C6-Front Plate mandatory in California?

[Low12s]

I have driven in California for 30 years without a front license plate and have never been issued a ticket for it (even when stopped for other reasons)!

 

[Mike Baskette]

I just returned from Bob Stall Chevrolet here in San Diego. The C5 is here and the mounting frames/holders are "Not" installed from the factory. The dealer will do it.

 

[Mike Baskette]

Oooops I meant to write C6. Just to darn excited after the viewing.

 

[Arizonadreams]

Front Plate

I think you will see a C7 vette on the road before you see anybody
running with a front plate on the C6.

Screw up doesn't describe this monstrosity.......I hope whoever was responsible was sent to the unemployment line a long, long time ago

 

[KOPBET]

Would somebody please explain what this thing called a "front plate" is ??? hehehe .

 

[turbocat]

some states will fine you ( around $95-$125) no points though and then make you put the plate on....yuk....other states, I believe california, will not make you put the plate on, if caught, they'll be happy to just keeping giving you the ticket for the cash

Not true. I got stopped for no front plate and was given a fixit ticket. I had to drive to Highway patrol office and show them the plate installed (with duct tape) before they would sign off on the ticket.

 

[rbl]

I just heard a rumor that California has just passed a law that all new cars must be delivered with a place to mount the front license plate. And with that being the case, all new C6's will be delivered with the UGLY front plate holder PRE-mounted on the car! Any truth to this?

Actually they drill the facia and it is bolted on.

 

[shopman1]

Just tell the Dealer not to put the plate on!!!! That's what I did. No problem.
SEE: http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56548
shopman1@hotmail.com

Does someone have a picture of the "final" design for the front plate holder that they could post. For obvious reasons, all the auto testers photograph the car without the front plate or holder, and I never was able to determine how the great plate debate turned out. Maybe someone on Tom Peters' design team can tell us how the raptor fighter jet solved this problem (o.k., I apologize and will drop it---really, I am good guy, just couldn't resist that one.)

--Chris Kennedy

 

[mnl119]

Not all cars in california need front plates. It depends on the make and year. The 1994 ZR-1 that I just purchased froma dealer had no front plate. I believe it never had one. The following is from the California Motor Vehicle Code, section 5200:


"5200. (a) When two license plates are issued by the department for
use upon a vehicle, they shall be attached to the vehicle for which
they were issued, one in the front and the other in the rear.
(b) When only one license plate is issued for use upon a vehicle,
it shall be attached to the rear thereof, unless the license plate is
issued for use upon a truck tractor, in which case the license plate
shall be displayed in accordance with Section 4850.5."

If you are really into pain, here's a link to the Motor Vehicle code. happy reading!

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=05001-06000&file=5200-5206

 

[mnl119]

Oh, I almost forgot the rant...

It amazes me on how a state that prides itself on being so "liberal" has the most oppressive state government I've ever been affilited with. I'm surprised we can even drive cars around here.

 

[turbocat]

Just because your used car had only one plate does not mean it came new with one plate. If you call the California dmv ( I did), they will tell you that all new cars came with two plates- back to atleast the 1940s.

 

[mnl119]

Turbo

While what you say is possible, I can't recall ever seeing a C4 out here with a front plate. Could be a coincidence (or a conspiracy). Seems odd that they would have a provision for cars with only one plate in the DMV code if all cars were issued with 2 plates "back to at least the 1940's."

I've also been driving out here for 3 years everyday with my 1993 Firehawk with no front plate. I've even been pulled over in it. Never got a ticket for it. Maybe they just don't enforce it.

 

[turbocat]

Turbo

While what you say is possible, I can't recall ever seeing a C4 out here with a front plate. Could be a coincidence (or a conspiracy). Seems odd that they would have a provision for cars with only one plate in the DMV code if all cars were issued with 2 plates "back to at least the 1940's."

I've also been driving out here for 3 years everyday with my 1993 Firehawk with no front plate. I've even been pulled over in it. Never got a ticket for it. Maybe they just don't enforce it.

You 're right-they don't inforce the plate law very strickly. Since I got a ticket for no front plate in 1993 , I have not had a front plate on any of my cars and have never been stopped for it.

 

[Satchel]

California front tags

I live right near I-80 between Sacramento and Reno. CHP patrols this stretch like they're guarding their family jewels. I drove an old VW 10 years without a front plate, and never got a ticket. I see literally dozens of cars daily with no front plate. Bottom line--the CHP has bigger fish to fry, and likely will not ticket for front plate violation unless part of a much more serious traffic stop. Still, carrying the front plate in the trunk within the (mandatory) C6 holder is probably a good idea, and I plan to do so when my C6 finally arrives.