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Indianbro t1_j2cjrmx wrote

Reply to comment by FJCruisin in Does anyone know why our license plates went from awesome to terrible in the 2000s? by Objective-Class-4552

We are? Where did you hear that. Ive never heard front plate to be mandatory in ct

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MattinglyDineen t1_j2cwbf5 wrote

It’s been mandatory for like 30 years now.

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dr00020 t1_j2e712d wrote

Wow I've been riding with only one in the back for 3 yrs....

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Lucky_caller t1_j2ehff5 wrote

I have too, with two separate vehicles. Probably jinxing myself by even making this comment, but cops don’t really seem to care too much. Although, they could definitely use it against you, if they need a reason to.

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dr00020 t1_j2ejguf wrote

Yeah I'm in the Hartford County Windsor to be exact. Cops around here do not care about anything..... knock on wood though.

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Alexaxas t1_j2cl56g wrote

“[T]he law now requires only that any vehicle for which the DMV issues two plates must display both of them.”

From the CT General Assembly: https://www.cga.ct.gov/PS95/rpt/olr/htm/95-R-0068.htm

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FJCruisin t1_j2depop wrote

And at this point I'd bet everyone has been issued 2 plates

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Indianbro t1_j2cotkc wrote

That was from 1995…you made it seem like it was a recent change. Theres no way you will find me drilling into my front bumper to appease authorities from something people still dont follow to this day lol

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FJCruisin t1_j2dencq wrote

I never would put mine on either, until I got pulled over for it. Was doing like 70 in a 45 cop pulls me over I'm like ok.. I'm done.. he was just like I stopped you for no front plate... Thinking to myself, "wait not because I was flying through here?" I told him I'd put it on right now and he let me go with no tickets or mention of my speed ..

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FJCruisin t1_j2drudl wrote

Honestly man I'm with ya. Carry the plate in the car with you so if you do get stopped for it you can just say "Hey I couldn't figure out how to mount it on this car, I have the plate right here" and hopefully cop will be like Yea man, just go get it taken care of..

Other thing to consider though.. if you don't have the front plate on, any cop now has a legit reason to stop you. IMHO best to not give em a valid reason to see what other laws you might be breaking

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Lucky_caller t1_j2ehj8i wrote

This is exactly what I do. I have it in the sleeve behind the front seats. It’s still in the new bag from the DMV

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nintendosbitch666 t1_j2e3cbn wrote

My sister has an old af car and she throws it on her front dashboard so it's displayed without having to drill holes into her car, no ones ever said anything to her about it and it avoids a pull over lol

Only break one law at a time, and that's usually already taken by her speeding (which I do get on her about)

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