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Comment on NY woman who used to own "NCC-1701" license plate ticketed thousands of dollars because of cars with Star Trek novelty plates going through traffic cameras.

Bassman1805@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Part of the confusion may come from states with different license plate rules.

Twenty states require only a rear plate, which means drivers can legally put a novelty or decorative plate on the front. The remaining 30 states require a state-issued plate on both the front and back of the vehicle; New York is one of them.

That may explain why law enforcement would assume a decorative “Star Trek” plate on the front of the car would be a legitimate license plate.

This is one of the stupider “50 countries in a trench coat pretending to be one country” things we have going on. There’s no reason not to require plates on both the front and back bumper, especially when it’s opening the door for confusion with fake plates on the optional bumper.

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tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
There is also no reason to dismiss front plate pictures as unreliable.

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Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
So many vehicles in those 20 states don’t even have a front plate holder at all because they were either removed by the dealer or didn’t come with them in the first place.

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- Graphy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah I bought a new car last year and it doesn’t even have a mounting spot. I don’t think it’s a big deal either not having two plates.
  
  For fun I looked up how I’d have to mount a front plate and it’s just gross.
  
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  - Anivia@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    I’d have to drill holes into the front
    
    So what? That’s how it’s done at the factory too
    
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    Graphy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Because front plates look like shit and Id rather not have to drill into my car just to make it easier on the cops?
    
    That’s how it’s done at the factory too.
    
    Wow no kidding.
    
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  - marlowe221@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I used two self-tapping sheet metal screws when we moved from a single-plate-on-the-back state to a double-plate state.
    
    There’s no holder but…. That’s pretty much decorative anyway.
    
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  - kieron115@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    “lopsided” font plate was almost a badge of honor back in the day lol because it meant that you had a front mount intercooler that needed air (and if you did the offset plate without an FMIC you were ridiculed endlessly for being a buffoon)
    
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southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Or just scrap double plates as an unnecessary and outdated thing.

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GluWu@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
No reason? How do you think those plates get made?

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whostosay@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yeah no. The thing here is that some cars are not designed to have a front LP, and you’ve got me fucked up if you think I’m going to drill holes in a piece of art.

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grue@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Front plates are bad for aerodynamics/fuel efficiency.

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- Pieisawesome@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Source? It can’t be a significant amount
  
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  - princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Considering all the massive utes with flat faces in the States, it would have exactly zero effect on those. Like maybe if you own a Ferrari I guess.
    
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