One plate State, the sooner the better. 

"XJDano" (xjdano) 01/26/2017 at 09:22 • Filed to: None

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says it’ll save the state $1.2M & of course law enforcement doesn’t like it.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > XJDano 01/26/2017 at 09:31

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Front plates are so fucking stupid.

Birddog > XJDano 01/26/2017 at 09:39

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Iowa recently passed a front plate exemption for classics and “sports cars”.

Law enforcement was part of the argument. “officers often have technology that scans license plates while driving and (he) worries removing one of them could make it harder for them to do their job, especially when it comes to tracking down Amber Alert victims”. (Ia Rep. Clel Baudler)

E90M3 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/26/2017 at 09:41

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Agreed, which is why the M3 drove around sans front plates.

Stapleface > XJDano 01/26/2017 at 09:44

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Plot twist: The front plate is the one that stays. ;)

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > E90M3 01/26/2017 at 09:50

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Don’t blame you. I’m lucky because most old american cars have special little places in the bumpers made to accept a plate but they just look so out of place on a swoopy modern car.

E90M3 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/26/2017 at 09:55

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Looks so much better with no plate. At least your car looks like the plate belongs on it.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > XJDano 01/26/2017 at 09:58

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“The sooner the better”? I thought people from Mizzou didn’t like Oklahomans?

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Birddog 01/26/2017 at 10:00

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I know a state rep here in Texas and have been begging him to introduce a bill to remove our front plate requirement. He absolutely refuses due to law enforcement’s desire to keep both plates. I fight the power by not having a front plate on either of my cars.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > E90M3 01/26/2017 at 10:06

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Yeah that’s the thing. I also have cool restored 1970 plates so I like to show them off. But on modern cars? ew. I’ve seen some people in Toronto make vinyl stickers of plates that they stick on the car.

wiffleballtony > Birddog 01/26/2017 at 13:06

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That’s such BS. I doubt anyone could read the front plates of any moving car with reliability. These cars are only found because they know make and model. The plate is just confirmation.

Plates are most used for mailing radar tickets

Stephenson Valve Gear > XJDano 01/26/2017 at 18:56

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I am very much in favor of this... but, ummm, not because I live in Missouri or anything... :D

MM54 > XJDano 01/26/2017 at 20:29

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As a somewhat-recently new resident of Ohio (2 plates) from PA (1 plate) I very much would appreciate the front one going away. Ugly, expensive, serves as nothing but a nice reflector for laser speed traps.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > XJDano 01/26/2017 at 22:07

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for new cars just slap one of these on.

For classic cars, it really is dumb. I;m sure if a call of a 58 red Thunderbird is out, police would be able to figure out which is which.

QCGoose > Birddog 01/26/2017 at 23:15

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“...harder for them to do their job.” In other words, harder for them to generate revenue and meet ticket quotas, because that’s all it is.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > haveacarortwoorthree2 01/27/2017 at 09:40

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I’m from Missouri, but have lived in Oklahoma for 17 years, and my kids are native-born Okies. So conflicted.