Proposed bill in Michigan requiring front and rear plates

[tms8582]

This would really suck... http://www.freep.com/article/20131026/NEWS06/310260042/ I hope the bill goes down in flames

[blueguy]

Sucks to suck.

Missouri is pushing to flip the law so we don't require front plates.

[Bio248]

welcome to just about every state ever. who cares? i just run my front plate so i don't have an easy reason to pull me over.

but like missouri, wisconsin has been debating whether to remove that law or not.

[tms8582]

I obviously care and the radio talk shows this morning echoed my opinion. Many Michiganders including myself like our cars without an ugly plate on the front bumper. I visit Ohio often and have relatives in Ohio and front plates are just down right ugly. I hope there is resistance to just another regulation that government forces upon us. I've been driving in Michigan for 30 years and the cops never had a problem before with rear plates only.

[Bio248]

if we didn't have to do things because they were aesthetically displeasing there would be a lot of laws that wouldn't apply. your logic is terribly flawed.

[tms8582]

Logic also states that the law has worked in Michigan for longer than I can remember and in 19 other states for that matter. I think most people will agree that the government is squeezing us from way too many angles as it is. This is a car forum and the rant section Bio come on! lol

[Bio248]

the rant section isn't meant for you to whine about stuff that doesn't matter. big picture, son.

[tms8582]

the rant section isn't meant for you to whine about stuff that doesn't matter. big picture, son.

Gee thanks for the lecture Dad pft.

[Sudden]

Sure it is. It matters to him. Why should he care if it matters to you.

the rant section isn't meant for you to whine about stuff that doesn't matter. big picture, son.

[Bio248]

Sure it is. It matters to him. Why should he care if it matters to you.

that was a fun way of telling josh to shut up because it's fun messing with josh. carry on.

[blueguy]

that was a fun way of telling josh to shut up because it's fun messing with josh. carry on.

Can I make a rant thread about messing with Josh?

[Sudden]

At least you asked permission.

Can I make a rant thread about messing with Josh?

[Iceman6669]

that was a fun way of telling josh to shut up because it's fun messing with josh. carry on.

I would like to point out you posted that before I chimed in... But good to know I am on your mind.. :-)

[tms8582]

that was a fun way of telling josh to shut up because it's fun messing with josh. carry on.

I think you were messing with me Bio but that's ok. lol I'm Tim by the way

[02NavyBlue]

"He also argues front license plates help police track down suspects on the run." Ever since when do people "on the run" follow laws? It's like banning guns and expecting criminals to say, "Well since it's the law...I'll get rid of my guns"

They just lifted the firework laws two years ago, they gotta bring something back.

[SomeDudeAtHome]

Being from NY front plates are ugly. I see pictures of you guys without and the cars look so much better. I can see where a front plate could be helpful BUT there's no doubt in my mind it's just a money grab. Kinda like how NY just recently changed to the nasty colored orange plates because the other ones were "losing their reflectiveness" that we got only 8 years before that.

[ericspecullaas]

you guys do know that car manufactures try and build front plate brackets in now. but they are trying to make them less ugly and look like it belongs on the car

[hensleya1]

Ohio is pushing to get rid of the front plate.

And it's about freaking time. They have yet to design a decent looking plate, period - and having one is preferable to two. I still keep my plastic "Pontiac" cover in the hopes the bill passes. That plate's coming off the day it becomes law.

I had to drill holes in the front bumper of the Prius to mount a plate bracket. You can be damned sure I'll pull that bracket off and epoxy the holes back up the minute I can.

It looks like ass, and in any case, it prevents a convenient target for cops running speed traps to zero in their radar guns.

It's the only real reason why the police like the idea (and their new plate scanners that run you as you drive by).

[Bio248]

i used some big ass bolts and mounted mine to the fog light cover that i junked in order to do that and i run a plate delete piece where the bumper has the mount for the plate.

[MrPoopyButthole]

I made my front plates work on both of my cars, I don't care either way at this point. I run them so I don't have an easy reason to be pulled over.