3 years, no issues so far

I did a few times years ago even though the car was still registered in a different state

3 different vehicles, 5 years, no pull over. Knock on wood.

How many years ago? Just wondering.

Edit: lol, I love how someone is going through and downvoting everyone in here. It's just a question.

Two years so far so good.

Yes I know I’m breaking the law. I’m just lazy and think it looks better even though my car is nothing special.

Yes sorta. Brother was DD and got a front plate ticket at a dui checkpoint. He was 100% sober. Also got a failure to notify dmv of address change since he didn’t have a sticker with his new address on his license. The rest of us were drunk. Thanks New Haven PD.

Once, and it was pretextual in order to see if I was DUI-ing.

Had to be mid 09. I just got home from the Marines and my car was still registered in NC but I still got stopped and given written warnings like 3 times. Was pretty possed haha

Yes, but only after coming off the highway in Bridgeport. I was in an old Porsche (944 so nothing too fancy), and a cop pulled me over because of the no front plate but was nice and just gave me a warning. I ignored it and almost 20 years later the car still has no front plate. At the time my dad figured it was maybe a cop who suspected the car had been stolen, because I was coming from Fairfield in a Porsche, but who the heck knows. Pretty sure cops in Fairfield used to hang out by the Bridgeport border and go out of their way to pull over people of color who had just entered the town (Fairfield). This was something someone told me a long time ago. I’m white if it matters (probably mattered in the traffic stop)

Yup, years ago when I was probably like 18. I even had the plate in the front windshield and still got pulled over by a statie. I think it was because me and my buddy both had our hoods up and looked kinda sketchy in a shitty old car lol

Last year for no front plate.

I think in Connecticut it is illegal to not have a front plate. I’ve never been pulled over knocks on head but I have been told you should have tags on both front and back of your vehicle

3 vehicles, nearly 10 years. Never once.

Even through fender-benders & stops for other things (speeding) it was never mentioned.

Why do you even need to have your address on your license anyway? Where I live has no impact on whether or not I am eligible to drive.

No, but I've been ticketed for it twice at DUI checkpoints.

No...but depending on your attitude (and popo's) just another add-on for the ticky

I've never had an issue with no front plate. I won't take delivery of a new car if they drill holes in the front bumper. Buddy of mine hasnt had one for 10 years and he's gotten one ticket by a state cop up on uconn Storrs campus. Pretty sure he just paid it and never fixed it. Like many motor vehicle infractions in ct it's just pay to play. Like with tints for example, it's cheaper to pay the ticket than it is to remove the tints. And it's easier to pay the ticket than to take the time off of work to remove it and go to the dmv for proof to get the ticket dropped.

I didn't have a front plate for 12 years and never had an issue. The day before my son was going to take his driver's license test with my car, I found out there can be no missing plates (among other things) or that car could not be used in the test. I had to rush to the DMV to re-register my car and they gave me two new plates. I miss my old one.

I have. It was at a seatbelt checkpoint. I had to affix a plate and go to the DMV with it on within a week or I would have to pay the fine. Never drove without one again.

9 or 10 years ago my wife did. We had a Durango that we bought in AZ and it didn't come with a front plate holder.

yes

Yes but it was almost 20 years ago. Same cop followed me home one night and pulled me over 50 feet from my house to scream at me because he thought my stock license plate light was "blinding him and other drivers". The lens was yellowed with age and covered in grime. That cop was a shit head who was frequently so drunk on duty that he couldn't get out of his car.

Once in Torrington

no and i drive a semi flashy car

I’ve been in CT ~35 years. I’ve had ~12 cars. Some have/had front plate, some don’t/didn’t. I’ve never been pulled over for it.

Yes twice at Hammonasset beach in 2021, but never anywhere else in CT - weird!

Had my car with no front plate mount for almost 2 years now with no issue. I do keep the plate in the front windshield though

I have a Camaro, doesn't even have a place for the front plate, haven't had issue in 7 years. Same with scion FRS before that.

Been driving since 2007 now ( crazy time flies ). Grew up in FFLD county so that's a lot of luxury vehicles without front plates. Never really seen them get pulled over.

Leased a Lexus in 2016, pulled over in 2019 a few months before the lease ended. Cop did the most reckless U turn I've seen on a busy 3 way , stop sign on one. Chased me down to the end of my private road to hand me a warning. Again I'm thankful it was just a warning but my guy had to have driven by at least 20 front plateless cars just in that traffic and then decide eh F this particular dude.

I go to the Lexus dealer the next day and my guy says uh yea we don't put them on usually bc literally nobody gets pulled over for that in this area. It's a rule but... This is the first time I've ever seen it at all enforced.

So he was just as confused as I was.

I'm on a different car now and again no front plates I've been pulled over a few times since then, only once a real issue the others just hey watch it type of pullovers ( aka nothing no one really ticketing people for going like 42-44 on the post road ). Again no one has had an issue. Never comes up.

