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Maybe this plate should be
Maybe this plate should be kept in a vault ,save and place it under the concrete step outside the state house and leave it there for the next 175 years.
Id bring that back in a heart
Id bring that back in a heart beat , thats an open invitation to be pulled over.
They don't make prisoners
They don't make prisoners like they used to.
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Why...
...can I not upvote this ALL THE TIMES?
Surely
You'd want to downvote :)
I don't get it....
Please explain... Please?
Look around the borders of the license plate
Specifically, the state name and that state motto that isn't actually our motto, in relation to the registration numbers and letters.
Ya, and if it's genuine, then
Ya, and if it's genuine, then the state will be interested in getting its property back. Let them expire, then they might be yours. Take them out of state.
I have no idea if expired plates remain the property of the Commonwealth.
Is there a market for 'inverted Massies'?
I can only imagine the RMV run around to swap this out
Having had to switch a registration from out of state and have the idiot clerks illegally demand that I put the car through probate in MA when I owned it outright per court order, I can't even imagine what ridiculous stack of stupidity and fee$ they would demand to fix this cockup.
I'm betting the driver simply knows that most cops understand how "underresourced" the RMV is in the good sense department and let it be.
OMG!
Can you believe they left the stupidass advertisement for their car dealer on the license plate?! Who the fuck DOES THAT?! So tacky and ridiculous.
Debadging
I know, right? Maybe they are trying to distract from the RMV's handywork?
We took that plate frame thing off right away.
Then, one very cold blizardly night last winter, Elmer taught us all at UHub how to get the rest of that glued-on crap off the car with dental floss. When I went out to shovel, I snapped them neatly off without harming my car.
OMG! Newsflash - not every
OMG! Newsflash - not every stupidass driver gets their panties in a bunch over a silly plastic frame. You must go into panic mode when you see a hologram sticker on a teenager's hat.
When the dealers used to
When the dealers used to place their chromed logos was the worst. The chrome would get tarnished ,and the holes that they drilled to faten the piece on would rust. Dont see much of that any more...
When buying a new car, I make
When buying a new car, I make sure the salesman knows I want no dealership advertising anywhere on the car. Especially those attached chrome ads for the dealership. If I see one on the car, I'm not buying.
Me too
It's your right to NOT have those ads on your car. I made sure to mention that when I bought a Honda at Boch. It was no problem and they followed through.
Wasn't worth $6,000
That would be the difference between a current year model on order and "last year's model" that had been on the lot a while.
Dental floss to the rescue!
Oven cleaner , used to de
Oven cleaner , used to de flag truck door markings............
Whoosh
I think that one "gapped" your head.
It's technically illegal
I took my car into Brownies garage in Orleans many years ago for an inspection. I had one of those plate frame things and he took one look at it and said he couldn't pass me with that thing there. He proceeded to rip if off, with his bare hands.
Q. Did I miss something in
Q. Did I miss something in the news? I live in Massachusetts, I had my vehicle inspected today, and the technician removed the rear license plate bracket, saying that they are no longer legal and the penalty for having one is similar to receiving a speeding ticket. I'd love to know when that regulation went into effect.
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A. Many years ago when I inspected cars, motorists were not told they couldn't cover the license plate. This included plate frames as well as clear covers. Although it was the law, in my opinion it was not particularly well enforced. The following information is from the Massachusetts RMV website: Regulations require that all letters, numbers, stickers, and symbols must be clearly visible on the number plate. A number plate frame that obstructs any part of the plate is illegal, and you could be fined for having an obstructed plate. For more information about inspection procedures, visit www.mass.gov/rmv as well as www.vehicletest.state.ma.us.
Not quite
From MGL Chapter 90, Section 6:
Note that the law only mentions numbers, and not the state name or slogan. So as long as the numbers are visible, the frame is legal. In this case, it's a moot point, as the frame is small enough that the numbers, state name, slogan, and sticker are visible.
You're supposed to take it
You're supposed to take it off before the inspection and then put it back on afterwards.