No more front tag tickets for anyone

[003slvr]

Well looks like the state is trying to save money so they are only giving one tag per vehicle, so no more front tag tickets for me :banana: knana :nana2
if you want more info its in todays newspaper local section

[00Bolt]

hell ya!!!

[wesman]

Well looks like the state is trying to save money so they are only giving one tag per vehicle, so no more front tag tickets for me :banana: knana :nana2
if you want more info its in todays newspaper local section


I guess they figured since the majority of folks only run one, they may as well only make one :)

I would think the revenue those bastards were generating would override the cost of making them by far. Last time I got one it was a $57 ticket, not to mention it opens the door for them to hit you with other stuff once they get you pulled over.


--wes

[Silver_2000]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/columnists/thartzel/stories/112104dnmetroadrunner.2ea69.html

Cant find todays article this was from last year

[L1nt2B]

I saw it on the news this morning but wasn't sure if it had already passed

[whitelightning'02]

Here's the link

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D89SNGP80.html



:tu:

[LonghornLightning]

YESSSS..I don't know anything really about laws but when do you think this will pass/take effect?

[98Cobra]

So, they will raise the registration fee AND only give you one plate. Sigh...

I'll still take it, though I have been running one plate since last September with no problems yet...

[wesman]

I will continue to run one plate on all my cars......I've gotten two tickets for it, one was thrown out. I'd say in 7+ years in Tx, only 2 tickets for it isn't bad at all.

I have been pulled over for it several other times tho.....they were always looking for something else to ticket you for....the front plate is just their way to justify pulling you.

--wes

[lenard_hester]

I have only been running 1 plate since I started driving almost 6 years ago. I have only been pulled over once (in my Mustang), but some jerk rear ended me while I was being pulled over, so he let me off with a warning.

[andy_cain]

There goes "probable cause" :banana:

[Beaudee]

Ant ideas on plugging the holes in the front bumper? :crying:

[BC Lightning]

http://www.bumperplugs.com/

[Beaudee]

For those who park too close. :d http://www.imosh.com/SPIKES.htm

[SpeedyBolt]

Ant ideas on plugging the holes in the front bumper? :crying:
I'm glad mine wasn't ever drilled!

[dboat]

I'm glad mine wasn't ever drilled!

me too:tu:

[ThunderBolt]

This is great news! Unfortunately we'll have to wait four months till it takes effect.

ARTICLE 9. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF LICENSE PLATES ISSUED
SECTION 9.01. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 502.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.010. ISSUANCE AND DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATE. (a)
Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, including
Section 502.180, the department shall issue only one license plate
for attachment at the rear of the vehicle for which the plate is
issued.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary,
including Section 502.404(a), a person is entitled to operate on a
public highway a vehicle that displays only one license plate if the
plate is attached at the rear of the vehicle. A person may operate
on a public highway a vehicle that displays two license plates if
both plates were assigned by the department for the registration
period as a set of plates.
(c) In any provision of this code that relates to the
issuance or display of "license plates," "plates," or a "set of
plates," the term means only one license plate.
SECTION 9.02. The change in law made by this article
regarding the issuance of license plates by the Texas Department of
Transportation applies only to the issuance of license plates by
the department for a registration period beginning on or after the
effective date of this article. For a registration period that
begins before the effective date of this article, the department
shall issue license plates as required by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this article, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 9.03. This article takes effect September 1, 2005.

[Moonshine]

This is great news! Unfortunately we'll have to wait four months till it takes effect.



Presuming it makes it through the conference committee, then past the Senate, and then past the Governor. It's still a good ways from becoming law.