Is it illegal to put your front license plate in your windshield in CA?
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09-01-2006, 04:30 PM
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And about the plate in the windshield... It has to be mounted in the front, if its not, then whatever you do with it makes no difference. You can use it as a frisbee, or wear it around your neck as some 'bling'...
A friend told me he was worried when I had it in my windshield... he said "if your in a crazy accident, it could fly out and cut my head off!!!"
A friend told me he was worried when I had it in my windshield... he said "if your in a crazy accident, it could fly out and cut my head off!!!"
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09-01-2006, 05:09 PM
#19
09-03-2006, 05:16 PM
Originally Posted by nghiars
I thought CA Law read that they can give you a fix-it ticket for no front license plate only as a secondary offense... so you can only get ticketed for it if you have done something else.
#21
10-30-2006, 10:08 PM
It's just a matter of time.............
Originally Posted by synaptik_1
That may be true, but I doubt it since I was pulled over on Venice by a cycle cop for no other reason than my front plate wasn't mounted....
guess my luck is still holding......I hope!
#22
10-31-2006, 12:49 AM
Got stopped for speeding (year ago)which I wasn't and he let me go but he gave the car a once over look and gave me a fix it ticket for no front license. Next day I put it on the bumper and took it in for sign off, the cop tells me to take it off and put it in the window as it makes the car look ugly...
Paid my $10 fine and put it back in the window, he said if I ever get stopped again tell them I told you to put it there. Got stopped last week for going 5mph over the limit, again they let me go and then said no front plate, I said the Sonoma PD told me to put it there...he smiled and said go ahead.
Moral is that it is where you live and how nice the cops are in your area.
Paid my $10 fine and put it back in the window, he said if I ever get stopped again tell them I told you to put it there. Got stopped last week for going 5mph over the limit, again they let me go and then said no front plate, I said the Sonoma PD told me to put it there...he smiled and said go ahead.Moral is that it is where you live and how nice the cops are in your area.
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10-31-2006, 03:06 PM
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10-31-2006, 03:15 PM
Originally Posted by urban
Got stopped for speeding (year ago)which I wasn't and he let me go but he gave the car a once over look and gave me a fix it ticket for no front license. Next day I put it on the bumper and took it in for sign off, the cop tells me to take it off and put it in the window as it makes the car look ugly... Paid my $10 fine and put it back in the window, he said if I ever get stopped again tell them I told you to put it there. Got stopped last week for going 5mph over the limit, again they let me go and then said no front plate, I said the Sonoma PD told me to put it there...he smiled and said go ahead.
Moral is that it is where you live and how nice the cops are in your area.
Paid my $10 fine and put it back in the window, he said if I ever get stopped again tell them I told you to put it there. Got stopped last week for going 5mph over the limit, again they let me go and then said no front plate, I said the Sonoma PD told me to put it there...he smiled and said go ahead.Moral is that it is where you live and how nice the cops are in your area.
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10-31-2006, 03:17 PM
#26
11-09-2006, 08:46 PM
Originally Posted by spinn
It's illegal to have anything on your front windshield which would impair your field of vision. Last time I got a ticket for not having it mounted on the bumper, they said that the plate had to be located a certain height above the ground; placing it in the windshield was too high.
When I lived in LA, I just mangled my front plate and threw it in the trunk, along with a mounting bracket that I broke apart. The one time a cop hassled me, (while I was parked in J-Town), I showed her the plate in the trunk, and said I was in an accident recently and the mounting hardware broke, but the part hasn't arrived yet. She let me go.
Tho that only works if you are there when it happens. Another time, (also in J-Town), I just came back to my car to find a ticket on my windshield for no front plate.
Maybe the lesson from all this, is to not go to J-Town anymore
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11-09-2006, 11:52 PM
#28
11-10-2006, 12:42 AM
Originally Posted by Mike_Deezy
Years ago I used to have it on my windshield and I got a ticket for it. The cop says that it's supposed to be mounted on the furthest front part of your car, which would be the front bumper.
And yes you can get a ticket for no front plates while parked. I have know people who have gotten them.
And yes you can get a ticket for no front plates while parked. I have know people who have gotten them.
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12-09-2006, 01:47 PM
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Well if you plan on going out this holiday season to parties and having a few drinks I suggest you put on that front plate in California at least. 5200 CVC gives an officer just cause to pull you over and if you've been drinking then it jackpot for them. Don't be caught riding dirty just because you want to look cool without a front plate. Just my $.02
#30
12-11-2006, 11:40 AM
Originally Posted by SFG356MT
Don't be caught riding dirty just because you want to look cool without a front plate. Just my $.02
But again, it is the law to have one and we shouldn't complain about getting a ticket for not having one, whether it looks ugly or not.