1 license plate legal?

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in the state of California, is it legal to drive a vehicle with a single license plate on the back?
 
If I'm not mistaken, I think you have to have one in the front.
 
its legal to have a single on the front?

i would call DMV, but the phone line is disgusting and makes me want to choke something
 
Yea, you have to have both, but to be honest most cops who would pull you over would just give you a warning or something, just say your waiting for your new ones or whatever. If you must drive with just one, it would be better on the back.
 
In Texas, I've been driving with only one for about 10 years. I've been pulled over and ticketed for other stuff several times, but they've never said a thing about it.
 
You have to have one on the front here in MO, but I didn't do it for the longest time. I just got annoyed that I would constantly get stopped and have to spend 10+ minutes to get a warning.
 
WTF? What the hell happened to the other one?
 
Some people *like me at the time* didn't have the bracket ordered or just don't like the looks of the car at all with the front plate on. I broke down and put it on anyway, though :(
 
Heh. I think you can get your license revoked if you don't have the front one, over here. The front is more important than the back one, because the police rely more on the omni-present CCTVs and speed cams, and not chasing people down in their patrol cars.
 
I actually found a ticket under the windshield wiper of my parked vehicle because, apparently, unbeknown to me at the time, someone had stolen the front license plate. They wouldn't drop the charge either!

I believe that someone called the police because it was a private community, and to be parked there, it had to be legit or whatever. No broken down cars, or unregistered vehicles allowed.

This was not in California, by the way.
 
I just registered my car in LA (the state, not the cool one) and they only give you one plate. Hopefully that means I only need one. Back in CT I had two plates, but only ever put the back one on, and I never got in trouble the 4 years I was driving around there. Not sure if it was legal or not.

15357 said:
Heh. I think you can get your license revoked if you don't have the front one. The front is more important than the back one, because the police rely more on the omni-present CCTVs and speed cams, and not chasing people down in their patrol cars.
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Maybe in CrazyKorea, but in the US you need to have the back plates for sure, because we dont have ridiculous CCTV systems all over the place and the cops actually do work to catch people.
 
Krynn72 said:
Maybe in CrazyKorea, but in the US you need to have the back plates for sure, because we dont have ridiculous CCTV systems all over the place and the cops actually do work to catch people.
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Said the country with a high-speed chase every two days.



You know, when you actually need to chase someone down a few dozen kilometers, going a hundred-and-forty kilos per hour, with an entire squadron of police vehicles chasing a maniac down a ten-lane highway, you know something's off.
 
15357 said:
Said the country with a high-speed chase every two days.
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And that has a population six times that of South Korea and that isnt brainwashed to submit to authority at every turn.
 
**** that shit, I'm running if I think I can get away. (and I have, on many occasion) **** yeah, America!
 
I'd like to see you put cameras on the superhighways in the middle of the U.S. It just doesn't work.
 
VirusType2 said:
**** that shit, I'm running if I think I can get away. (and I have, on many occasion) **** yeah, America!
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If you're in the right place, with back roads that you know, you can get away every time :D
 
Krynn72 said:
And that has a population six times that of South Korea and that isnt brainwashed to submit to authority at every turn.
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Fair point, but I like to call it morality. :p

Higlac said:
I'd like to see you put cameras on the superhighways in the middle of the U.S. It just doesn't work.
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If I worked for the US department of transportation, it would be easy. Just a few speed cameras every 10 miles or so on major highways, CCTVs on the state borders, and 40 story tall high-def cam towers on areas of concern.

VirusType2 said:
**** that shit, I'm running if I think I can get away. (and I have, on many occasion) **** yeah, America!
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Lol. But what if you do get caught? Wouldn't you be in like a hundred times more trouble?

CyberPitz said:
Funniest thing?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484764,00.html
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I lol'd. Can you even speed up in a U-haul?
 
Fair point, but I like to call it morality. :p
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But it's morality that they inven-- **** it we've all tried before.


I don't really know why you'd want a licesnse plate with just a single character on it though, tbh. I've seen some custom plates down here with just a few letters, though!
 
15357 said:
Said the country with a high-speed chase every two days.



You know, when you actually need to chase someone down a few dozen kilometers, going a hundred-and-forty kilos per hour, with an entire squadron of police vehicles chasing a maniac down a ten-lane highway, you know something's off.
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Atleast they know who they are chasing, plus what Krynn said, ya government controlled/brainwashed foolio. You're actually telling us CCTV's everywhere are a GOOD thing!

EDIT: Shit I was only reading page one.

Still my point stands!
 
