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Classic case of a politician not knowing their front from their rear?

 

Thanks for your opinion.....NEXT

 

NEXT opinion....

I have friends & family in law enforcement & can understand why they would like us to remain a 2 plate state. The fact that the law in Ohio says 2 plates doesn't stop folks from running one. No big deal, run 2 or 1. Doesn't bother me to run a front plate. If the law gets changed I'll probably still run a front plate that says Old Fart.

Just my .02....

 

Cops can pound sand! I hate the look of a front plate on my MINI. :devil:

Dave

 

Jim....
You have eagle eyes...
Must be all those delicious home made eggs...

 

It is the cops who whine that they want front plates every time it comes up in our legislature. Phooey, they are only tax men anyway! (traffic fines). :incazzato::lol:

Dave

 

Guess you can keep that in your secret compartment with your skittles & show it to the cop when he asks you where the front plate is. :wink:

 

UPDATE

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The real reason the police want to keep front plates is it provides a perfectly flat surface to aim radar and laser guns.

All the other reasons are complete BS and I have had both NJ and NY police tell me the FOP lobby's with big $$$$ every state to keep the plates for just that reason. This happens every time a vote comes up in any state when they try to drop front plates. Yes I am in the FOP, but no I am not a police officer.

They use the same excuse every time. Tickets generate revenue for the state via ticket taxes and those taxes are used to fund other things and the police at the same time.

It's like free budget money for the state. They target speeders through the police for extra revenue. Its just like all states heavly tax car rentals, Hotels, smoking, drinking.

Philly and NYC have some of the highest taxes on the above and just this month Philly passed a $2.00 per pack tax on smokes. Thank god I quite smoking.

 

My wish is for the best of luck to all affected in Ohio! To be completely street legal with no front plate will be a huge comfort to be sure... Auto designers have never really effectively planned for front plates anyway and now (at least in Ohio) the plague will be irradicated. I've not run a front plate here in CA for 35+ years and have had only one fix-it ticket in that time. (The City PD officer that wrote me up last year did so as "a favor" in lieu of writing me for doing 55 in a 40 zone. What a pal.....) Anyway, with at least three cars in my rotational collection for the past 25 or so years, that's a pretty favorable ratio. Particularly so, in the always cash strapped Golden State where the cash grab continually comes at you like gunfire. Hopefully your Ohio legislation will expand to other states so more folks will benefit elsewhere as well. :beer

 

I must respectively disagree with those who object to front license tags. I remember police in the city where I was transportation director telling me how important vehicle ID is from front and rear since the tag is the only positive means for distinguishing vehicles. The arguments against appear convoluted to me. (MINIs are the only vehicles distinguishable from all others!)

 

Signed. I don't run a front plate (well, I DO... a Euro-style unit printed to match my Ohio plate) and I almost NEVER get hassled, but I won't park downtown in any metered spot, since any time I do, I always get a ticket. Makes me want to not shop or do anything downtown, since it's the METER MAIDS who have the issue, not the cops.

 

I hardly ran a front tag up there (except with the no holes LPB since I thought it was pretty cool). Luckily down here, even with OH plates, they don't know the difference since SC is a one-plate-state!

Signed the petition (I think again) anyway.

This bill or whatever it is, has been just sitting on the desk for years now... itll probably never get through.

 

Your cops did not make the law, your lawmakers did. Cops just get to enforce it & to be honest most cops have more important things to do than write front plate tickets. Best start a petition & get that law fixed so your MINI can once again be beautiful.

Back on topic: Pounding sand :wink:

 

I signed it.....we need to save money.

 

^so you can water your lawn...

 

^ Zingggg

 

OUCH!!!!!!!

 

"Now I don't care who you are, that there is funny" - Larry the cable guy.

I don't mind having a front plate. I mean it doesn't take away from the beauty of a Chevy cobalt.

But on some cars, and I am not saying MINI per se, it really makes it look crappy.

As far as law enforcement. If you have seen those goofy looking rectangle boxes mounted on angle on the trunk of a cruiser, they are a high tech camera able to capture a license coming at acruiser at highway speed and notify the officer if it is wanted within seconds. Insurance companies are big supporters of these. It helps them recover stolen cars.

 

Signed it. I already make mine smaller and angle it. Which is all legal.