[BavFan_08]

Was driving around the Markham area today...of course plenty of bimmers...plenty of 3-series, 5-series and the odd 7-series and M3s...I think you know which area I'm talking about...anyways, I was astounded to see a few new 3-series with Ontario plates at the back, but NO front license plates...perhaps imports from the USA or from another province (Quebec, Alberta) but do people realize that it's a ticket if you don't have a front plate in this province???

I thought people would have some sort of intelligence around these parts

Anyways, perhaps I'm reading to much into this, but does anyone know what the ticket is if you don't have a front plate in Ontario? Is it just a ticket charged to the owner of the vehicle?

[Balzz]

paging ascelpius...

[BMdblU]

I got three, put it on.

Jon has had 15? and still goes strong ..

[kevinyong]

its the risk you take for beauty

[BavFan_08]

Originally Posted by BMdblU

I got three, put it on.

Jon has had 15? and still goes strong ..

Ok...well I'm a bit embarrassed, I wasn't trying to imply anything...I guess I forgot that people do it on purpose :P

What is the ticket if you don't have a front plate?

[BavFan_08]

Originally Posted by loong

its the risk you take for beauty

good point....

[OwnAge]

hehe allot of ppl driving without a front plate. Im driving with a very dark plate cover which still will get me a ticket. Every time a police car close by, my heart stops beating

[GAM3OVR85]

Originally Posted by Bav_fan_08

good point....

Thank God we dont have front license plates lol

Its just like tints, i have 20% all around, i know its illegal and got one ticket, i paid it....if i get another tint ticket im still going to pay it, there is no way im taking my tints off and drive around with 70% tints haha.

[Asclepius]

Originally Posted by Balzz

paging ascelpius...

Page recieved lol.

19 times pulled over and 16 tickets.....I guess you gotta pay to play lol. I hate the hassle, but its my choice to disobey the law and so far I am willing to put up with the consequenses. I got my first ticket of 2010 a few days ago and my second 2 days later...bad start this year considering I just pulled my car out of storage this month!

FYI: The fine is $110, but if you have time to fight the tickets you can get off by filing for court. Most of the time it doesnt even make it to court because the courts are backed up and its costly to hold court just for your measly plate.

[grn.eyed.bandit]

Originally Posted by MTL Bimmer

Thank God we dont have front license plates lol

Its just like tints, i have 20% all around, i know its illegal and got one ticket, i paid it....if i get another tint ticket im still going to pay it, there is no way im taking my tints off and drive around with 70% tints haha.

its a bitch tho as some cops will put a slit in your tint, rip half of it off and give you a ticket aswell...along with making you get a provincial vehicle inspection that you will NOT pass with that tint, which is also costly.

[snipersix]

I wish it was just a ticket that you just pay. If that were the case, id go tint all around and run with no front plate. I don't mind paying for it, its just the fix it ticket thats the problem

[Kriston]

Im running no front plates.... Its a risk... I did the OEM M3 Bumper conversion and dont want to screw it up drilling the holes for the front plate.

So lets see how it goes.

[Universal_Magnetic]

Originally Posted by Asclepius

Page recieved lol.

19 times pulled over and 16 tickets.....I guess you gotta pay to play lol. I hate the hassle, but its my choice to disobey the law and so far I am willing to put up with the consequenses. I got my first ticket of 2010 a few days ago and my second 2 days later...bad start this year considering I just pulled my car out of storage this month!

FYI: The fine is $110, but if you have time to fight the tickets you can get off by filing for court. Most of the time it doesnt even make it to court because the courts are backed up and its costly to hold court just for your measly plate.

if you dont mind me asking, from those 16 tickets how many times did you have to pay the fine?

[Asclepius]

Originally Posted by Universal_Magnetic

if you dont mind me asking, from those 16 tickets how many times did you have to pay the fine?

Not a single ticket thus far.....knock on wood....no seriously knock on wood !

[bolty]

Originally Posted by grn.eyed.bandit

its a bitch tho as some cops will put a slit in your tint, rip half of it off and give you a ticket aswell...along with making you get a provincial vehicle inspection that you will NOT pass with that tint, which is also costly.

WOW are you serious??

