To those of you who working states with two license plates:

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What would you do if you see someone without a front license plate, and then when you get behind them, realize that they are registered to a state that only issues a back license plate?

Comments

  1. New_Cow5364 Avatar

    Nothing. You can’t cite someone with one plate who lives in a state that only requires one. Just like tint, etc. if the state they live in allows it, you can’t cite for it.

  2. Il_Dr_Ake_Il Avatar

    We have no probable cause for stop based on that. I live in a two-plate state and work in a city that boarders a single-rear-plate state, so this happens daily.

  3. altcop140 Avatar

    Keep driving? They aren’t doing anything wrong. Maybe run their plate if I’m really interested in the car. But that’s not a violation in itself.

  4. Ready_Beginning6273 Avatar

    I leave that alone, ain’t nobody got time for that. I got calls to attend. Don’t be that guy…

  5. Imaginary-Quiet-4556 Avatar

    Not a good stop, find something else.

  6. Alive_Low_8471 Avatar

    You can’t enforce another’s states law in a different state.

    Example: New Hampshire requires front and back. Florida requires rear only. If I see a New Hampshire vehicle with back plate only, I can’t stop that car in Florida because they’re violating New Hampshire state law.

  7. Lili_1321 Avatar

    Move so I’m not behind them.

  8. Ghost_of_Sniff Avatar

    Straight to Jail.

  9. vladtheimpaler82 Avatar

    I routinely stop people for having only one plate. If you feel comfortable stopping people for being on their cellphones, window tint, mud flaps, third brake lights, then stopping at no front plate makes no sense.