A couple months ago the chief of police in a suburb by chicago pulled me over because he thought me and my friend were talking about him at the plae we were eating at, and he yelled at us in there too, and he saw I had no front plate plus no license since my shorts got stolen at da park with my license, anyways to make a long story short I used double stick tape to put the plate on the bumper and took a picture and the judge said it was fine and dismissed the ticket for the front plate and i got a new license issued so he dismissed that too and now I get my bond money back, so yea I got lucky

 

In CA its a fix it ticket for around 10 to 25 bucks...im lazy i have everything in my trunk and if i get pulled over ill say ohh i just got the front license plate frame a few days ago and still have to install it would be a good excuse IMO...but i wouldnt put it in the windshield....i dunno up to you a i guess

 

in ep texas my brother got pulled over for it but in my g i have never had the front plate and never goten a ticket

 

Feb '07 to Oct '08 and still ridin..

no front plates... never ticketed for it - SF bay.

 

Everything is illegal in California...even you smoke weed in your G35 with windows closed.

 

"5201. License plates shall at all times be securely fastened to the vehicle for which they are issued so as to prevent the plates from swinging, shall be mounted in a position so as to be clearly visible, and shall be maintained in a condition so as to be clearly legible. The rear license plate shall be mounted not less than 12 inches nor more than 60 inches from the ground, and the front license plate shall be mounted not more than 60 inches from the ground."

Kinda vague because doesn't explicitly state what the front of a vehicle is.

 

Why don't put your license plate on? It wont take long or make your G ugly. And if you worried about the holes, I would spent the money on a second bumper instead of paying all those tickets.

 

The plate must be mounted OUTSIDE the vehicle where it is easy to see.

No, putting it in the windshield will not get you out of the ticket.

 

Like others have stated, the plate must be on your bumper within 12 inches from the ground or something like that...

Having the plate behind the windshield can get you a ticket quicker as they claim it becomes a safety issue because if it isn't secured (maybe even if it is), it can become a lethal projectile in an accident.

 

i had my license plate in the front window, under the windshield, and still got a missing front license plate ticket (this was in palo alto) - so, don't bother. the benefit of not having to pay for running an occasional red light doesn't justify it.

 

wouldn't you have to get it signed off?

 

I got a ticket for expired tags while I was parked and they threw in no front plate as well.

 

I got a ticket for it, it was about 10$.