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**DirtyD** · 03-13-2013, 12:21 AM

They will still pull you over, because the law technically says place on the front most part of the vehicle.

He will also tell you that it's a hazard to have it in the windshield. I had a DPS tell me this.

**MidWest281** · 03-13-2013, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by DirtyD

They will still pull you over, because the law technically says place on the front most part of the vehicle.

He will also tell you that it's a hazard to have it in the windshield. I had a DPS tell me this.

thats when I turn my side exhaust into flame throwers.

**DirtyD** · 03-13-2013, 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by MidWest281

thats when I turn my side exhaust into flame throwers.

**03MachMe** · 03-13-2013, 05:45 AM

Originally Posted by MidWest281

well if the front plate is visible from the front.....technically I can't get pulled over for not having a front plate......

There is court cases saying it has to be on the front most part of the vehicle I. E. The bumper. Like I said cops are more likely to notice you if it is the windshield than if you don't have one at all... Trust me on this one

**DirtyD** · 03-13-2013, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by 03MachMe

Trust me on this one

Not to quote Twilight, but I will only because it's a fitting line.

"I know these things...well...because I'm a cop."

**zemog255** · 03-13-2013, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by MidWest281

well if the front plate is visible from the front.....technically I can't get pulled over for not having a front plate......

I have 15+ stops for no front LP, you know how many times that line worked? lol Not even once. 2 tickets. First time they just walked outside saw it in the window and said looks good to me. $15 fine. 2nd time same DPS officer asked me why I hadn't fixed it. I said the JP you sent me to said it was fine. He said he doesn't make the law, I said well he obviously doesn't care..So ticket number 2 different JP. His secretary tried to put up a fight and argued the furtherst most point on the vehichle and I said show me. At the time the time the law wasn't wriitten that way. A hour later of like 5 different women trying to show me I was wrong.. $15 fine.. I asked why do I have to pay a fine if you are admitting you're wrong. I thought they were going to kill me at that point lol

Also it can't be mounted inside the cabin area. I actually told a different DPS to show that to me. I had done tons of research on the law and never seen it actually written. I even wrote down the law number and still couldnt find it afterwards. It took him probably 20mins but he came back with the book and showed me. Like others have said leaving it off is easier. If you live in the city those cops don't really care. Of all my stops for it 2 were city cops and they were just bored. The DPS are the ones that care.

**Real** · 03-13-2013, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by DirtyD

Not to quote Twilight, but

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXw6znXPfy4

**03MachMe** · 03-13-2013, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Real

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXw6znXPfy4

**JDBishopArts** · 03-13-2013, 11:26 AM

^^^^ HAHAHAH awesome.

I don't run a front plate and I sure as heck don't want it anywhere inside the vehicle. I don't want a rouge saw blade flying around the cockpit if I get hit or get a little squirrelly.

**DirtyD** · 03-13-2013, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Real

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXw6znXPfy4

Originally Posted by JDBishopArts

^^^^ HAHAHAH awesome.

I don't run a front plate and I sure as heck don't want it anywhere inside the vehicle. I don't want a rouge saw blade flying around the cockpit if I get hit or get a little squirrelly.

I had mine already attached to the no-drill bracket and carried it in my trunk, but took it out. if I get stopped, I will say that I washed my car and took it off and forgot about it (hopefully the car isn't crazy dirty....)

**Real** · 03-13-2013, 02:22 PM

Fuck a front plate... I collect them, but they've never seen my cars.

**MidWest281** · 03-13-2013, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by DirtyD

He will also tell you that it's a hazard to have it in the windshield. I had a DPS tell me this.

if having a front plate in the windshield is a hazard (for visibility) then so is the state inspection and registration stickers....might as well just peel those off. haha

**MidWest281** · 03-13-2013, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by JDBishopArts

... I sure as heck don't want it anywhere inside the vehicle. I don't want a rouge saw blade flying around the cockpit if I get hit or get a little squirrelly.

its secured to the glass with suction cups

if you tell a cop "dude, don't be an asshole..." you think that's proper reasoning to not get a ticket?

**JDBishopArts** · 03-13-2013, 03:57 PM

You trust your neck to suction cups? Plus it's still "illegal" to have it in the windshield. So what's the point?

It was deemed illegal in 2010

An Amarillo appeals court looked at the code and said the plate must be displayed "where the car begins ... the foremost area of the car."

The Court of Criminal Appeals, agreeing with the Amarillo court, took that to most commonly mean the front bumper.

"'Front' means the foremost part or beginning of a vehicle, not in the front half, or in the front portion," Judge Cathy Cochran said in her majority opinion.

**03MachMe** · 03-13-2013, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by MidWest281

its secured to the glass with suction cups

if you tell a cop "dude, don't be an asshole..." you think that's proper reasoning to not get a ticket?

Yea because you will get at least 2....if your lucky. And josh is right, still illegal and is a hazard because can become a projectile if involved in an accident not for blocking view. But also could be considered to be impairing your vision if the cop really feels like being a "dick"