Scooterboy

The Ohio Legislature passed the transportation budget and included in the legislation is the elimination of the front license plate effective July 1, 2020.

freq

Congrats. A major breakthrough for car enthusiasts.

Lainey

We have kind of "ignored" the front plate rule in MA for the S and the P car. MA still has some of the old green plates (My Jeep has one), where only one is required.

dlq04

That makes a great difference in a car like the S2000's looks. Good move.

JoePhotographer

Finally. This has been hung up in committee for years! They thought it would be passed in 2016, but the State FOP, as they tried again this time, to block it.

Come next year, I will be legal with no front plate. It's not enforced in SW Ohio, with all the out of state employees at Wright-Patterson AFB and all the colleges.

Ohio is now the 20th state that does not require it, including every state surrounding Ohio. Here is the list https://www.myimprov.com/indiana-fro...-plate-debate/

Legal Bill

Mass needs to get back to this.

Chuck S

Too late for me. Would have to fill some holes anyway (sour grapes). Where front plates are not required you can usually put anything there as well as leaving it blank. Maybe a Japanese plate to cover up the holes and scuffed paint?

-- Chuck

JoePhotographer

Vanity plates (think sports teams) have been used for years. I like Chuck's thought about a Japanese plate, if you have to cover the holes up.

If the bumper isn't scuffed from the plate (my G35x was!), you could always buy bumper plugs for the holes!

Matt_in_VA

I wish Virginia would do the same. I agree that on many cars the front license plate ruins the looks. I have always run one because my thought is why give a LEO another reason to pull one over. If one is marginally over the speed limit for example, and they notice that one is not running a front plate, that could be a deciding factor as to whether to pull one over or not. Two tickets versus one.

skunkworks

In Colorado it’s the law that all cars have a front license plate. Why? Here's a few simple answers:

Fines for the lack of a front license plate adds millions to the state and city budgets each year. As an example, a car parked in downtown Boulder or Denver, CO without a front plate will be subject to a $75 ticket. The Parking Police are vigilant and will find your car without a front plate within minutes.

It’s easier for law enforcement to catch lawbreaking people in cars with front license plates...so they say. For example, plates in the front are mounted on bumpers, which usually break loose at the scene of a crash or leave an imprint after a hit and run.

The plates also give those speed radar vans the opportunity to snap a photo of your car if you speed. They also give red-light cameras the opportunity the to snap your photo for a violation -or- if you’re obstructing any portion of a crosswalk while stopped.

Front license plates specifically impact Colorado’s privately owned hi-ways that collect millions in revenue each year, thanks to cameras. According to the privately owned ventures 34 percent of their revenues might have been lost without the front plate.