Breaking the Law

"liquid_popcorn" (liquid-popcorn) 09/12/2013 at 15:04 • Filed to: advice tiem

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Opponauts,

What are your thoughts on smoked license plate covers? I have front and back plates (Thanks Obama!), but I hate the brightness of them. I'd like to cover them as pictured (minus the frame..), but I also don't want more tickets. Any of you have experience with these?

getFuckedHerb > liquid_popcorn 09/12/2013 at 15:09

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Cop magnet level 10 for me. I avoid things that cops use as excuses to pull me over- I'm hoping by not having any of those type items I can drive my 4->9 (depending on the situation) mph over the limit and not get bothered, therefore saving time.

That being said, front plates are stoopid and my state just like your (HI NEIGHBOR!) state requires them. I usually end up trying to find a way to make it at least look like they belong but on modern cars it' rough.

kouryuuk > liquid_popcorn 09/12/2013 at 15:10

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It's illegal here in CA, and I assume in most of the 49 other states. They will pull you over and give you a fix it ticket, it's a pain in the ass.

TheBaron2112 > liquid_popcorn 09/12/2013 at 15:11

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It makes you look like a thug trying to get away with shit. Take the smoke plate off.

If I were a cop, I'd target you and pull you over every time I saw a smoked plate.

liquid_popcorn > getFuckedHerb 09/12/2013 at 15:12

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That's about my thoughts; also, this is the first place I've lived that requires a front plate. Maximum irritation.

Rainbow > liquid_popcorn 09/12/2013 at 15:12

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I think it's the same as tinted windows, where you can only have it so dark before it's illegal. I'd recommend just going without.

HammerheadFistpunch > liquid_popcorn 09/12/2013 at 15:13

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just go front plate-less. your less likely to be bothered by the police and you can always just claim it fell off.

Party-vi > liquid_popcorn 09/12/2013 at 15:14

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Speaking from just a civilian point of view, I think these should be illegal on rear license plates . License plates are required for identification purposes and every time I see someone with these I have to wonder why they're trying to obscure their plate numbers. I've seen old and crazed-over ones that make the plate barely visible. IDGAF about front plate covers.

Your boy, BJR > Party-vi 09/12/2013 at 15:38

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There was an H2 that a customer used to bring by my job that had covers with some sort of magnifying coating on them so they'd obscure the plates even more, making them completely un-readable

Mazarin > HammerheadFistpunch 09/12/2013 at 15:45

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+10000000000000

Party-vi > Your boy, BJR 09/12/2013 at 15:45

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Yeah fuck that guy.

liquid_popcorn > Rainbow 09/12/2013 at 15:48

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True. That said, I am definitely getting tint done soon; not limo-level or mirrored shit, but dark enough to keep it a bit cooler.

liquid_popcorn > TheBaron2112 09/12/2013 at 15:48

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Hah, thanks.

Side note: I am a white male more likely to be mistaken for a hipster than a thug. I wear TOMS on occasion, for example.

liquid_popcorn > HammerheadFistpunch 09/12/2013 at 15:49

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I did that with my Jeep for a few months, until a friend got a $90 fix-it ticket. Decided to wire-tie the plate over my bumper so I wouldn't have to drill.

Your boy, BJR > Party-vi 09/12/2013 at 16:13

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Seriously. (part of my job involved writing down plate numbers)

TheBaron2112 > liquid_popcorn 09/12/2013 at 16:22

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Once the cop pulls you over and sees this, you'll be good then. Lol