Illegal to drive without front plates in Ontario?
This is my front plate: 
I carry it in the trunk along with a new mounting bracket so if I'm stopped I can say that I haven't had a chance to get a replacement since the accident. It worked once, about a month later.
It's been almost a year and a half now, so I'm starting to think that line of BS might be past it's expiry date.
It helps to be just across the river from Gatineau, blending in with all the Quebec cars with only one plate.
I carry it in the trunk along with a new mounting bracket so if I'm stopped I can say that I haven't had a chance to get a replacement since the accident. It worked once, about a month later.
It's been almost a year and a half now, so I'm starting to think that line of BS might be past it's expiry date.
It helps to be just across the river from Gatineau, blending in with all the Quebec cars with only one plate.
i hate running a front plate!
Kinda off topic for thouse of you with aftermarket front bumpers do you wanna sell me your licence plate bracket holder thing? i went back to oem and lost that part
Kinda off topic for thouse of you with aftermarket front bumpers do you wanna sell me your licence plate bracket holder thing? i went back to oem and lost that part
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^+1... annoys the hell out of me. 
I'm trying to decide what to do with the new car.
A custom mount in the lower grill, or another label plate on the bumper.
I'm trying to decide what to do with the new car.
A custom mount in the lower grill, or another label plate on the bumper.
Shawn - Do you mean tinted lic plate covers? If so, they ARE illegal in Ontario too. Actually, any lic plate cover, even clear, is illegal here.
That being said, I have very light smoked plate covers on the front and rear which are very easy to read through. It may have more to do with photo radar or something IDK.
That being said, I have very light smoked plate covers on the front and rear which are very easy to read through. It may have more to do with photo radar or something IDK.
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I do, but I don't recommend it.
It involves a stealthy Subaru and some serious physics. Then you have to find it on the road amongst all the other bits.
It did get me a bumper with no holes, though.
It involves a stealthy Subaru and some serious physics. Then you have to find it on the road amongst all the other bits.
It did get me a bumper with no holes, though.
normally i hate front plates until i saw my front plate bent because of a idiot hit me (never saw who, probably while reverse parking) from front while it was parked. if it wasnt for the front plate i would have had a bent front bumper 
so hail the ontarian front license plate !!!
so hail the ontarian front license plate !!!
normally i hate front plates until i saw my front plate bent because of a idiot hit me (never saw who, probably while reverse parking) from front while it was parked. if it wasnt for the front plate i would have had a bent front bumper so hail the ontarian front license plate !!!
so hail the ontarian front license plate !!!
Shawn - Do you mean tinted lic plate covers? If so, they ARE illegal in Ontario too. Actually, any lic plate cover, even clear, is illegal here.
That being said, I have very light smoked plate covers on the front and rear which are very easy to read through. It may have more to do with photo radar or something IDK.
That being said, I have very light smoked plate covers on the front and rear which are very easy to read through. It may have more to do with photo radar or something IDK.
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Yesterday I was handed my second written warning for no front plate in 8 months.
I'm starting to think that my 2 1/2 year-old sob story about my damaged plate might not work much longer.
What's the fine these days in Ontario if the next steely-eyed peace officer decides that I've had enough warnings?
I'm starting to think that my 2 1/2 year-old sob story about my damaged plate might not work much longer.
What's the fine these days in Ontario if the next steely-eyed peace officer decides that I've had enough warnings?
Yesterday I was handed my second written warning for no front plate in 8 months.
I'm starting to think that my 2 1/2 year-old sob story about my damaged plate might not work much longer.
What's the fine these days in Ontario if the next steely-eyed peace officer decides that I've had enough warnings?
I'm starting to think that my 2 1/2 year-old sob story about my damaged plate might not work much longer.
What's the fine these days in Ontario if the next steely-eyed peace officer decides that I've had enough warnings?
