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 waltermitty
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| posted on November 8th, 2003 at 10:49 PM |
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DO I nEED TO DISPLAY TWO REGO PLATES?
I have been told that in NSW if you have a rear number plate and a front one that that is legal. Is this true?
MitcheLL
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| posted on November 8th, 2003 at 10:51 PM |
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Hi
You need to two so that you can get your photo taken for speeding.
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| posted on November 8th, 2003 at 11:35 PM |
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I think in NSW presently you only need a rear number plate, as I have had several buses registered with only the rear, and still only display it in
the windscreen, BUT not sure anymore, will ask my police friends...
Though if you only have a rear number plate the police are more likely to notice you so make sure everything is up to scratch otherwise expect some
attention.
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| posted on November 9th, 2003 at 09:37 AM |
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I thought in NSW you only needed one, until I was fined for only having one !!!
I have been driving my Falcon for over 2 years with only the rear plate, 1 fine is not bad :thumb . Still illegal though 
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| posted on November 9th, 2003 at 12:51 PM |
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in nsw you have always needed to display both front and rear plates. it is an offence to have either missing. fines and lose of points (as is
everything)
it is only in hte last few years that they have really cracked down due to the potential of more revenue through cameras.
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| posted on November 9th, 2003 at 03:56 PM |
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Hmmm, I've not displayed a front plate on several of my buses and once when pulled over for a joint police and RTA vehicle check the police
officer argued that i needed one but the RTA inspector said no, as long as the rear is displayed clearly...they have always passed rego with only one,
and more recently a blue slip with only one, BUT I have been wrong once or twice in my life...(the yoot has the front plate on the dash at the moment,
dont want to drill holes in the new bumper)
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| posted on November 9th, 2003 at 04:13 PM |
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What about QLD
I used to have an FX holden with Q plates and only had a rear plate never got pulled over
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| posted on November 9th, 2003 at 04:51 PM |
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I am pretty sure that you need both plates in QLD, as a very upset police man pulled me over at mooloolaba for not having one on the front of my HQ
kinga. 
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they have no useful purpose
but they are fun to watch
when you push them down the stairs
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No Pics from the front please - rear only -
I believe that We have to show two plates as a local with a showy sports car didn't have one for a while.... until they caught up with Him....
You can now have the smaller front plate, so I don't believe they will ever have automatic speed cameras taking pics of the front..
I did hear - that it is illegal for them to take a photo of the person driving a car without His consent... so they always take pics from the
rear.... makes sense!!
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| posted on November 9th, 2003 at 06:13 PM |
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In Victoria it is a definite front and rear plates, unless you have a Veteran (Pre 1919 Vehicle) on Club Permit plates.
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| posted on November 9th, 2003 at 06:27 PM |
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In NSW you need 2 plates issued by the RTA to be legal.
The small plates that you on the front of rice racers & hot rods dont mean a thing if it is not issued by the RTA forget it.
I got pulled over by plod in my manx after a day on the sand dunes where the front plate got destroyed and without a quick bit of talk & plod
realising I wasnt a 17 year old that all of the above is correct. :thumb
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| posted on November 9th, 2003 at 07:20 PM |
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and on top of that the beuro dropkicks want to put front plates back on bikes. they got taken off due to ergo and saftey reasons, but no the
beuro's want their $$$.
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| posted on November 9th, 2003 at 09:24 PM |
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| Quote: | I don't
believe they will ever have automatic speed cameras taking pics of the front..
I did hear - that it is illegal for them to take a photo of the person driving a car without His consent... so they always take pics from the
rear.... makes sense!!
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had my photo taken awhile back it was the front veiw and i could not see who was driving ....yes you need both plates in qld
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| posted on November 10th, 2003 at 10:45 AM |
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Here in S.A you need both plates and the cameras take your pic from the rear or the front, that is why they want bikes to have plates on the front so
they can identifiy them when there photo is taken from the front.
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| posted on November 10th, 2003 at 12:18 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by twoguns
and on top of that the beuro dropkicks want to put front plates back on bikes. they got taken off due to ergo and saftey reasons, but no the
beuro's want their $$$.
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I heard they wanted to do that, but it will never happen. There is nowhere to put a front number plate on a bike. At least there isn't on my
bike.
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| posted on November 10th, 2003 at 04:48 PM |
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yes but unfortunately they are about to trial it in vic. they will make all new bikes with front mounts if it goes ahead. i dont think htey could
retro fit to old... probably go a sticker or something.
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| posted on November 10th, 2003 at 05:53 PM |
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I ran a rear plate only for 10 years, then one day stopping for milk at a service station I come out to find a cop car parked next to me, $67 fine.
Whilst he was writing the ticket , 2 WRX's went flying past at warp speed racing each other & he didn't even look up............makes u
wonder whats really significant huh?
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| posted on November 10th, 2003 at 06:20 PM |
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Ring the RTA if you get pinged by the cops.
They will send you it in writing that if you don't have a factory mount on the front you don't need one. Send that in with a polite Piss Off
note.
In NSW they can only take your photo from the front if they don't use a flash.
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| posted on November 11th, 2003 at 01:37 AM |
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Here in WA they take your pic from the front, so they can blow it up and see who's driving! In the rain they use a red flash (last time I was
booked, more than 6 years ago.) They're pretty reasonable, though, for example you can get off a red-light camera when the road surface
won't allow you to stop from 60k (in Victoria you're expected to have slowed down enough, even for unmarked roadworks.)
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