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by ghaff 1046 days ago
I'm not sure I've ever in my life heard of that. Though there are a fair number of states that don't require front license plates. (That said I'm not sure how many of those states don't issue two plates when someone is getting new ones.)
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jonasdegendt 1046 days ago
I'm pretty sure plenty of enthusiasts wont put on a front license plate if they don't have to by law, the Firebird I was driving at the time even had decorative covers[0] available to fill the slot the license plate would sit in. Looked pretty neat.

[0] https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/volo/1/19426/676178/1920x14...

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sokoloff 1046 days ago
I’m in MA where almost everyone is required to run two plates by law.

Even with the law, plenty of enthusiasts here don’t run a front plate except while getting the annual safety inspection done.

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devilbunny 1046 days ago
I live in a rear-plate-only state. You get one and only one.

If they only require one, why would they pay the expense for providing two? Especially as "two different cars driving around with the same license plate" is one of the things you have plates to prevent. If it were only about taxes, you'd have a prominent tax sticker and be done with it.

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ghaff 1046 days ago
My state switched from 1 plate to 2 plates (admittedly a long time ago) and if you had an old single plate there was no requirement to "upgrade" immediately. I assume the same thing has happened elsewhere. I only upgraded when the car failed state inspection because the plate had become less readable.
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devilbunny 1045 days ago
We get fresh plates with every redesign - you might be able to steal a tax-year sticker from someone's mailbox, but after X years (think it's six) they're going to redesign and an old plate will be obvious. Regardless of how long you've had the old one, when the new design comes up, everyone (except those who pay extra for a "themed" plate, not just a custom set of letters/numbers) gets a new plate.
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jackdh 1046 days ago
It's certainly a thing. I remember one Youtube creator who created a car with two fronts specifically to prank the parking lot officers [0].

[0] https://youtu.be/VVyekHp7Vfs?t=68

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