[Nobbc] Front Plate petition

[Robin Jackson]

While on this subject, about five years ago my then 25 year old son and I
were cruising at the legal speed limit in the Nissan Maxima (sans front
plate) North on 101. It was a mid-summer Saturday at daybreak. We were going
fishing at our Mad River property. At the Covelo/Round Valley road was a CHP
sitting at the stop sign. He pulled out behind me, followed for a quarter of
a mile and blam, on came the reds and blues. I was quiet and courteous and
produced current and legal papers. He was overly interested in scanning the
interior and getting close to the window. He was not the usual Smokey type
CHP; he wore a jumpsuit, SWAT gear and was a K-9 unit. I asked why he had
stopped me and he said that many vehicles that have no front plate have been
stolen. So, that was his "probable cause" - that I may be driving a stolen
vehicle. But, this  was during a time when law enforcement was attempting to
curtail drug running along 101, so that was his real reason. If he had
smelled or seen anything suspicious we would have had a dog search on the
Maxima and cuffed and stuffed.

The point here is that law enforcement can stop you for "probable cause" if
you don't display a front plate. I don't think many would, but some do.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:43 AM, ppanther <ppanther at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> You folks are making me nervous.
> I am going to root around in the garage this weekend and find my front
> plate.
> I did get tagged in SF by a motorcycle cop.
> I was in my company truck.
> He was working the 8th street off ramp.
> The front plate had been lost in action so I had to get new plates.
> By the time you get the ticket signed off it is a real pain plus the fee.
>
> Larry Gardini
> 64 Alger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Ron Engelhardt
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:53 AM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Front Plate petition
>
> Heh, I keep a plate in the trunk also and, so far, the no place to
> attach argument has never worked. The cop doesn't really care, just
> doing his job of raising revenue.
>
> Ron
> 58 MGA
>
> Sarto Rocheleau wrote:
>
> > Hi all, my plate is in the trunk of my Lotus Elan and my story is--- just
> restored it and since there is no attaching points on the Elan, I am having
> a special bracket made.  I have never been stopped or asked about it, so
> far.  Putting a US license plate in front of the intake screen on an Elan
> would block needed air flow.
> > Sarto
> >
> > --- On Thu, 1/15/09, Martin Rayman <drmartyrayman at gmail.com> wrote:
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