Big Brother- Tag on your TC?
"In the last few years traffic systems have been empowered with automated license-plate readers and various government entities have been putting cameras up everywhere, from automated and semi-automat...
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jimh425 wrote:I could have probably phrased my post better. Let me rephrase:otrfun wrote:I don’t think it means what you think it means. For instance, what if a vehicle is pulling a trailer? What if a motorhome is pulling a toad? What if a tractor is pulling a trailer? What if you have bikes on your bumper or other hitch haul?
With all due respect for TN's laws, keep in mind it's also illegal (in all 50 states) to drive a vehicle without a clearly legible license plate on the rear of the vehicle.
In other words, there are clearly going to be exceptions that are allowed. Also, as I previously noted, MT DMV said that’s what the front plate is for when I asked what do about my almost covered rear plate.
What constitutes legal placement of a license plate in MT or TN, may not be legal in another state. Common sense says there's only one universally accepted way to place your license plate that's 100% legal in all 50 states: on the rear of the vehicle in a location where it's clearly legible. As for your comment about a TV with a trailer, motorhomes with toads, trucks with in-bed campers, bikes on a rear hitch, etc. well, I believe the same basic common sense approach applies. If you can't clearly see a license plate when viewing your entire rig from the rear your odds of getting pulled over are higher.
