License Plates

[Matthew]

I saw a car late last month. It what a white Caddy it had Florida Plates. Funny thing is is that this caddy had a florida plate ON the front as well as the rear. Why would this care have 2 plates when FL is a one-plate state? It was a standard issue plate wasn’t Vanity or Specialty. Any Ideas?

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[Matthew]

[quote=”Calhoun” post=112689]Even wierder. In Missouri, commercial trucks larger than 12000lbs only have front plates..NO rear plates. I work on TV trucks and was recently there and every satellite truck there had only front plates and thought they were swiped somehow. I asked the drivers and they said….Well yea it’s Missouri law. Front only for commercial trucks.. Now thats weird..[/quote]

Minnesota has a simular law. However the law stats only big rigs need to display just a front plate. The law also state the Farm trucks used exclusively for farm duties only need a plate on the front. In a simular law, MN also stats that you only need to use a plate on the rear of any passenger vehicle if the vehicle is 1972 or older at the descression of the owner.

[Matthew]

[quote=”Tedybear315″ post=113073]I think the answer about living in two states (retired people) makes sense.

I live in upstate NY. (where we get beaten with a snow shovel each year with lake effect x5)

We have a lot of FL plates up here 6-7 months of the year. NYS requires both plates. I would imagine it would be safer not to get pulled over to run with both plates to avoid setting off red flags.

Plus the added bonus of the new license plate scanners the cop cars now have. The system scans all plates as the patrol car does it’s “patrol”. Any car with bad plates, suspended plates, expired insurance, etc… And it kicks up a red flag on the laptop in the car. The cop spins it around and tickets said driver. In order for that system to be 100% effective? Both plates need to be in use.

(our local PD has that installed on all their cars….sneaky little buggers)

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AFAIK state law excludes out of state. in a case like this if someeone from FL or any other state that only has one plate is in a state that requires 2 ssuch as CA and NY they are not required by law to have a front plate as they are simply visiting and not residing in said state

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