DeTomaso Mailing List: April 1997, Message #46
     



From: Andy Poling <andy@realbig.com>

Subject: Re: Welcome to NJ

Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 01:50:48 -0500 (EST)



On Sat, 5 Apr 1997, Dick Williams wrote:

> Just get the antique tag.  You should be able to get by with only

> displaying it on the rear of the car because of the design but, of

> course, that depends on the state that you are in.



I have forsaken the front plate for obvious cosmetic reasons, but a missing

front plate can also actually help with the local extortionists, er

enforcers, uh traffic police.



I have been pulled over in Maryland when speeding (in the black RX7 I used

to drive) and got a ticket for the missing front plate instead of a ticket

for speeding.  Sure the plate ticket was just as expensive on the surface of

things, but we all know that the real difference is how each ticket affects

your insurance.  The plate ticket has no effect; the speeding ticket...

disaster.



It's a gamble, but I'll take it every time.



Also, as Dick mentioned, some states relax the front plate requirement with

antique plates.  Not MD though - they don't relax for anything. :-)



-Andy



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