Like I know I'm pushing my luck but I'm just going to say that that cop just felt like being a dick to a young looking 30 year old Asian dude driving a nicer than expected car. Try to scare me or something thinking I'm a teen. Otherwise there was no reason for it in that situation. Potentially T boning 5 cars to chase me down.

depends on the state.

Yes. Several times in the 2000’s when I drove bright colored imports.

Now that I’m in my 30’s I get away with it. Even on bright colored imports. 🤷‍♂️

Because drivers licenses are used to establish proof of residency.

But residency and whether or not you passed some government test that says you know how to drive have nothing to do with each other. There are other ways to prove residency.

4+ years driving a tinted out wrx and never had an issue.

Yes. My car does not have holes for a front plate and I don’t want to drill into it. Been pulled over twice. One time in south Windsor, I don’t remember where the prior time. Last time was about 2-3 years ago.

Not pulled over for it but got pulled over for something minor and he made a big deal of letting me know you're supposed to have a front plate. Then same thing happened again somewhere else and the cop bitched about me having a license plate frame from the dealer. Def had to snap back at that cuz 10 cars passed us with license plate frames and I asked if he was gonna go pull them over too and he just said have a nice day gtf outta here 😒

I have two cars both without a front plate. I keep the plate in my cars just incase but i have no intention of ever putting them on

You can have a business address listed

Thats not still a law, is it?

In Connecticut, No.

Did get stopped in NY were I told the cop, it's not needed in CT ( which was true at that time ) so he told me in NY it's the law and let me off with a warning.

I’ve got a foreign euro plate on the front and the back of my car. In the back I’ve just placed the ct plate in front of the foreign plate and to this day still I still haven’t been pulled over for having the foreign plates on the car. Before I had the euro plates I didn’t have any front registration plate. I guess the cops don’t care as much with them as long as your plate is registered

How about just getting the front plate on?

Same here, got a written warning to get repaired by a licensed shop or it would be upgraded to a ticket within x time because my car didn't even have a front plate mount. Made one myself and had my uncle sign off on it because he had a shop at the time.

Yep. Left New Haven after a show at Toads back in 2011. Got stopped at a DUI checkpoint for no front plate. The cop loved the exhaust on my Saabaru at the time, but it didn't stop him from issuing me a $117 ticket for no front plate.

Nope. 24 years strong. No comments even when I have been pulled over.

I never have front plates, only times I was ever stopped for it was checkpoints getting on rt9 in Middletown 15 years ago. I paid the fine gladly.

Never pulled over for that reason but got it when went thru a check point

My son has twice, both times in New Haven

Been driving without a front plate for a year and no problems yet. I bought a new small truck and the dealership didn't drill holes for the front plate bracket. They told me that they didn't have the brackets due to supply chain, and nobody ever gets pulled over for it. I found the bracket in a plastic bag in the back of the vehicle but don't know if I'm going to ask the dealer to drill the holes.

I hate front plates.

5 different cars more than 5 years for me.

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Yeah, it is actually.

whenever CT went to the current reflective plates. Never an issue. Wife complains about it though.

Had no front plate in 6 years and no issues

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Got pulled over for the little light in my back license plate being out when I was in my twenties. My philosophy is if you’re driving in towns the middle of nowhere you’re probably gonna get pulled over for something.

I had to do this as my car didn't have the bracket for the front plate on it. I drove by multiple cops and none really seemed to care. Of course, I was only like this for 2 weeks or so, and then after that I was able to get another bracket from the junkyard and then install my front plate.

Your dumbass apparently

I would suggest the golden rule of only breaking one law at a time. If you have no front plate dont speed, drink and drive, transport drugs, or sex traffic. Would suck if your whole operation was taken down because of a missing plate.

it’s because drivers licenses act as a standing ID card. if they didn’t have this information, then you would need to have both a drivers license and an ID, rather than just one or the other

Yes but by a trainee cop around the Madison circle lol

No. If they are going to pull me over for it I’m going to make it 100 times worse for myself and yell at them about how they are going to break my balls over a front license plate when atvs and dirt bikes race all over the streets and they don’t do anything.

I've had a bull bar on my truck for 11 years with no plate. No issues yet.

I got pulled over on the very first day of enforcement.

“You don’t have a front plate.”

“I have a front plate. It’s behind my seat. I don’t have holes in the front bumper.”

<inspects front bumper> “Get some holes drilled.”

Nah, they don't bother to pull people over specifically for not having a front plate. but it IS something extra they'll tack on when you get pulled over for speeding, dui, etc. Son got pulled over for speeding, they tacked on for a frame around the back plate put on by the dealer where I bought the car. Those are illegal, too.

I haven't had a front plate in 10 years. Husband hasn't had one on since we bought his car 3 years ago.

Ive had mine off for 5 years now, no issues with cops. Same story with family relatives

So far nope. Been pulled over for speeding too. Cop wrote the ticket in my girlfriends name too for some reason and the case was thrown out. We both had mustaches. Bro was a bro.

