Displaying Front Plate In CA

[black2yaris]

Originally Posted by thomasward00

I'll be staying in San Francisco with my fiance for about 6 months while I work a contract at Cisco, being a New Orleans resident my car is registered in Louisiana, which is a 1 plate state. I will be keeping my insurance and registration here in louisiana, I would never buy a car in california with all the emission controls.

you have a Toyota and ALL Toyota's conform to Cali emssions laws by default that way they don;t have to make 2 versions for the USA market .. look at the sticker it says all 50 states emissions rating .. BTW the Yaris is rated by Cali as a ultra-low emssion vehicle meaning that it never needs to get a 2 year smog test .. my 2001 Tacoma Pre-Runner 4 banger was the same rating , had that puupy 7 years and never had to smog it . That's what makes Toyota's Soo Cool !!

as for aftermarket stuff & tints if yer not in a drug / gang area / LA or doing something stupid to draw attention to yer self .. they don't even bother with ya .. BUT the Hiway Patrol will give you a ticket for anything once they pull you over , keeps you from complaining about undue police harassment

BUT for plates they(the CHP) have a Hard On for any thing plate related

[Garrett9000]

Originally Posted by thomasward00

I'll be staying in San Francisco with my fiance for about 6 months while I work a contract at Cisco, being a New Orleans resident my car is registered in Louisiana, which is a 1 plate state. I will be keeping my insurance and registration here in louisiana, I would never buy a car in california with all the emission controls.

By California law, if you are living in California for six months, you need to register your automobile in the State of California (therefore getting front and rear California license plates, and changing your insurance to the area that you'll be living), and obtain a California driver's licence.

[Quatro]

I live in LA and ever since I got the car (which is about 6 months ago) I've been driving with no front plate. Got pulled over once, but the cop didn't even mention it.
So I guess it's no big deal since a couple of my friends don't have front plate either and they're not complaining.

[cali yaris]

not only do you have to have it on the front in CA, but it must be CENTERED. A few Scion owners from my club have been cited for this in the Los Angeles area. As for out-of-staters conforming, I don't know the law.

[redyaris]

Im trying to determine which state is currently more retarded: Massachusetts or California.

I'd have to go with California for the 'win'. My liberal brethren have really got it goin on out there!

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by redyaris

Im trying to determine which state is currently more retarded: Massachusetts or California.

I'd have to go with California for the 'win'. My liberal brethren have really got it goin on out there!

Man most retarded state hands down is OH now I know a lot of people around here are form OH but I'm sorry there is something in the water around there causes issue with your brain function. I know way too many poeple my girlfriend included that are just uh having some issues HaHa :)

[contraband831]

Front plates are only required if your car is worth less than 30K anything below that is an easy fix it ticket here in Cali Example i had my corolla one week w/ no license plate up front, BAM! TICKET my brother has his Infinity G35 for three years no license plate upfront, no ticket...it all depends on the car in my opinion. Or just bad luck... WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA

[yuiedie]

i think having two of the plates that you were issued displayed also has something to do with the traffic cameras here, since if you had no front plate and ran a red and the camera took a pic in front of you it couldnt get your plate numbers. not sure how cali laws apply to non-residents.

[Garrett9000]

Originally Posted by yuiedie

i think having two of the plates that you were issued displayed also has something to do with the traffic cameras here, since if you had no front plate and ran a red and the camera took a pic in front of you it couldnt get your plate numbers. not sure how cali laws apply to non-residents.

That's half of the reason why Californians need both front and rear license plates. Traffic cameras also help recover stolen vehicles, as do law enforcement officials. If there are two license plates being displayed on a stolen vehicle, that (theoretically) increases the chances of identifying the stolen vehicle by 50%.
Also, law enforcement officials are in development of a held-held license plate reading gun, similar to the laser bar code readers in a store.

[reznunt]

Originally Posted by contraband831

Front plates are only required if your car is worth less than 30K anything below that is an easy fix it ticket here in Cali Example i had my corolla one week w/ no license plate up front, BAM! TICKET my brother has his Infinity G35 for three years no license plate upfront, no ticket...it all depends on the car in my opinion. Or just bad luck... WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA

sad but true.

for three years, my friend has run NO plates on his e500, front nor rear, and kept his temporary window registration up. cops stop him and look at it and ask him about it. he just tells them the dmv hasn't sent him anything and they let him go. he calls it the "euro pass" lol.

[seanele]

Originally Posted by reznunt

sad but true.

for three years, my friend has run NO plates on his e500, front nor rear, and kept his temporary window registration up. cops stop him and look at it and ask him about it. he just tells them the dmv hasn't sent him anything and they let him go. he calls it the "euro pass" lol.

damn..i gotta try that..

[seanele]

btw..i gotta say that Pennsylvania is the coolest one of all,
when it comes to not putting front license plate..!!!

not sure if other state has similar law.

[Rain]

Originally Posted by reznunt

for three years, my friend has run NO plates on his e500, front nor rear, and kept his temporary window registration up. cops stop him and look at it and ask him about it. he just tells them the dmv hasn't sent him anything and they let him go. he calls it the "euro pass" lol.

i'm tempted to do the same. i think my Yaris is cute-r without the front tag

[REM]

I would be willing to bet that people in CA wouldn't even know if you are supposed to have a front tag or not.

[static808]

Originally Posted by REM

I would be willing to bet that people in CA wouldn't even know if you are supposed to have a front tag or not.

reg stickers in back only... now wheres my money!!

--B

[vacantj]

I been driving around the LA area with a Japanese front plate since June and I been pulled over once and the highway patrol guy was an asshole but he didn't mention the front plate but did give me a ticket for front tinted windows and mutilated drivers license (I skateboard and I usually carry my drivers license in my back pocket so it's bended but not broken into from falling on my butt - I argued but he stood firm)

[swidd]

Drive nice and follow the traffic law, and nothing bad will happen. I've been driving around for nine months with fake registration decal on out-of-state license plate (rear only) and no insurance. Also drove across the country from Florida to Nevada and L.A. without current registration decal on that plate.

Had a Las Vegas cop car pull up behind me in an intersection once, and I'm pretty sure he was checking out my plate with my fake home-made sticker, but I wasn't pulled over.

Just look in the rear view mirror, and get off the road if you see a cop pulling onto the road behind you. I've been doing this for 15,000 miles. Now that I got the Yaris I'm finally legal again though...feels good.

[Motorhead6T5]

Front plate has been off my car since day 1,its only a simple fix it ticket if you do get caught. All my cars run no front plates. I have a special temp bracket just for fix it sign offs on my 65 stang as there is not even a place to mount it on that with the shelby front.