从13年10月又开始enforce了 One License Plate or Two: Does Your Car Need a Front License Plate In Texas?Texas front license plate lawHow many license plates does your vehicle need in order to comply with Texas law? Do you need one or is there a two plate rule? Should you drill holes into the front bumper of your car to install a front license plate, or will you be alright with a rear plate only? If you are reading this article, perhaps you have exhaustively Google-searched license plate laws out of frustration. Find out what the Texas Transportation code says about license plates and what the implications are for you, the Texas motorist. Do I need a Front License Plate in Texas? Yes. Texas law requires that every vehicle maintain a license plate in the front and rear of the vehicle. The current fine for failing to display a front license plate in Texas is $200.00. Do I need a Front License Plate in Texas? | An Error In the Texas Transportation Code Created a License Plate Loophole Since 1934, Texas law has required that Texas motorists display a front and a rear license plate. In 2011, House Bill 2357 modified the statutory language making driving a vehicle without displaying a front and a rear license place both illegal and punishable by a fine. In January of 2012, Texas lawmakers revised the transportation code, once again, to include several new provisions. However, in the process of making revisions, the provision mandating a penalty for vehicles not in compliance with the “two plate rule” was accidentally stricken from the Texas Transportation Code. From January 2012 to September of 2013, law enforcement could not lawfully issue citations for failure to display a front license plate. Unfortunately, this brief period of time also created a lot of confusion around the “two plate rule” that reverberates to the present day. Texas Lawmakers Amend the Code to Close the Loophole | Front License Plate Now Required in Texas The two plate rule was originally created for the purpose of making identification of vehicles and their owners more efficient for automatic plate readers and law enforcement agencies. In 2012, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (“TTI”) issued a report, citing overall effectiveness of the two plate rule, unlike states that only required one rear license plate on a vehicle. TTI found that front license plates were (1) easier to read in the daylight; (2) helpful in toll billing; (3) aided law enforcement in tracking down violators of the transportation code by way of automatic plate readers; and (4) allowed Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to process and screen vehicles more effectively and quickly. Thus, the front license plate requirement in Texas. Aware of the inadvertent loophole created by omission of the penalty provision, lawmakers amended the transportation code in September of 2013 to mandate punishment for Texas motorists who do not display both the front and the rear license plates. Motorists who do not have a front license plate risk incurring a Class C misdemeanor charge, punishable by fine not to exceed $500. Implications For the Texas Motorist | Texas Front License Plate Law | Penalty for Front License Plate Violation Currently, the penalty for operating a vehicle without a front license plate is $200.00 – subject to change with subsequent legislation. However, there may be more to this than meets the eye. Generally speaking, when a vehicle is out of compliance with mandatory safety and administrative regulations ( such as only having a rear license plate), by statute, Texas law enforcement has “probable cause” to conduct a traffic stop. At minimum, such a traffic stop could include pulling the vehicle over, running a check of the license plate, researching the driver’s license and registration of the motorist, and issuing a citation for violating the two plate rule. In sum, a Texas motorist who drives without both plates risks being pulled over for a lawful traffic stop and fined at least $200.00 for a misdemeanor traffic offense.
谷歌了一下，2013年的时候说不装前车牌会被最多200刀罚款，最近由于什么提案，打
算废除掉双车牌要求。现在是什么情况，警察对于前车牌查得不严了吗？谢谢！
钻孔工具宜家买, 大概$30?
比如后备箱)。
One License Plate or Two: Does Your Car Need a Front License Plate In Texas?Texas front license plate lawHow many license plates does your vehicle need in order to comply with Texas law? Do you need one or is there a two plate
rule? Should you drill holes into the front bumper of your car to install a front license plate, or will you be alright with a rear plate only? If you
are reading this article, perhaps you have exhaustively Google-searched
license plate laws out of frustration. Find out what the Texas
Transportation code says about license plates and what the implications are for you, the Texas motorist.
Do I need a Front License Plate in Texas? Yes. Texas law requires that every vehicle maintain a license plate in the front and rear of the vehicle. The current fine for failing to display a front license plate in Texas is $200.00.
Do I need a Front License Plate in Texas? | An Error In the Texas
Transportation Code Created a License Plate Loophole
Since 1934, Texas law has required that Texas motorists display a front and a rear license plate. In 2011, House Bill 2357 modified the statutory
language making driving a vehicle without displaying a front and a rear
license place both illegal and punishable by a fine. In January of 2012,
Texas lawmakers revised the transportation code, once again, to include
several new provisions. However, in the process of making revisions, the
provision mandating a penalty for vehicles not in compliance with the “two plate rule” was accidentally stricken from the Texas Transportation Code.
From January 2012 to September of 2013, law enforcement could not lawfully
issue citations for failure to display a front license plate. Unfortunately, this brief period of time also created a lot of confusion around the “two plate rule” that reverberates to the present day.
Texas Lawmakers Amend the Code to Close the Loophole | Front License Plate
Now Required in Texas
The two plate rule was originally created for the purpose of making
identification of vehicles and their owners more efficient for automatic
plate readers and law enforcement agencies. In 2012, the Texas A&M
Transportation Institute (“TTI”) issued a report, citing overall
effectiveness of the two plate rule, unlike states that only required one
rear license plate on a vehicle. TTI found that front license plates were (1) easier to read in the daylight; (2) helpful in toll billing; (3) aided law enforcement in tracking down violators of the transportation code by way of automatic plate readers; and (4) allowed Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to process and screen vehicles more effectively and
quickly. Thus, the front license plate requirement in Texas.
Aware of the inadvertent loophole created by omission of the penalty
provision, lawmakers amended the transportation code in September of 2013 to mandate punishment for Texas motorists who do not display both the front
and the rear license plates. Motorists who do not have a front license plate risk incurring a Class C misdemeanor charge, punishable by fine not to
exceed $500.
Implications For the Texas Motorist | Texas Front License Plate Law |
Penalty for Front License Plate Violation
Currently, the penalty for operating a vehicle without a front license plate is $200.00 – subject to change with subsequent legislation. However, there may be more to this than meets the eye. Generally speaking, when a vehicle is out of compliance with mandatory safety and administrative regulations (
such as only having a rear license plate), by statute, Texas law enforcement has “probable cause” to conduct a traffic stop. At minimum, such a
traffic stop could include pulling the vehicle over, running a check of the license plate, researching the driver’s license and registration of the
motorist, and issuing a citation for violating the two plate rule.
In sum, a Texas motorist who drives without both plates risks being pulled
over for a lawful traffic stop and fined at least $200.00 for a misdemeanor traffic offense.
这还是没算临时纸牌照的。后面懒得继续数了。
比如后备箱)。
---这是一个认识的警官这么讲的。
所以我不是很肯定这个说法。