Once a long time ago. The cop was just baiting me to see if I'd lose my temper to warrant a deeper search. I've had a few officers in the past be argumentative trying to find cause. The best defense is knowing your actual rights and not those told to you by a random on social media.

Yes. In a rental car with a Canadian plate. Judge threw out the ticket.

Your ID is your name + DOB/SSN. Your address has nothing to do with your identity as it is not unique to you. There are very few times and places where you need to prove your address outside of voting. Having your address on your license or ID is overkill and unnecessarily compromises personal information any time you show ID. Ironically CT doesn't use SSNs for your driver license number because of this.

Who stops for police these days….no chase laws why wouldn’t u just keep driving like the guy who stole my explorer out my driveway….me “ did u find it “ cops “ three different towns have spotted it” me “so why don’t I have my car back” cops “ no chase laws” so what do u guys actually do

I don’t think plate frames are illegal as long as they don’t obscure any information on the plate. That includes the ”Connecticut” and “Constitution State” parts. But I’m sure a cop can write for whatever he feels like in that regard and just say the frame obscured something.

Yes

Same here

Just don't have tints and no front plate.

Nope, been driving without a front plate for a good eight years now and never been pulled over or given any trouble by the police.

Same here. Never had a issue.

They have that circle on lockdown lately. One on the fire house side, one in roberts, and usually one further down 80 either towards guilford or killingworth. I rguess it must be the bad end of town lol.

Lost my front plate years ago, in a snow drift. No problems.

Yes but I just said “oh shoot I forgot to put it back on after a wash,” and showed him the bracket. He let me go and told me to put it on when I got home.

Definitely the coo who issues tickets for no front tag.

My mom used to get pulled over regularly but she had a sports car.

I have, and they just told me to put it back on. I never did. I hate front license plates on my cars

When I went to get my driver's license I got a warning ticket because my mom's car at the time didn't have the front plate on.

Soooo annoying. I moved out of North Madison a couple years ago and though some things I miss… that nonsense is not it lol

Never had a ticket for tints, they’ve always sent me for DMV inspection requiring removal.

Yes, locals will stop you but if you have a good reason you will just get a warning. They will look at your tires and for any other violations..its a cop magnet.

My impression after talking to the cop is that most people with no front plate are misusing the back plate on the vehicle to drive an unregistered vehicle around.

Locals are the ones that stop for bad lights and things hanging from the rearview mirror.

Same here on East main. Light bulbs too. All warnings but at least I don't have to check my lights.

Once. 20 years ago. In Massachusetts.

I love it when people think their own personal “logic” trumps actual reality. It’s so cute, and naive.

Found the libertarian.

Plainville or Southbury?

How do people with a front vanity plate get away with it? The EU plate that will spell out some BS in a mish mosh foreign characters? Do they ever have a problem? Or can I just attach a random hunk of metal with scribbles and call it a day?

Yes. In Fairfield, Last year in September. Lead to my wrongful arrest. (Cops got the wrong guy sharing my exact name.)

I was pulled over for not having a front LP. Ended up in jail wrongfully. But I got released on a PTA and the sued the responsible party.

I won! But yeah, I put my front LP on immediately after this experience.

Yes, many years ago and had to pay a ticket too.

I have. Years ago, like late 90’s. I was told I needed both plates and at the time my car didn’t even have a plate mount in the front.

It wasn't always illegal to have no front plate

>The law required Connecticut motor vehicles to have a front and a rear license plate until 1980. With the passage of PA 80-466, vehicles were required to have only a rear license plate and the normal registration period was made two years instead of one year. This legislation was enacted primarily for fiscal reasons. It originated in the Appropriations Committee and was referred to no other committees with cognizance over the substantive issues involved in going to a single plate. Going from two license plates to one and going to two-year registrations had been identified for the Appropriations Committee by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) as two of several budget options for cutting costs or raising revenue.
By 1986, the General Assembly had decided to reverse the requirement and go back to two plates for most vehicles. (Fire apparatus; motorcycles; camp trailers; commercial trailers; and vehicles displaying dealer, repairer, junk, or transporter plates were allowed to remain with one plate.) The legislature enacted PA 86-388 to convert back to two plates over a six-year period that began on July 1, 1987. All but the exempted classes of vehicles had to display two plates by July 1, 1993. The DMV commissioner had to issue two plates for all new registrations, beginning July 1, 1987. Two plates had to be issued for all registration renewals beginning July 1, 1991.

If you have a car with no drill holes for a plate on the front will they make you drill on your car to put a front plate on?

Some bumper setups you just have to, but there are a lot of alternative front plate mounts that can be used to mount a plate without drilling, it’s just not stuff the dealer will generally use as they tend to be designed with specific models in mind and not everyone wants one as they often put the plate off center which for some people is worse than having a mount drilled into the center.