Front license plate option

[W.Petefish]

The law says nothing on the matter... that being said I keep the original in behind the driver's seat just in case a police officer asks. In general my local police don't have a problem with it, I just worry about others that don't see it so progressively.

FYI my AC does work better after removal of the front, and very obstructive, bracket.

[dsm363]

Yeah. The DMV doesn't even have wording on their site saying that the plate has to be on the front bumper but that's how the law is currently defined. It is purposely left vague I believe which is not right. It also says nothing about the physical plate needing to be in front bumper but that's what the DMV said when I emailed them.

[W.Petefish]

So... I guess we'll take advantage of a vague law.

[W.Petefish]

I recently e-mailed my reps for the Texas house and senate, that is if my messages will go through.

Subject: Texas laws regarding the display of the front license plate

During one of my weekly jaunts around town I saw many vehicles without a front plate and it got me thinking. My thought was could a vinyl decal serve the same purpose, preserve vehicle value, and increase compliance while also creating revenue for the state? I'd think that people would pay extra for the decals so they could still be compliant with the state laws without having the bracket on the front of their car. Personally I'd pay extra for it.

This has also come about because I was told to remove the front plate mount by the service team for my vehicle, which said at the time that it was obstructing air flow to the AC core. Thusly limiting the car's ability to cool it's battery pack. (Electric Vehicle)

Anxiously awaiting a reply,
William Petefish

We'll see what comes of this.

[Robert.Boston]

I recently e-mailed my reps for the Texas house and senate

... I was told to remove the front plate mount by the service team for my vehicle, which said at the time that it was obstructing air flow to the AC core. Thusly limiting the car's ability to cool it's battery pack.

This is simply bad vehicle design; many states require front plates, so the car simply has to be designed to assume that we are going to comply with the laws.

[Lloyd]

Perhaps it is a poorer design of regulations. Requiring a plate on the front at all is redundant and unnecessary.

[dsm363]

Even worse is that it's not actually written anywhere that the front plate has to be on the front bumper (which is what the police enforce). The DMV website actually says you must have one front and one rear plate "placement not defined". The actual law doesn't specify that it has to be on the front bumper and no one at the DMV can find the wording that say so for me.