The night vision camera appears to be really really low. When I am sitting at a stoplight, all I can see is the undercarriage of the car in front of me.
Thanks, I think it's more centered than that. Turns out Sto-N-Sho is (relatively) local to me, and it's the first sunny day we've had in a while, so I made an excuse to go pick it up in person.
Same damn thing in Granbury, TX. Cop spun around on the highway and pulled me over for no front plate about a year ago and gave me a warning. Two weeks ago, same cop...............this time a ticket. Me too, took car to dealership and had them put on the front plate. What I don't like is that there are plenty of cars without plates all over Granbury. I am feeling paranoid that somebody does not like them P cars, especially them thar 'lectric ones.....................?
Must be a rural town? They wouldn't do that in the big cities. Most , if not all, large departments frown upon those types of stops. It prevents officers from responding to the major crimes and safety issues that officers, departments and public officials are measured against. And if you want to give that department a hard time, go mail the mayor and the chief a letter. Tell them, "Thank you for pulling me over for my missing front license plate. But in the future, I would appreciate our fine officers pay more attention to the real crime and safety issues happening in our city." That will certainly turn some heads and piss people off.
. That's what happen to us.! LOL. Mayor was pissed.
It is a suburb of Austin, Tx over 80,000 people.Must be a rural town? They wouldn't do that in the big cities. Most , if not all, large departments frown upon those types of stops. It prevents officers from responding to the major crimes and safety issues that officers, departments and public officials are measured against. And if you want to give that department a hard time, go mail the mayor and the chief a letter. Tell them, "Thank you for pulling me over for my missing front license plate. But in the future, I would appreciate our fine officers pay more attention to the real crime and safety issues happening in our city." That will certainly turn some heads and piss people off.
A few months ago while waiting for my car to be built, I read one of these threads and happened to ask a cop who was standing around on the street in Redwood City. He seemed fairly knowledgable about the general concept and sympathetic to the idea of not wanting to put a front plate on the Taycan - even recommended that I check out the "sticker decal" company, and was familiar enough with the model that he knew how unusual the front end is.
I had my followup visit with OCDetailing (about whom I cannot say enough good things - if anybody in the SF area is contemplating having PPF/ceramic done, you should definitely at least consider them), and they installed the Sto-n-Sho for me. As you suggested, there are zero concerns with it blocking the night vision camera - the plate is way over to the driver's side.
Back in late 2015, around 6pm, I left my office to go home (a lot of people were leaving at that time). At the only two exis from the parking lot there was 4 or 5 police cars. One cop on foot picking out cars without front license plates and instructing them to pull over to the side of the road, where a bunch of cops were writing tickets. I was one of those cars. My car had no front plate holder but was brand new then and had temporary plate which I affixed to the rear plate holder, so the cop didn’t see it. The guy came to write me up, but he went to the back (presumably to note my plate), saw the temporary one, told me I can go but to make sure I affix the front plate once I get it. I am pretty sure there was nothing else they were interested in, other than a revenue stream or meeting some sort of ticket quota. Other that that, I also ran into a meter maid giving tickets to parked cars which did not have a front plate, which also seem all about revenue.
