Front License Plates

[DMCVegas@xxxx]

Obviously the usuall warning applies here.

The reason that most states have laws re: front plates is not to 
identify you car easier in case of an accident, or any other wrong 
doing. It's for speed enforcement. To check you speed via laser or 
radar, the device needs something reflective, flat, and (usually) 
verticle to bouce the signal off of. As I've read, the Corvette and 
the Mazda RX-7 are the hardest vehicles to track, especially when 
they're painted black. This is because black doesn't reflect light 
that well, and because over all the cars design doesn't have many 
flat portions to reflect off of. You can now imagine how this is on 
the DeLorean. The only flat, verticle portions on the front are the 
bumper and the spoiler (headlights are concave, so they don't always 
work). And both of these are black. If you put a license plate on the 
front, you will have a perfect target! As an example, I don't have my 
plate mouted up front. Where I live, the city will place automated 
radar check points to tell you your speed. The record for me is 12-15 
feet before a check point could track me. I usually have to be right 
up on them before they will register my speed. This isn't a license 
to speed though. Unlike an automated check point, a person can move 
around and adjust his/her aim at a target. Plus removal of the front 
plate doesn't make you invisable. It just reduces the chances of 
someone recording your speed.

Now, I am not advocating that any one break the law here. But if a 
cop wants to pull you over for whatever reason, he/she will find one, 
BELIEVE ME! Most time you'll only recieve a "fix it" ticket for 
having no licence plate up front (check your local municipality for 
regulations and/or fine amounts). So you can probably get out of this 
ticket with little or no money. But in any case, this is much cheaper 
than any sort of speeding ticket that you may recieve. I know alot of 
folks here on the DML are looking for ways to not only keep their 
insurace rate low, but to also retain their policies. If you are 
going to get pulled over, it's more economical to recieve a ticket 
for lack of a licence plate, then a ticket for speeding. Lack of a 
front plate will also save you ALOT of headache if you community uses 
the new (and disputed) photo-radar to track speed "offenders". Plus 
the DeLorean just doesn't look as good with that peice of gawky 
looking metal strapped to the front. But maybe that's just my 
opinion...

If anyone has any questions, e-mail me privately.

-Robert
vin 6585