something like:
Nothing can block the designs or the lettering on a Texas license tag.
Many new car dealers have notified their customers that the dealership will be happy to remove the license plate frames advertising the dealership name.
LOE are stopping Texas drivers with any kind of a license plate frame that infringes on the word Texas or on the designs around the edge of the plate.
State gov approved this.
Personally, I have no problem with this. We put our LEOs in danger all of the time. Perps typically complain that the police had no reason to stop them.
While this initiative may inconvenience us, it will also result in a few less criminals on the street.
When I grew up in PA, police could stop you for wreckless driving if you had only one hand on the steering wheel. That was their catch-all. Police never bothered us, but it gave them opportunities to stop the bad guys.
Ok to start the bashing now.
Ed
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But seriously, I was just trying to understand the thread. Making it illigal to cover "texas" does make sense in that Police, or anyone reporting a plate, needs to be able to tell what state the plate is from. I just didn't undertand what it had to do with front plates, which are not even required in Texas, are they?
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But seriously, I was just trying to understand the thread. Making it illigal to cover "texas" does make sense in that Police, or anyone reporting a plate, needs to be able to tell what state the plate is from. I just didn't undertand what it had to do with front plates, which are not even required in Texas, are they?
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Every state that has laws requiring a front plate will have the same blah, blah, blah laws about not covering the info on the plate, and not using covers to infringe on reading the plate.
Now if the laws are enforced or not is another subject.
Now if the laws are enforced or not is another subject.
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Yeah I love that in AZ, you don't need to worry about registration stickers in the windshield, or front plates, or smog laws, and all that nonsense...plus the roads are wide open and flat!
I drove my car w/o a front plate in TX for 3 and a half years and only got pulled over once for not having a front plate. I just said that I haven't had the chance to bolt it on yet lol and got a warning ... was on my 98 Z28.
The 80mph speed limit mainly applies to I-10 as it runs west out of the San Antonio area towards El Paso ... other highways like I-35 are still at 70mph.
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Yeah I love that in AZ, you don't need to worry about registration stickers in the windshield, or front plates, or smog laws, and all that nonsense...plus the roads are wide open and flat!
I drove my car w/o a front plate in TX for 3 and a half years and only got pulled over once for not having a front plate. I just said that I haven't had the chance to bolt it on yet lol and got a warning ... was on my 98 Z28.
The 80mph speed limit mainly applies to I-10 as it runs west out of the San Antonio area towards El Paso ... other highways like I-35 are still at 70mph.
I drove my car w/o a front plate in TX for 3 and a half years and only got pulled over once for not having a front plate. I just said that I haven't had the chance to bolt it on yet lol and got a warning ... was on my 98 Z28.
The 80mph speed limit mainly applies to I-10 as it runs west out of the San Antonio area towards El Paso ... other highways like I-35 are still at 70mph.
Ed
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"No need to worry about front license plate in TX"..........
........as long as it is on the car!
Around here, if you get stopped, the first time, they make you put the plate on and appear at the court house to show you complied, and it goes on your record that you got a warning. The second time you get stopped, they know you have been warned once, so no mercy...
just write the big check for $200.
........as long as it is on the car!
Around here, if you get stopped, the first time, they make you put the plate on and appear at the court house to show you complied, and it goes on your record that you got a warning. The second time you get stopped, they know you have been warned once, so no mercy...
just write the big check for $200.
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"No need to worry about front license plate in TX"..........
........as long as it is on the car!
Around here, if you get stopped, the first time, they make you put the plate on and appear at the court house to show you complied, and it goes on your record that you got a warning. The second time you get stopped, they know you have been warned once, so no mercy...
just write the big check for $200.
........as long as it is on the car!
Around here, if you get stopped, the first time, they make you put the plate on and appear at the court house to show you complied, and it goes on your record that you got a warning. The second time you get stopped, they know you have been warned once, so no mercy...
just write the big check for $200.
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Over the years and several Vettes later, have never been ticketed in Texas for no front plate. Even the DPS don't seem to care (last encounter was yesterday) if you have a front plate on your Vette.