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Originally Posted by OHIOSS
If this was directed at me, how do you explain my wife has NEVER been stopped in the 8 years she has been driving her Yukon Denali? My daughter has been driving for 4 years with no front plate and has never been pulled over.
I have been pulled over 3 times since I got my Camaro out of storage in April. Wife and daughter drive their vehicles every day, as compared to my Camaro which isn't my primary vehicle.
There is no question in my mind that cops are targeting sports cars, maybe not just the Camaro but sports cars in general. If not, how do you explain the facts?
Russ
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I understand what you are saying, I really do.....but can I throw a scenario at you? Just for a moment, imagine you are a Police Officer....(no you can't let everybody go). In your patrol zone, or beat, you see a Honda civic (not the young punk, fast & furious kind), a Toyota Camry, an SUV, a Volkswagon Beetle, a Camaro, and a Jeep Liberty.......Now, without using your bias towards the Camaro, which one are you going to keep your eye on for speeding, or no front plate etc.? Yes, as in every profession, there are apt to be a few officers in every dept. who may abuse their authority, but it is a minority I assure you. we should all come to grips with the fact that our cars are "high profile"! I have a 2001 S-10 Xtreme. It has a 4.3 liter engine in it. With it's light weight, that little truck flies. I tend to go a lot faster in that truck without thinking about it. In my Camaro, I tend to go closer to the speed limit and look everywhere, simply because I realize I have a "high profile" vehicle or a target if you will. I'm sorry your wife got pulled over for that, and she may have very well got that small minority of officers that pulled her over.
My 69 year old mother has a 2011 BMW 335I. She lives in California where front plates are required. She knows it's the law, but she herself decided she was going to drive without one until the day came she got cited. Almost one year later and if finally happened!!! So, she is now going to mount it!
I hope it all works out for you and I hope that if you do decide to put the front plate on, you go with one of those flip up ones!!!