Many of our special plates represent the military, emergency personnel, fraternal orders and civic or community organizations. However, special plates also represent a variety of other groups such as colleges and universities, conservationists, hobbyists and amateur radio enthusiasts.
In addition to displaying special plates, motorists can add a personalized character combination to their plates using up to seven characters. After that, you can create a personalized character combination for your vehicle.
You can review DMV's special plates or you can make your purchase now. You can transfer a DMV car tag to a newly purchased car in Virginia by visiting a DMV customer service center or filing an online transfer claim. Car registration plate and title transfers should also be reported to your insurance company. If you sell a car but do not wish to transfer the plates to a new vehicle, you must destroy them or return them to any DMV customer service center.
If approved, it will provide you with information associated with the DMV license plate, such as the odometer reading, accident history and general vehicle information. Note that it will not include personal information about the owner.
Note: DMV forms change regularly. The forms provided above are current based on the date of writing. Sources Create A Plate from Virginia. California Privacy R. California Opt-Out. Automakers have seemingly disregarded this issue as many manufactures continue to make vehicles with no room for a front license plate. Some cars have sensors that are higher up on the vehicle leaving room for a front license plate without distracting from the safety features.
Some drivers attempt to circumvent the plate law by placing their plate in the window or by keeping it somewhere else inside the car. Popular locations for license plates to be stored are the glove box or on the floor. The law in most states that have a two-plate law, is that the plate must be in a fully visible location on the car not inside the car. Some states have various exceptions in place, such as Washington state, which allows for exceptions in the case of vehicles that do not have front locations specifically built for a front plate.
To qualify for such an exemption, you have to write the Washington State Patrol and ask for a waiver. There are varying license plate brackets available for those sports car and luxury car owners who do not want to mount a plate directly in front of their motor vehicle. Some mounts for certain sports cars attach to where you would tow the vehicle from. Most vehicles have a front and rear tow hook location where the license plate brackets would attach to, fulfilling the front plate requirement.
License plate brackets can also be utilized to show individual style, while also not detracting from the grille of the vehicle. Another variation of license plate brackets that are gaining popularity are brackets that allow for the front plate to hide under the vehicle when you desire and pop out when you want them to be visible. This style of the bracket could land you in trouble with law enforcement, however, if you live in a two-plate state and ever forget to pop your front plate out before driving.
Police will often pull over drivers who do not carry a front plate if the state requires it. The penalties vary by state. Sometimes a ticket is issued immediately and other times the driver may receive a verbal warning.
Another method law enforcement uses is the fix-it ticket. This means that you initially get a ticket, but if you add the plate and then verify it with your local police department, the ticket will be canceled. If you're determined to drive without a front plate, the good news is that equipment tickets such as a fix-it-ticket rarely affect car insurance rates. In some states, vehicles parked on the street with no visible license plate can get a parking ticket from the local parking authority.
It's not just drivers who object to required front plates on cars, but also lawmakers in some states. They argue that manufacturing and distributing front plates cost more than it's worth. However, due to the fines levied on violations of the law, other lawmakers argue that the plates pay for themselves.
For example, in Denver, a particular toll road generates up to a third of its revenue by scanning front license plates. States not requiring front plates often see a large number of toll violators due to unreadable rear plates. But due to glare on the rear license plates, it is forced to determine fees on up to 15 percent of vehicles by hand rather than automatically.
Naturally, this requires more manpower and paying workers to go out and record license plate numbers. With technology advancing quickly, an argument could be made that these toll roads can use more advanced camera technology to capture rear license plates more accurately instead of the state enforcing a two-plate law.
At the same time, however, each state has to decide for themselves if two plates are better due to their ability to assist law enforcement with toll road accuracy being a bonus.
0コメント