Ticket

[JC]

Hi:

Last night in Irvine California I got a ticket for not having a front
license plate.
Does anyone know where I can purchase a licence plate bracket
that looks ok.
Thanks.

JC

 

[Zishan]

Dali

 

[Ennesssex]

I have a used one and a new one that I don't use. I will sell it to you if your interested.

Just to reconfirm your wanting the front license plate bracket holder.

pm me for pricing

 

[ktan]

i get at least one a year! but I'd rather pay the fine than spoil the front end. I did get out of it once by throwing the plate on the dash,

 

[NemesisX]

JC,
how much was the fine?? Was it a fixit ticket??? I have no front licence either and DONT want to put one on.

 

[hlweyl]

I bought one from the dealer. I've seen them come up for sale here on Prime though. I'd rather not have one but I don't really feel it detracts too much from the car's lines.

 

[JDMnsxR]

most 'fix it' tickets are correctable violations. you can simply correct the problem (or: fix it) and then take it into a CHP or sheriff's station (depending on what department gave you the ticket) and then get it signed off. they will see that you have the problem corrected and sign it off. once its signed off; i believe you recieve a courtesy notice in the mail with a small fee/fine (usually fix it tickets can be around 10-15 dollars for processing fees). and then you send off your ticket, and fine amount and you're done.

the front plate tickets are a hassle. i dont run plates on my front either cause its way too ugly. on a huge flat faced SUV, it would be okay. but not on a nsx front end... i made like really crude but effective brackets that bolt into the existing holes UNDER the front air dam, with home depot "L-brackets" with holes and it worked fine just to get the ticket corrected... then the plate came BACK off =)

 

[SilverOne]

did they pull you over for just the front license plate??

I didn't think they ticket no front plate in OC!

 

[coolnsx]

How it you get the ticket? Pulled over? What else were you cited for???

 

[AndyH]

I got a no front plate ticket last month along with modified exhaust ticket in costa mesa. The modified exhaust is a non-correctable but the front plate is correctable.

 

[SilverOne]

non-correctable meaning?? Fine?? points on your record?

 

[AndyH]

non-correctable is $110 fine instead of $10 for correctable. For non-correctable all you have to do is pay the fine. For correctable, it's a small fine but you have to get the ticket sign off by CHP. It's not a traffic violation therefore it should not have a point on the record with either ones.

 

[Darkcyd]

I have some experience with this. I've got 6 of them now. But like some others, I refuse to put such an ugly contraption on my car and spoil its beautiful lines.

You want to take the ticket to a CHP office, not Sheriff's. If you take it to Sheriff's, they charge an inspection fee of $15, and then you have to pay the $10 fine on top of that. If you take it to a CHP office, they do the inspection for free. Thus you only get hit by the $10 fix-it fine. Small price to pay for looking good.

The reason as explained to me by an officer who gave me a ticket, is that there was a legal case regarding red-light camera ticketing. Essentially, the only way the ticket will hold up in court is if the cameras are able to take a picture of 1) back plate 2) front plate and 3) your face. So in order for them to enforce the red-light cameras, they've had to make sure that people have their front plates on. Note: if you ever run a red light, put up your hand, duck, and cover your face while you do it. That and pray that you don't hit anything or anyone.

 

[Aiken Drum]

(Or just don't run red lights.)

What's amazing to me about the exhaust mod tickets is all the effing Harleys with machine guns for exhaust that wake up entire city blocks at one in the morning. As I understand it, they never get tickets.

I think Harley-Davidson must have some sort of deal with law enforcement wherein the law gets Harleys to ride for free in exchange for not ticketing regular people riding them.

 

[mietoe90]

aiken i dont think you understand. a modified exhaust ticket is for emmissions, not for noise. Where as motorcylces, including harleys have a very low emmission standard. just to clear it up, its not the noise, just whats coming out of the tail pipe. im lucky i live in FL, no emmissions laws, and no front license plate!

 

[Aiken Drum]

Oh, I didn't know that. I could have sworn that I've heard people talk about the loudness as the factor, and that they try to stay in the highest possible gear in the suburbs to keep the revs down and avoid tickets.

 

[NSXDreamer2]

NO YOU Don't understand

aiken i dont think you understand. a modified exhaust ticket is for emmissions, not for noise. Where as motorcylces, including harleys have a very low emmission standard. just to clear it up, its not the noise, just whats coming out of the tail pipe. im lucky i live in FL, no emmissions laws, and no front license plate!

In the west coast, there's more noise than any emission control, given (except removing cat.) no modification to import cars' exhaust will get the emission any worse than the law allowed... In my experience, I've been pulled over and cited for modifyied exhaust (illegal) while my car is absolutely not louder than a Stock Eclipse/Neon SRT.... There's one time a motorcycle cop writing me a ticket while there's a modified Harley roaming right passed me, I looked at the cop, and he's pretended he didn't hear.

None of this crap happened since I have my nsx, which is at least 10db louder than my accord... hmmm.... I think I should keep my fingers crossed..

Oh, and I don't think the stock V twins are that loud, (Harleys, Ducati, buell...etc) the loud one are modified, just like Ferrari owners favoring Tubi exhaust... If I have money laying around, I would definately buy a Ducati, I used to have one the exhaust note and back fire (with after market exhaust) is very very satisfying sound track.

 

[AndyH]

aiken i dont think you understand. a modified exhaust ticket is for emmissions, not for noise.

But I passed smog check so I don't think so