First time Pulled over in the Z
 

So, I was driving back home from dinner with a couple friends last night. I took a toll road late at night, and usually there is no cops during that time of day. Unfortunately, there was a cop just sitting on the right side waiting just for me :( lol. It was pitch black so I could not see him at all.

He pulls me over, and he quickly comes over and asked me how fast I was going. I wasn't going to lie to him, so I quickly said.."Around 83 or so, I wasn't paying attention"...He then tells me he clocked me at 90 >.<. He was telling me how courts are iffy about such speeds. The whole time I was being polite to him, and he showed the same level of politeness. He then told me how it would suck to get this ticket considering my age and insurance. I told him I should have not been driving that fast and that I normally don't drive that fast. ( I really don't ) I told him I try to be really precocious considering the car and tickets, and insurance etc.

He then went to the front of my car, and noticed I didn't have a front license plate. He asked me If I bought the car use/new and just told me its the law here in SoCal to have a front license plate.

He went to run my insurance and such, and when he came back he told me..
"ok, would you rather fix your front license plate, or get the ticket for speeding"

I said.." I will fix my front plate" :D

He then just told me to drive safe.

Really nice cop...


The thing now is that...I DON'T WANT TO PUT A FRONT LICENSE PLATE ON MY CAR :(! :mad:

I am in Southern California. Isn't the fine a small fee ? anyone know?
Do I really need to go get the plate and mount it on, or can I just pay the fine?

thanks guys!

It's $25 and you need to have it signed off by the CHP that you did it


Btw, good on you for taking the high road in trying to be honest and polite with the cop

so you going to sue him for age discrimination? :mad: ;) jk

get the plate on the car if it's required.

I do not want to drill holes on my baby though :( ..lmao

Thanks, I figured I should have... Its not like I was just going 70. He didn't come at me with no such attitude, he was just calm and doing his job. I got so lucky he didn't give me the speeding ticket!

When it was all done, I asked him ...so ..how did you catch me anyways..
he was like " I have radar in my car, you came around that corner pretty fast" lol

Get the Stillen Front Plate kit that goes in your front tow hook spot. You won't have to drill your bumper. :tup:

LOl
At first he was like, it looks like you just turned 18..and I'm like 21* ;)

Sorry I can't comment for your SoCal location, man.:shakes head:

North Dakota is the same way though. Gotta have "front-facing" plates in accordance with DOT. So, much like the other super-tuners in town, I did this...

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/tuscani1.jpg

No complaints from the local cops here in Fargo. Only the State Troopers give me crap when they swing through the city.:mad:

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i look 25 myself. :tup: my wife says no. :ugh2:

umm..thanks I will look into that.

I was thinking...tape..while I get it written off, then just take it back off :D

Zip ties ftw!

i think someone said something about cop actually tugs at it sometimes to make sure it's secure?

i would do the stillen bracket if you want the option to remove it. :)

aha, I've seen people do that, however, I do not like the idea of having the plate like that either lol.

Normally here is Socal, cops won't give you crap for the front plate. In my situation, it helped me get away with a speeding ticket. It was either the front plate, or a 500$+ speeding ticket with points on my license + insurance premium..etc. lmao

Zip ties? :confused:

No offense, but in the unlikely event of an accident, I don't want a guillotine in my car. :ugh2:

:facepalm: :icon17: That won't prevent you from getting popped again...

Here you go: STILLEN No Drill License Plate Relocator 105465 | STILLEN

A buddy of mine is an EMT. He strongly advises against putting it in the windshield. In the event of an accident, it is a very sharp projectile.

Yup, nice to cops = respect back at you.

I was clocked speeding in my Z (first time ever caught speeding in general), I think it 70 in a 45 or something, but being respectful and truthful, he wrote me up for having something hanging on the rear view mirror instead.

Apparently it's illegal in Jersey to have something hang there. So I got slapped with a $50 fine instead of something much worse.

Crucify me if you must, but I don't see the big deal in rocking the front plate. It doesn't ruin the look of the car, IMHO. The drilling thing is a valid concern but there are ways around it. I would rather be road legal and not attract any unnecessary attention from the force. To each his own.

Got pulled over multiple times for no front plate in my old car in nys, never got a ticket.

+1. I have seen some pics during defensive driving course training, of pepole who had their plates wedged in the dash/window. They slammed on their brakes, got hit from behind, and the plate flew towards them and sliced their neck. Not a pretty sight.

