No front license plate required in July 2020

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No front license plate required in July 2020

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The state’s new transportation budget will do away with the requirement that Ohioans display a license plate on the front of their cars. That might not sound like a big deal to some but it was for some lawmakers who voted to make that change.

The Ohio Highway Patrol argued in favor of keeping the front license plate. But Republican House Speaker Larry Householder says requiring Ohioans to drill holes in the front of their cars hurts their value.
https://www.statenews.org/post/why-ohio ... ronts-cars
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Hybrid and electric cars now also have to pay additional fees upon registration to offset the gas taxes they aren't paying. About time they started paying their fair share. Now to get rid of any remaining tax breaks; let them succeed or fail in the marketplace of ideas based upon their own merits and not government interference and manipulation.
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Well that takes all the fun out of it now I guess I will finally be legal in 8 months....
I have not displayed a front plate on any of my vehicles in 15+ years.
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Why the 14 month delay till this is implemented ? Why not 90 days ?

Will certainly put a dent in photo 'enforcement', so I'm a fan.
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Of course I have two big holes drilled into my front bumper to have installed mine a few years back :x . Guess I'll be leaving it....
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Bruenor wrote:Why the 14 month delay till this is implemented ? Why not 90 days ?
Probably to burn through all of the pairs of plates they have already ordered...
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I was not a fan of the front plate until I experienced drivers blowing by stopped school buses. It is easier to read plates coming at you than the ones moving away from you.
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I'm sure BSSA & OSP will try and convince someone to introduce a bill to change it out before July 2020....
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dustymedic wrote:I'm sure BSSA & OSP will try and convince someone to introduce a bill to change it out before July 2020....
Probably, but I think getting any traction will be a very heavy lift. The current House favored getting rid of it to the point that they did not give ground in conference committee. Thus I think it's doubtful they'd revisit the issue before 2021 at the earliest. Introduce the bill all you want but don't expect it to get committee time.

I suspect most legislators really couldn't care less about the issue. They've been debating it for years. However it plays well with urban Democrats because of the perception that the law is used as a justification for stopping a disproportionate number of minorities. A segment of people in the Cincinnati area felt that the UC police shooting a few years ago didn't have to happen since it all started over no front plate. Plus Cincinnati is surrounded by states that do not require two plates and they're not running double the rate of unsolved crimes as a more insular city like Columbus.
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I'm sure OSP will miss having the nice big target on the front for LIDAR....
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dustymedic wrote:I'm sure OSP will miss having the nice big target on the front for LIDAR....
You mean OSHP! :roll:
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rickt wrote:
The state’s new transportation budget will do away with the requirement that Ohioans display a license plate on the front of their cars. That might not sound like a big deal to some but it was for some lawmakers who voted to make that change.

The Ohio Highway Patrol argued in favor of keeping the front license plate. But Republican House Speaker Larry Householder says requiring Ohioans to drill holes in the front of their cars hurts their value.
https://www.statenews.org/post/why-ohio ... ronts-cars

I wish my lawmakers had asked the OSHP why they only run a unit ID plate on the rear if they think identification from the front is SO important :-).

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