Xeon

Guess what guys...i got a ticket today......for not displaying my front licence plate!...i really believe in the end of the week theory !

1 more thing....own up----the owner of the white coupe with c7 and charcoal cloth interior parked at the shrine today...i saw you!
haha

Buellwinkle

Bastrds! Can you put the plate on with velcro to get by the fix it ticket and then take it off? Hate to see 2 holes there.

Outland

I hate that kinda crap. The front plate looks SO stupid. What's the point, anyway? Not like anyone's gonna read that thing at 120mph closing speed, its just to save the lazy parking checkers a walk to the back of the car! I got pulled over for no front plate on my last car once...I never did put it on, I just put duct tape on the back side, stuck it to the nose, they looked out the window and signed my ticket! hehehe. Then I went out there, and unstuck it and drove home.

toki999

bull..........i LUV your velcro idea~~~!!

FrankW

haha...my dad got one of those ticket for his ML430 too. we had the license rack removed (originally it was on there). Good thing it wasn't a fix it ticket for us because we can't find the license rack.

20FHK02

Yep! So I never park my car backwards in the parking lot now

yipikaye

Geezz, those *******s don't have anyhing to do??? I mean, go find people who park in the wrong place. Don't bother about the front license plate. I got once and it cost 30 dollar.

Spyke

In Michigan, the state doen't even give you a front plate! (Though yo can buy one if you'd like!)

When I was in high school (different state that requires two plates) a friend had a Corvette with some custom work done, the new front end had no place for a front plate. He got pulled over one day, the cop walked to the front of the car, saw there was no plate, and all he did was say "hmm..." and walked around to the back of the car to get the number. Never even mentioned it to the kid!

So there are some cops out there who understand...

mdp c230k

Here in communist California it is required to have a front plate so the red light cameras can take you picture from the front and show the plate and who's driving the car.

DCX Engineer

Ohio requires two plates also. The State Highway Patrol will pull you over for this. We also have many red light cameras in Toledo. They are clearly marked.

Although most of my driving is done in Michigan, I don't chance it with only one plate.

jamesy1010

i live in ohio, I don't have a plate. i just leave it close to the front passenger seat. if i get pulled over i put it on the front window, and tell the cop that someone ripped off the front mounting brackets.

i know kali is strict though.

DCX Engineer

Sounds like a pretty good idea. I just don't like giving the police a reason to pull me over.

vadim

Front plates are also required in Virginia, Maryland, and DC. If it eases our suffering , they are required in Mercedesland and all European countries, too.

BlackC230Coupe

this makes me glad i live in florida where they only give u 1 plate.

taylor192

Ever heard of good old-fashioned dirt? Want to dull your plates, just dirty then up with some sand so that it's not mud and caked on which can get you a ticket, just dust that seems like you've driven in the desert too long.

I know that's a horrible thing to say, dirty your MB, but most licence plates use reflective paint which is just as bad as the hologram.

There's other tricks to avoid radar, like slightly tilting your licence plate towards the ground, thus all reflected light/radar hits the ground. No cop should ever notice this, my front plate has been bent for 2 years and I've gotten numerous parking tickets, but never anything said about the front plate.

Or if you want to really get creative, take some sandpaper, hammer, and artificially age your plates so they lose that new shiny quality that radar loves. Or run them over with your car, dunk them in salt water to try and corrode them, whatever works. I guess ugly plates on a MB is just as bad as dirt...

vadim

Grandmother's tale. Radar's signal gets reflected not only by the plate. Other parts of the car - being metal - reflect it, too, therefore tilting the plate is pointless. Laser speed detecting devices are also totally insensitive to the plate orientation. By the way, tilting your plate has very little effect on its ability to "glow" (reflect the light back to the direction it came from) due to reflective paint used on them, as you rightly mentioned above. To test it, place a flashlight right above your ear (as close to your eye as possible) and point its beam to the plate. You'll be amazed how bright it is when illuminated at night, and the angle at which you look at the plate is not really important.