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      12-28-2014, 09:29 AM   #1
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Tinted license plates- do cops care?

This is for PA/NJ/NY cops.
Do they pull anyone over for tinted license plate covers? I'm from PA so I only have a rear plate. My car looks amazing with the dark license plate cover and PA cops don't seem to care. I go to NJ and NYC quite often though and I don't want a "fix it" ticket.

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      12-28-2014, 01:07 PM   #2
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I've been ticketed for it. Used to have a tinted cover on my front plate and a douchebag cop ticketed me. Not a big deal. Removed it, took a pic, and fought the ticket saying that there was nothing wrong with how my plates were displayed. Dismissed with no court fees.
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      12-28-2014, 08:42 PM   #3
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They just look better. Our Yellow plates are disgusting. Anything would look better than them.
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They just look better. Our Yellow plates are disgusting. Anything would look better than them.
Can you not just order custom plates in a less fugly color scheme? License plates do serve a legitimate law enforcement purpose after all.
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Can you not just order custom plates in a less fugly color scheme? License plates do serve a legitimate law enforcement purpose after all.
Sure you could, but who wants to pay annually for the plates? Registration is expensive enough, I don't want to pay extra for different plates. Its $60 up front and then an extra $31.25 a year for assigned plates or $91.25 and 62.50/yr for personalized.

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also, I don't believe nyc has "fix-it" tickets anymore. you just have to pay up for things like no plates and tints...
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also, I don't believe nyc has "fix-it" tickets anymore. you just have to pay up for things like no plates and tints...
That might make sense. I got a no front plate ticket a few months back and I didn't see a "fix it" option like I used to years ago when I got similar tickets. I just decided to pay up anyway because I didn't feel like looking into this or going to the station. Good to know I didn't have any other option anyway, at least probably not, until confirmed.
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