OP, this is the plate mount I run on my car:
http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...non-nismo.html

None taken, brother. I'm comfortable with my decisions!

Looks like this might work..for now.
I don't seen stillen front plate thing working out for me if all I will do is take right back off.
perhaps if it happens again, then I will consider it as more of an option.
Here in Socal almost no one have front plates..
especially vettes, bmw, Benz, all the high end exotics..

edit: so how do these zip ties work ?? I just tie it around? or what.. .

Don't go with zip ties, i had like 6 on my plate and it went missing somehow.
I also got pulled over for speeding and for being on the phone. But at the time
i didn't have my front plate because it had fallen off. I hate that heart pounding feeling and a weird sensation on my butt lmao. Luckily the two cops let me go with a fix it ticket since they saw my crappy record (glad its back to 0 points now). I had to get new plates since i was missing one (dmv fees is like $50 or so). Then you pay the fine and best to go to a CHP place to get it checked out for proof.

I had it in the windshield for a few days a long, long time ago. My EMT buddy's exact words to me were "You're a complete ******* idiot putting that there." Considering he's seen the aftermath more than a few times, I listened.

lmao
Well zip ties might work just because I plan on taking it off right away..so for all I care it can fall out on the way back from getting it signed off LOl.

I heard they are really butts about having a front plate in the LAX area ..they will seriously stop you just for not having one ..

yah, you can got to autozone or even walmart to pick them up. get the ones that are at least 4mm width and just zip tie it to the plastic vents.

then cut the excess off with wire cutters or scissors.

Seems legit..:D :happydance:

i run front plates too since our state requires it. and ive been pulled over too many times just for that over the decades and just got old (just warnings).

i made this black cover out of hard felt and thin magnet. i just stick to the plate frame when i want to take picts. there are 2 holes at the tops where i have the plate screw caps so that the cover sits completely flush.





ive actually driven around with it on after a photo shoot by mistake. :icon17: oops... did not fly off.

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you mean...

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Originally Posted by 2xtreme1 (Post 2436599) lmao I heard they are really butts about having a front plate in the LAX area ..they will seriously stop you just for not having one ..

Fact: I know someone who got a ticket for no front plate while his car was parked in Los Angeles.

If I were you, get the Stillen Bracket for a steal. Ask her nicely, she might include shipping.

It would be a good reminder that you got away for speeding once and learned from it. :tup:

You're only looking at it one way. It could be 2 tickets the next time and if it's the same cop that pulled you over, he may not be as friendly the next time, as you didn't do as he asked.

No pull overs here yet!:ughdance:

All I gotta say is....

<------- look at my avatar. Lol

to pay next to nothing for the fixit, make sure you install it, otherwise it is going to cost you close to $130 for the ticket if you do not fix it, just find a local street cop to sign off on the ticket and take the signed off ticket to the courthouse and pay them $15

if you have a officer at the courthouse do it, it will cost you $25

dood i got pulled over this morning too! and he let me go. I guess i was goin 90 and i didnt even notice. He was like "well...if i had a car like this id probably be speeding too. Slow down a bit in the future tho kid" and walked away. i was like helllllllllzzzzz yea! That woulda been number 3!

The worst I've ever been pulled over for was 122 in a 55 -_- I was an idiot. It was in my sti tho, highway patrol was sitting in the woods. When he finally caught up to me, and when I realized he was coming I pulled over right away. He blew past me and had to reverse back about 30 feet. He was cool about it and by some dumb luck of mine, he was into cars and asked me to pop my hood to show him what I had done. Well after an awkward 15 minute convo with the guy, he let me go. I went home and cleaned my underwear and never drove that fast on local roads since. This was in 2010

I guess it's just old fart in me but what's the big deal about a front plate? It's the law in CA and always has been. At least since I've lived here which longer than most of you guys and gals have been alive. Zip ties? Really! There are a lot of low life punks around who would thank you for making it easier to steal the plate. Just give it a good yank and off it comes.

Congrats on knowing how to talk to a cop. I got pulled over doing 100+ in my old Mustang. I gave the guy the old "yes sir, no sir, I'm sorry, this car has a lot of power and I've only had it a while and didn't realize how fast it goes blah blah blah." He let me off with a warning. I got a couple of other tickets. It was red after all. You can't talk your way out of all of 'em. As an old fart who's been around a long time I say "why draw attention to yourself?" Go along with the little piddly-arse rules so they don't find something really wrong they can screw you over for. Like the medicinal herb in the little box behind the seat . If you're smart you keep your pot license there too.;)