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NY woman who used to own "NCC-1701" license plate ticketed thousands of dollars because of cars with Star Trek novelty plates going through traffic cameras. (www.live5news.com)

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[-] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 61 points 19 hours ago

Part of the confusion may come from states with different license plate rules.

Twenty states require only a rear plate, which means drivers can legally put a novelty or decorative plate on the front. The remaining 30 states require a state-issued plate on both the front and back of the vehicle; New York is one of them.

That may explain why law enforcement would assume a decorative “Star Trek” plate on the front of the car would be a legitimate license plate.

This is one of the stupider "50 countries in a trench coat pretending to be one country" things we have going on. There's no reason not to require plates on both the front and back bumper, especially when it's opening the door for confusion with fake plates on the optional bumper.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 14 points 14 hours ago

Or just scrap double plates as an unnecessary and outdated thing.

[-] tomalley8342@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

There is also no reason they can't dismiss front plate pictures as unreliable.

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 21 points 18 hours ago

So many vehicles in those 20 states don't even have a front plate holder at all because they were either removed by the dealer or didn't come with them in the first place.

[-] Graphy@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Yeah I bought a new car last year and it doesn’t even have a mounting spot. it’s not a big deal not having two plates I’m sure one of the other 600 cameras on the drive will get me.

For fun I looked up how I’d have to mount a front plate and it’s just gross. I’d have to drill holes into the front or buy a bracket that’d be lopsided.

[-] marlowe221@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

I used two self-tapping sheet metal screws when we moved from a single-plate-on-the-back state to a double-plate state.

There’s no holder but…. That’s pretty much decorative anyway.

[-] GluWu@lemm.ee 7 points 16 hours ago

No reason? How do you think those plates get made?

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world -4 points 15 hours ago

Yeah no. The thing here is that some cars are not designed to have a front LP, and you've got me fucked up if you think I'm going to drill holes in a piece of art.

[-] grue@lemmy.world -2 points 16 hours ago

Front plates are bad for aerodynamics/fuel efficiency.

[-] Pieisawesome@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

Source? It can’t be a significant amount

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 14 hours ago

Grew up in a state with front plates... Later I moved to a place with only rear plates..

Idk why the front ones are even needed to be honest.. Ease of enforcement?

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Seems reasonable to be able to identify cars from both sides

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 25 points 18 hours ago

Reminds me of the guy with the 'null' license plate:

https://www.wired.com/story/null-license-plate-landed-one-hacker-ticket-hell/

[-] datendefekt@feddit.org 4 points 7 hours ago

“He had it coming,” says Christopher Null, a journalist

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 18 hours ago

hopefully the rmv learned to sanitize their inputs.

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 10 points 16 hours ago

Clearly they never spoke to Bobby Tables.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

Why would they learn that when they're not the ones suffering the consequences?

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

You tellem Bobby T.

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