No license plates needed in Texas!!

[Snatch Napkin]

Ah, so you're inferring that the "omission" removes the penalty in either case, front and rear. So people could drive cars without any license plates. I didn't think about that aspect.

I probably could have worded my post better, but that was my first thought on the subject.

so January 1st everyone remove your FRONT plate only... (carry around this information in your glove box though so when you get pulled over you can prove you are with in your legal rights (cops love smart asses by the way so be 100% legit)... then when they revisit the issue maybe they will see that front plates didn't make much difference anyway.

I like this a hell of a lot better than everyone yanking both plates just because of a clerical error. Maybe a little moderation will go a long way versus a radical movement to an extreme case.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

isn't there a way to be put on some emailing list to get updates about this??? I though I did that for either the front plate or lane splitting a while back...

[2165 Turbo Rail]

so January 1st everyone remove your FRONT plate only... (carry around this information in your glove box though so when you get pulled over you can prove you are with in your legal rights (cops love smart asses by the way so be 100% legit)... then when they revisit the issue maybe they will see that front plates didn't make much difference anyway.

[GhostTX]

Rear plates allow officers to run info.
How would an officer run info when there aren't any plates?

Two plates are on one extreme. No plates are the exact opposite extreme.
Call me middle ground if you need to. Sounds very logical to me.

Ah, so you're inferring that the "omission" removes the penalty in either case, front and rear. So people could drive cars without any license plates. I didn't think about that aspect.

[GhostTX]

Now is the best time to contact State Reps and Senators and ask them to leave the front plate off...

Funny, as Texas 82(R) HB 1068 was to repeal it and they voted it down.

Yet, here we are with this omission. We'll see in 2013 if they put the penalty back on the books. I doubt they'll call a special session for this.

[Snatch Napkin]

Your logic doesn't make sense to me. You're FOR no front plates, but you argue everything pro-front plate people make.

Rear plates allow officers to run info.
How would an officer run info when there aren't any plates?

Two plates are on one extreme. No plates are the exact opposite extreme.
Call me middle ground if you need to. Sounds very logical to me.

[slow06]

Your logic doesn't make sense to me. You're FOR no front plates, but you argue everything pro-front plate people make.

A rear plate would do everything he is talking about so those would be pretty dumb reasons to argue for front plates...

[Sgt Beavis]

Now is the best time to contact State Reps and Senators and ask them to leave the front plate off...

[GhostTX]

I'm all for not having front plates, but I don't like this one bit.

I'm betting we will have a special session based off of criminal activity well before anyone acknowledges the loss of revenue.


For instance: You want to steal a car next year? Go right ahead, just take off the plates so officers can't run it. It will really help if you're a minority as any stop could be considered racial profiling.

You want to run drugs across the border from Mexico? Sure, just remove your plates so officers won't know it's an out of country vehicle with a history of criminal activity in the states.

Your logic doesn't make sense to me. You're FOR no front plates, but you argue everything pro-front plate people make.

[Snatch Napkin]

I'm all for not having front plates, but I don't like this one bit.

I'm betting we will have a special session based off of criminal activity well before anyone acknowledges the loss of revenue.


For instance: You want to steal a car next year? Go right ahead, just take off the plates so officers can't run it. It will really help if you're a minority as any stop could be considered racial profiling.

You want to run drugs across the border from Mexico? Sure, just remove your plates so officers won't know it's an out of country vehicle with a history of criminal activity in the states.

[mikec]

Damn, I missed that. Thanks.

[GhostTX]

So when does this take effect?

One other thought is that, should they be called back to remedy this oversight, we finally have a definitive answer as to whether or not they view it as a revenue stream...

Article says Jan. 1, 2012.

[STANGGT40]

nice!

[mikec]

So when does this take effect?

One other thought is that, should they be called back to remedy this oversight, we finally have a definitive answer as to whether or not they view it as a revenue stream...

[Venix]

rewrite without front plates!