Its one thing to get a ticket for it but I cant believe they'd fug your shit up like that.

[GAM3OVR85]

Originally Posted by grn.eyed.bandit

its a bitch tho as some cops will put a slit in your tint, rip half of it off and give you a ticket aswell...along with making you get a provincial vehicle inspection that you will NOT pass with that tint, which is also costly.

wtf? are you serious? Thats messed up!

I've never been actually pulled over because "my tints were too dark", i got my ticket when i went to a car meet and the cops started pulling everyone other to check for "illegal mods" like an exhaust, tints, drop, etc.....The cop pulled me over and he started checking my car, he asked me to put my windows up so he can check my tints, it was around 6 pm, he brought a small tint machine, cleaned my window/tint and measured it, there was 4 cops standing next to my car waiting to see whats the tint percentage is, it came to 13% LOL!! Cops freaked the fk out <---- like this basically!
I told them i thought it was legal (i was fking around with them) and never been pulled over for them and i've been driving around for 2 years. They were like no no its illegal.

Tints....$200
Tint ticket ....$150
Cops reaction....PRICELESS!! hahaha

[GAM3OVR85]

Originally Posted by bolty

WOW are you serious??

Its one thing to get a ticket for it but I cant believe they'd fug your shit up like that.

I dont think they can do that, just like poking your exhaust with a stick!

[BavFan_08]

Originally Posted by Asclepius

Page recieved lol.

19 times pulled over and 16 tickets.....I guess you gotta pay to play lol. I hate the hassle, but its my choice to disobey the law and so far I am willing to put up with the consequenses. I got my first ticket of 2010 a few days ago and my second 2 days later...bad start this year considering I just pulled my car out of storage this month!

FYI: The fine is $110, but if you have time to fight the tickets you can get off by filing for court. Most of the time it doesnt even make it to court because the courts are backed up and its costly to hold court just for your measly plate.

Hey thanks for the info!! Well if you have gotten away with it, even after getting that many, tickets, then you're the smartest of them all!!!

I was in my bimmer two days before Christmas, in downtown T.O. making a left turn on to Yonge St from Lakeshore, in the middle lane, and yep, he was waiting for me and gave me a $110 ticket for an illegal left turn....I thought a left turn was always allowed from the middle lane at that intersection...but I guess they had recently changed that....

[hubble bubble]

Two great reasons to live in AB..... no front plate, radar detectors are legal.

[w2]

Originally Posted by MTL Bimmer

I've never been actually pulled over because "my tints were too dark", i got my ticket when i went to a car meet and the cops started pulling everyone other to check for "illegal mods" like an exhaust, tints, drop, etc.....The cop pulled me over and he started checking my car, he asked me to put my windows up so he can check my tints,

I don't think the police can (legally) just pull you over without probable cause. They can't simply pull you over because you were leaving a meet where they suspected *some* participants had illegal mods; there must be some reason they believed that *you* were breaking some specific law. If you were ticketed as a result, I'd say you have a legal defense in court on Charter grounds.

I also don't think you have to roll your windows up/down so the police can check just to see if you have tints, but if you voluntarily allow the officer to search your car, anything he or she finds can and will be used against you.

That said, dark tints on the windscreen and front side windows are a road hazard. If you have dark tinted windows, then I (as a pedestrian or driver) cannot see where you are looking, and that makes it much harder to judge where your attention is and what you are going to do, and therefore much more likely that we are going to end up in a collision and someone is going to get hurt. You probably are a good driver, always obey all of the rules of the road, and always keep your eye on the road while at an intersection, but there are enough drivers who don't that I as a driver, cyclist, or pedestrian cannot count on that while negotiating an intersection, and so have to rely on eye contact to make sure I know where everyone's attention is.

[OwnAge]

Originally Posted by Asclepius

Not a single ticket thus far.....knock on wood....no seriously knock on wood !

wat? so wait.. You schedule the court date right? Guilty or not guilty ? what happens after?

[BavFan_08]

Originally Posted by hubble bubble

Two great reasons to live in AB..... no front plate, radar detectors are legal.

Are there still night clubs in Cow Town (Calgary) that refuse entry to non-whites?

That happened to me a few years back at a club in downtown....can't remember the name of the club for the life of me...