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| Message: | For all of you on this message board concerning front plates. I was checking to see if the law passed since I haven't received a new law update yet and found this post. However, I am a Deputy Sheriff who investigates collisions that involve drivers that flee the scene. I have also taken many reports at gas stations and such where vehicles flee the scene after stealing gas/purses/etc. You may not like the look of the front license plates. But, I will always have one on my vehicles. That front LP is in a large number of cases the only lead that law enforcement has to solve some crimes. I have taken a stolen purse report where a team of three people were stealing purses from convenience stores using distraction techniques. If it weren't for video of the front car's LP then they wouldn't have been caught. There have been numerous Hit and Run cases that I have solved because the victim observed the front LP as the suspect vehicle left the scene. Same with department store thefts. Some department stores have video cameras for their front doors and catch that front plate as the suspect jumps in the car to flee the scene. If you are a law abiding citizen then having a front plate (even though it is horribly ugly) does afford you some protection. If you are a crook then you really, really, want that law taken off the books to make it easier to get away with whatever crime you are trying to commit. For most people the front LP is just an eye sore. For some people it meant getting their purse/id/credit cards/etc. back and being able to have their car repaired by someone else's insurance. I also happen to think the darn thing is horribly ugly - no matter the color, size, shape, or whatever. No LP was going to make the sleek front end of my old 1997 Trans Am look better than it did without one!!!! But, I had one on it anyway. Just my $.02 worth. Ya'll take care and good luck. | ||||
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