15357 said:
Lol. But what if you do get caught? Wouldn't you be in like a hundred times more trouble?
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No idea. It shouldn't be too bad. It's probably a misdemeanor.

Ha, I got caught eluding police once - well, I got away, but they showed up at my house later that night. But they dropped that charge. I was on foot that time, but it's the same offense. Of course, in a vehicle, they can stack charges on it because you are breaking traffic laws and endangering others.
 
VirusType2 said:
No idea. It shouldn't be too bad. It's probably a misdemeanor.
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Running from police will turn a ticket into an arrest, and some jail time. Which goes on your criminal record. So every time you apply to some place for work, you gotta check that little box that says you've been arrested before.
 
Right, like anyone running from police doesn't already have a criminal record.

And, first they gotta catch me. 'Forget' the police, etc.

I never said it was a good idea, merely the reason America is better than South Korea's CCTV. Here, you get a fair trial and a head start running.
 
:LOL: I'll take that as "well played". :cheese:


In all seriousness, I have no reason to run any more. I obey all laws, and that includes the speed limit. I take pride in the fact that I haven't been in any trouble, not even a traffic 'moving violation' since like 2003. I guess the main thing that puts you at odds with the law is illegal drug use, and that's no longer something I mess with.
 
VirusType2 said:
**** that shit, I'm running if I think I can get away. (and I have, on many occasion) **** yeah, America!
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You have to get away AND be sure they didn't write down your license plates, right? Or doesn't it count if they don't catch you? :p
 
I've gotten away from a cop ONCE, but only because I had a chick in the car.

Me and a friend in his Super Beetle were playing around at 2 AM on a back road, which was a 4 lane road, and slowing down to 5-10 and punching it to 35-40 for S&Gs. Well, I guess a cop down the way saw us and gave chase. Well, we did a 9-3 split on a road, and they got the dead end, while I had more side roads. So I pulled over in a dark spot *I had a black car* and watched 3 more cops show up and start driving around looking for us. In the end, they jumped out of the Beetle and ran, and amazingly the cops never pursued them the next day...

OH WELL :D
 
15357 said:
If I worked for the US department of transportation, it would be easy. Just a few speed cameras every 10 miles or so on major highways, CCTVs on the state borders, and 40 story tall high-def cam towers on areas of concern.
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Consider the size of the USA though. You'd be trying to cover half a continent in cameras. I realise the thought of that probably gives you a priapism, but it would be prohibitively expensive. In fact the infrastructure just won't exist for it to be possible until the USA has a much higher population density.
 
Unfocused said:
You have to get away AND be sure they didn't write down your license plates, right? Or doesn't it count if they don't catch you? :p
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Oh, no. If they are that close, you are busted, even if you could actually outrun them (not likely).

When you are driving down a road, and when you pass a cop, you see them pull out of a speed trap after you. They started at 0 MPH, and you are already going the speed limit or greater - that's your head start. Often times, they are heading in the opposite direction (on a 2-way roadway), and you see them (sometimes turn on their lights) then make a U-turn. Lose them; get out of sight.

I'm not recommending it, but it's possible to lose them.
 
Farrowlesparrow said:
Consider the size of the USA though. You'd be trying to cover half a continent in cameras. I realise the thought of that probably gives you a priapism, but it would be prohibitively expensive. In fact the infrastructure just won't exist for it to be possible until the USA has a much higher population density.
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Yeah, the size of the nation itself is one big logistical/administrative nightmare.

I dunno, maybe GPS chips on all the cars that automatically record the speeds and locations of the subject. That might be more expensive, though.


ITT: How to make the US a totalitarian highway patrol state.
VirusType2 said:
Oh, no. If they are that close, you are busted, even if you could actually outrun them (not likely).

When you are driving down a road, and when you pass a cop, you see them pull out of a speed trap after you. They started at 0 MPH, and you are already going the speed limit or greater - that's your head start. Often times, they are heading in the opposite direction (on a 2-way roadway), and you see them (sometimes turn on their lights) then make a U-turn. Lose them; get out of sight.

I'm not recommending it, but it's possible to lose them.
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Heh. I'll bear that in mind when I ever get to the US in the future. :p
 
15357 said:
I dunno, maybe GPS chips on all the cars that automatically record the speeds and locations of the subject. That might be more expensive, though.
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Underground car nerds would have a way to disable that before it even hit the streets.
 
Ah, I give up. Let's just tatoo barcodes on babies at birth and put RFID chips in them.
 
How about a compromise: CCTV on police cars!

Yes I know dash cams already exist.
 
In Cali? No, you need both.

...

I feel as if I was a bit late.
 
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