Although I've had the pleasure of traveling to & through 45 of the 50 States, I've spent most of my life as a citizen of Kentucky (Louisville) and now have resided in Ohio for the past 15 years.

Kentucky uses a 1 licence plate system whereas Ohio has 2.. front & rear. Appearance wise, I prefer 1 plate.

More than once, Ohio legislators have considered dropping the front plate as a means to create revenue... i.e.: charge the same amount of money for 1 plate while cutting material and production costs.

As I've never liked the looks of having a plate on the front, I am in favor of using a rear-only plate. The major opponent to the possibility is the F.O.P, both State and regional for obvious reasons.

Is your State 1 or 2, what are your thoughts on the matter?

 

Texas requires 2 plates although many cars don't have them and requirement is loosely enforced. I always assumed front plates were for ID of car approaching a policeman.

Purists who think an unadorned bumper looks better don't like them. I don't have a problem w/ them.

good luck

 

Same here, Texas... even though required by law, quite a number of people here in Ohio refuse to mount the front plate citing aesthetics as the reason. Yeah, right.. like that is going to fly in court

I don't like the front plate, however as long as it's the law... I don't need the hassle of the citation

 

CA requires both front and rear. Citations issued for no front plate if a CA plate is mounted on the rear. However, that is subject to interpretation by the issuing officer. Being that a number of front plates were stolen and placed on the back of stolen cars, the issuing officer has the option for a warning based on evidence. I've had a plate stolen so I've been through this. Also had a motorcycle plate stolen off a bike while parked at a local mall. I started using tamper proof torque fasteners for a while but haven't had issues since....sean

 

Thanks for the information, Sean... most interesting

 

2 plates in Ohio, doesn't seem like it's really enforced, but my wife got a ticket for it while driving my car. Funny thing is, the village's "favorite" body shop & tow guy has never had a front plate on his S2000.

 

I hear ya, Jim... sometimes it's all about who's who

Where I live is only a few blocks away from this district's police station and the street is used as a thoroughfare. Even though we have a driveway, sometimes one of our cars is parked on the street (which is legal)... my Magnum had a very light smoke tint on the licence covers... the police ticketed the car and I was forced to remove the tinted covers... but the only one they seemed to be concerned about was the one on the rear

 

One or two plates makes no difference to me..what ever they want is fine with me as long as I don't get a ticket.

WheelBrokerAng

 

New Hampshire is two plates. And I got a ticket for no front plate within 2 miles of driving it after taking it off.

But now I live in NC where it is only 1 plate and since they don't know NH laws I just have a plate on he back. And put a front one on when I drive home.

 

Good solution, live2rice