View Poll Results: Do YOU have a front license plate?
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Do YOU have a front license plate?
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From: Columbus, OH
Originally posted by alexf20c
I don't have a front plate because:
1: its an eyesore on such a beautiful machine
2: it seems like more air gets to the engine - and it needs all it can get at 9krpm...
3: because when you're racing Stangs and Z28s down the freeway at... err, above the speed limit... the cops have nothing to aim their radar gun at - and that's usually a good thing
I don't have a front plate because:
1: its an eyesore on such a beautiful machine
2: it seems like more air gets to the engine - and it needs all it can get at 9krpm...
3: because when you're racing Stangs and Z28s down the freeway at... err, above the speed limit... the cops have nothing to aim their radar gun at - and that's usually a good thing
And I have my front plate on... still trying to decide if I want to take it off or not (it is required in OH).
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From: Come see me after class.
Originally posted by StrangeDaze
3. I think you meant laser gun, right? Radar should easily reflect off of a car with no front plate by hitting, if nothing else, your radiator.
3. I think you meant laser gun, right? Radar should easily reflect off of a car with no front plate by hitting, if nothing else, your radiator.
c'mon, i was giving the generic name of the device
do you call your laser detector or radar blocker a radar detector? you probably do...
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From: Come see me after class.
everybody... it's also required that we drive below the speed limit, use our turn signals, stop for three seconds at stop signs (and before the stop sign, not past it)...
but im pretty sure a cop's not going to pull you over, drive past you, and u-turn so that the two cars are nose-to-nose, then proceed to take your license plate number...
i guess the only legitimate reason for having a front plate is this:
you're coming up on a tight corner at relatively high speeds. you misjudge the corner and are approaching faster than you should be, so you miss your apex, run wide and into the lanes of opposing traffic. there's a car coming so you hit the brakes and come to stop mere inches from the bumper of the other car (remember, you ran wide into the lanes of oncoming traffic). and then, it turns out that said car is a state trooper.
only then would you need a front plate - you'd be nose to nose
but im pretty sure a cop's not going to pull you over, drive past you, and u-turn so that the two cars are nose-to-nose, then proceed to take your license plate number...
i guess the only legitimate reason for having a front plate is this:
you're coming up on a tight corner at relatively high speeds. you misjudge the corner and are approaching faster than you should be, so you miss your apex, run wide and into the lanes of opposing traffic. there's a car coming so you hit the brakes and come to stop mere inches from the bumper of the other car (remember, you ran wide into the lanes of oncoming traffic). and then, it turns out that said car is a state trooper.
only then would you need a front plate - you'd be nose to nose
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From: Chicago
Illinois requires a front plate, but in the Chicago area about 1/4 of the cars don't have one anyway. I haven't had one on my S from day one, and haven't had one on my Integra for 5 years. I've gotten one ticket for no front plate in all of that time and it was for $25. Well worth it for looks, and for eliminating the best reflective surface for laser/radar.
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Clark
but i was wondering why the police even care if we have a front license plate
