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NY woman who used to own "NCC-1701" license plate ticketed thousands of dollars because of cars with Star Trek novelty plates going through traffic cameras. (www.live5news.com)

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[-] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 105 points 4 days ago

Part of the confusion may come from states with different license plate rules.

Twenty states require only a rear plate, which means drivers can legally put a novelty or decorative plate on the front. The remaining 30 states require a state-issued plate on both the front and back of the vehicle; New York is one of them.

That may explain why law enforcement would assume a decorative “Star Trek” plate on the front of the car would be a legitimate license plate.

This is one of the stupider "50 countries in a trench coat pretending to be one country" things we have going on. There's no reason not to require plates on both the front and back bumper, especially when it's opening the door for confusion with fake plates on the optional bumper.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Front plates are bad for aerodynamics/fuel efficiency.

[-] Pieisawesome@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Source? It can’t be a significant amount

[-] princessnorah 2 points 2 days ago

Considering all the massive utes with flat faces in the States, it would have exactly zero effect on those. Like maybe if you own a Ferrari I guess.

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