Obstructed license plate (California)

[sevenmalards]

Originally Posted by Barchetta

Nothing like two beating in one day. You were an lucky kid that day.

Yeah tell me about it If my brother hadn't freaked me out so much I would have gone, because it wasn't long after that I got my first stitches......in my noggin! (I fell off the roof of the garage)

Hey in '84 we didn't have PS2 so I was out "runnin' wild" as granny used to say

[Diesel Monkey]

Originally Posted by rdkl

I have never heard of this. I have lived in Santa Clara county for a long time and have pretty much always left the ball in.

I will ping some SJPD folks I know and see if they have heard of this.

Where were you when they stopped you?

Campbell Ave between Lawrence Expressway and Winchester. I just got my mom into Kaiser @ 3am with heart pain, she is 81 years young.

It was funny because the licanse plate really is not obscured. He also mentioned window tint, I never heard about that also. This is how I got the truck.

[Diesel Monkey]

I found this at the DMV V.C. Section 5201 - Positioning of Plates and V.C. Section 5201.1 - Obscuring Readability of License Plates: Prohibitiond

It doesn't suggest removing the ball.

[rdkl]

Tinted front windows have been illegal in CA for a long time. That being said, this is my 4th vehicle with tinted fronts and I have not been harassed yet.

[stewy]

I take mine off when not in use because it is a shin basher and it is not locked and too easy for a dirty thief to steal.

[stroken04]

Originally Posted by stewy

I take mine off when not in use because it is a shin basher and it is not locked and too easy for a dirty thief to steal.

I had one stolen last year, so mine has a lock on it now

[Banshee34]

Originally Posted by rdkl

Tinted front windows have been illegal in CA for a long time. That being said, this is my 4th vehicle with tinted fronts and I have not been harassed yet.

Better knock on wood!

[stroken04]

In Edmond Ok, the police have started cracking down on tinted windows. Its a $250 fine if you get caught

[Diesel Monkey]

I think the fines are $250 and $250 so if a judge went with the sheriff it could have been $500. Glad I talked him out of it. The tint is on the side windows, not on the windshield. I got a phone number at Napa for a tint installer. I may call them in the morning. I got one of those three removable balls on a pin (mount) and just have the pin installed. I would rather fall on the ball than the pin. Silly World.

[sevenmalards]

Originally Posted by rdkl

Tinted front windows have been illegal in CA for a long time. That being said, this is my 4th vehicle with tinted fronts and I have not been harassed yet.

Yeah it's all relative to WHAT your driving. Since I bought my first truck I have not been pulled over (except for not having a license plate on my concrete pump)
It seems as if trucks just look slow, because there have been plenty of times I was burnin' up the highway and the CHP didn't look twice at me