For anyone that even cares, don't forget, the front plate law went into effect today!
Clip plate to passenger side sunvisor, flip down the passenger side visor when driving and the tag is visible. I stole this idea from Corvette owners leaving Cars and Coffee. Plano PD says its legal.
Inside at lower left windshield like the rice-burners do.
If inside wrap edges of plate with several layers of electrician's tape to avoid rattles and scratches
For anyone that even cares, don't forget, the front plate law went into effect today!
SHMBO pointed out if our 17 year old daughter gets busted for no front plate on the Yellow car I get to pay the $200.00 fine.
Two tie wraps later and the front plate is now on the car....
Last edited by POS Racing; 09-02-2013 at 04:58 PM.
I think it's still a fixit ticket.
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Hope you have some foam rubber on the backside of that plate so it doesn't rub the paint.
Put mine on today too
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I'll leave mine off and be one of the guinea pigs. It will be interesting to see if police actually enforce the new law.
POS still a beautiful car.
Slapped mine in the front windshield, in 10 plus years i've only received one warning but dont want to deal with it.
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Placing the plate in the windshield does not satisfy the law. It must be placed on the foremost part of the vehicle.The plain language of Section 502.404(a) requires a license plate to be displayed "at the front . . . of the vehicle." In this context, "front" means the foremost part or beginning of a vehicle, not in the front half, facing the front, or in the front portion.
One interesting thing I read was this:
Sec. 504.943. OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT LICENSE PLATE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway, during a registration period, a motor vehicle that does not display two license plates that:
(1) have been assigned by the department for the period; and
(2) comply with department rules regarding the placement of license plates.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a road tractor, motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer that does not display a license plate that:
(1) has been assigned by the department for the period; and
(2) complies with department rules regarding the placement of license plates.
(c) This section does not apply to a dealer operating a vehicle as provided by law.
(d) A court may dismiss a charge brought under Subsection (a)(1) if the defendant:
(1) remedies the defect before the defendant's first court appearance; and
(2) pays an administrative fee not to exceed $10.
Under section (d), the key word here is "may".
I inadvertently posted the wrong link.
Here is the proper link...
http://www.cca.courts.state.tx.us/OP...PINIONID=20044
Ok I get they are trying to define "front" but did they renumber the Texas Code since 2010? 502.404(a) is what I posted above and has nothing to do with plates.
Furthermore, I'm tempted to build a bracket now that would hold my plate out at least two feet in front of my grill like a battering ram so there is no doubt at all that it is foremost part of the car.
No, you just do not have the correct 502.404(a).
Legal code is so much fun.§ 502.404. OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT LICENSE PLATE OR
REGISTRATION INSIGNIA. (a) A person commits an offense if the
person operates on a public highway during a registration period a
passenger car or commercial motor vehicle that does not display two
license plates, at the front and rear of the vehicle, that have
been:
(1) assigned by the department for the period; or
(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the
department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the
period.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a
public highway during a registration period a passenger car or
commercial motor vehicle, other than a vehicle assigned license
plates for the registration period, that does not properly display
the registration insignia issued by the department that establishes
that the license plates have been validated for the period.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a
public highway during a registration period a road tractor,
motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer that does not display a license
plate, attached to the rear of the vehicle, that has been:
(1) assigned by the department for the period; or
(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the
department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the
period.
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a dealer
operating a vehicle as provided by law.
(e) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.
I am baffled. Seems a state code would be consistent in numbering throughout.
Anyway no worries for me. According to the above all I need to do is put four license plates on the car, two front and two rear, to be legal OR just sell drugs. (d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a dealer operating a vehicle as provided by law.
Note that the court case that I posted about happened BEFORE the Transportation Code was rewritten. The code that you are citing was enacted in 2012, while the court case happened in 2010. The current numbering for plate location would be 504.943, which is what was amended by the new law.