That's nice Sandy, but if you put it on a car over here it wouldn't last long these days if it hadn't been actually recorded as issued to you, you'd get flagged by our growing ANPR network, stopped by the police, and told to take it off and put a valid one on. Over here you can't 'make up' the lettering on plates and register them, however I understand you can in the US, the standardised plates over here are issued by the DVLA (I think?), although you can reserve a standardised letter/number group if it hasn't been issued yet.
Depending on individual state statutes, front plates are not always required on passenger vehicles. For trucks (commercial vehicles) they seem to always require a front plate. Here is a summary of the states I've lived in (with my memory being somewhat reliable):
Minnesota - front plate required
Oregon - front plate required
New Mexico - front plate optional
Kansas - front plate optional
31 states require front and rear license plates. The 19 that only use a rear plate are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
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In PA, they just did away with the Year sticker for the plate when you pay for your yearly registration. Now cops have no idea if you have proper registration without pulling you over to ask for it.
In PA, they just did away with the Year sticker for the plate when you pay for your yearly registration. Now cops have no idea if you have proper registration without pulling you over to ask for it.
I guess so, but they will have to put the doughnut and coffee down to check the computer when they could have just looked at the plate.Mmmm.... I'm betting that when they pull your plate number up on their computer it lets them know if you're up to date or not.....
That's nice Sandy, but if you put it on a car over here it wouldn't last long these days if it hadn't been actually recorded as issued to you, you'd get flagged by our growing ANPR network, stopped by the police, and told to take it off and put a valid one on. Over here you can't 'make up' the lettering on plates and register them, however I understand you can in the US, the standardised plates over here are issued by the DVLA (I think?), although you can reserve a standardised letter/number group if it hasn't been issued yet.
unlikely. They probably have the automated scanners that NJ has. It reads, checks, and reports to the officer if the insurance or registration has lapsed without them doing anything. I got pulled over for that once, instead of the usual "do you know why I stopped you?" question I got the "I'm pulling you over because your registration is expired". Turns out it was, and had been for 9 months. I moved and lost the renewal notice, then quite frankly forgot about it. Oops. He was cool. I was almost home and basically he said "get it out of here, don't let me see you do it". He left, I left, the next day I went and took care of the renewal.I guess so, but they will have to put the doughnut and coffee down to check the computer when they could have just looked at the plate.
In Michigan there are clear instructions where to place the renewal sticker on the plate. Yet apparently there are some who didn't get the memo (or can't read), and stick them wherever, even in the middle between the letters or numbers.Yearly registration stickers too...though folks get creative about where to place them.
That is one thing that irritates me locally--there are a ton of uninsured drivers yet, far as I know, the police departments do NOT have insurance data available so they can check it. They rely on whatever piece of paper you give them as proof of insurance. The problem here is that in Detroit, I think it is one in two drivers do not have auto insurance. There are even companies here that let you buy a 7 day policy so you can get your plates renewed. (There was recent talk of shutting those insurance companies down...I hope they made progress on it.) So now all of us have to pay higher premiums due to uninsured drivers. And with higher rates, fewer can afford insurance...which drives prices even higher. That and the insurance lobbyists have made Michigan the most expensive state to insure a car in. Can't wait to move. There is no reason that insuring my car should cost double my car payment (and me, with no insurance claims in 17 years!!). Hate this state.It reads, checks, and reports to the officer if the insurance or registration has lapsed without them doing anything.