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Keith B wrote:So, now for the important quesiton; How did he handle you CHL and being armed?

Just like it was nothing. He didn't even ask for ID until after we had chatted about the window tint, the license plates, and how I liked my new Charger.
When I gave him my license, he asked if I had a handgun on me, and I answered "Yes sir, of course." He said "allright, then", handed me back my CHL and took my DL back to his car to print the warning ticket.

I got a written warning. So, no test case here. At least not yet. And it was a DPS officer in Hood county. Your attorney link would be great, but only handles Dallas county cases.

Officer believed me that I just got the plates, since I still have the dealer plate that is unexpired, and I do have the other plate. It's just in the trunk.

I really think he was more concerned about the window tint. He seemed pretty surprised when it passed. The car is blackberry, (more black than berry.) The back windows are limousine tint, so the front windows look very dark when looking at it in passing.

I probably will put the front plate on, just to keep the harassment to a minimum. It just annoys me that, looking around after getting stopped, probably 10% of the cars on the road have no front plate. So, this must be only selectively enforced.

sjfcontrol wrote:

C-dub wrote:I don't remember hearing that this has been fixed yet. Not only is there no fine, but the requirement for BOTH plates was accidentally removed.

Thanks for volunteering to be the test case Crossfire.

Well, crossfire, when you get there, perhaps you could tell Justice Roberts "what for"!

You guys are all so incredibly helpful.

Going back to the original question... did we ever get an answer on front license plates?

I have a new Dodge Charger, just got the plates on Monday. Let the dealer install them, and they did not put the front plate on. Told me that they NEVER put front plates on a Charger, as it requires drilling holes in the bumper.

Now, here it is Wednesday, exactly 2 days later, and I get pulled over for no front plate. Oh, and he thought my window tint was too dark. It wasn't.

So, what's the story? I don't want to ugly up my new car, but I don't want to invite unwanted attention, either. Especially if there is still a $200 fine, which is what I was told today.