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07-02-2014, 11:12 AM | #1 | ||
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Do you have to display your plates on the front of a car in QLD? I swear I heard a few years ago the front was optional, which would suit me because I don't want to display them on the front. I suspect by now though it's become mandatory.
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07-02-2014, 01:19 PM | #2 | ||
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It's been law for a looooong time to have a front number plate. In the 80's I was driving without a front number plate and was warned about it but not fined.
Motorbikes don't need a front number plate.
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07-02-2014, 01:31 PM | #3 | ||
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Here in Vic they are making it compulsory for front plates on motorbikes.
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07-02-2014, 01:33 PM | #4 | ||
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Good idea! Will stop them from beating head-on facing speed cameras.
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I don't think they set them up that way anymore.
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09-02-2014, 11:26 AM | #7 | ||
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21-02-2014, 07:24 PM | #8 | |||
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Yep...gotta have a front plate, and it's up to YOU to ensure that the front and rear plates are visible from the sides as well...I think it's a 45 degree angle to the sides. I know there was a bit of a stink a few years ago as some people were getting booked and warnings about Nissan Patrols that have the factory spare tyre fitted on the rear door, with the plate to one side. It's hard to see from one side (the right?), and when people pointed out that's where they were fitted from the factory, they were told "the factory got it wrong". That died down though.
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Stuff 'em...I wouldn't fit a front plate to my bike. I'm not drilling holes and fabricating mounts to try and fit a plate to my GSX1400, and I'm really not messing around with my valuable and rare 1974 Kawasaki 750 two stroke triple... |
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07-02-2014, 03:52 PM | #10 | ||
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Where are they gonna stick it?
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09-02-2014, 12:11 PM | #11 | ||
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09-02-2014, 01:15 PM | #12 | ||
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Well no, it would be their problem because they would have to bring in new adr's to allow it, and design rules would have to somehow make the front plates pedestrian friendly.
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07-02-2014, 02:37 PM | #13 | ||
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I heard that QT is moving away from stickers over the next year.
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07-02-2014, 02:40 PM | #14 | ||
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Correct, 1st october this year stickers no more. Got a pamphlet with my rego renewal.
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07-02-2014, 02:46 PM | #15 | ||
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Rego sticker =/= front numberplate.
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07-02-2014, 04:08 PM | #16 | ||
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Got VIC rego renewal the other day no more sticker required
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08-02-2014, 08:58 AM | #17 | ||
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Another question in relation to QLD rego plates is I understand that the slimline plates were only to be fitted to the front of a vehicle. I've spoken to several people who have deliberately fitted them high up under the tray of utes stating that they are therefore harder for cameras to pick up & be accurately identified.
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08-02-2014, 09:13 AM | #18 | ||
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In Qld your car must have a front number plate. Slimline is Ok on front of vehicle but not on rear.
ALL number plates must be in clear view, go to the TMR website and check for an explanation of what clear view means. Also as we know there seems to a crackdown on all sort of minor traffic offences, Having a mangled/damaged number plate could incur a $385 fine. One of my clients was warned last week. To replace the plates with off the shelf plates is $25 (or there about) to replace with the same numbers is $80 (or there about). I really have to wonder at the mentality of some people to deliberately obscure number plates, no doubt they will go running to the Courier Mail when they're pinged. |
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08-02-2014, 09:20 AM | #19 | ||
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According to ppq the laws was changed in 2005 to allow slimline plates to be fitted to the rear.
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08-02-2014, 09:36 AM | #20 | ||
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Stand corrected Slimline is OK on rear. Visibility still applies.
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09-02-2014, 11:06 AM | #21 | ||
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So where would they put a front plate on this?
I can't think of any market in the world where front plates on bikes are mandatory. |
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09-02-2014, 11:25 AM | #22 | ||
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And more often than not, a copper with a speed camera..
A lot more police bikes in Queensland recently, I think miscreant riders are going to be in for a rude shock.. Sit a few speed cameras permanently in 80 kph work zones along the Logam motorway and Qld's deficit would be paid off in a few months. |
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21-02-2014, 10:23 AM | #23 | ||
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22-02-2014, 10:59 AM | #24 | ||
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you have to butcher it, like if you had a Pontiac Firebird.
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22-02-2014, 11:08 AM | #26 | ||
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The only way to do front plates on bikes would be to allow the use of stickers instead of plates, and even then placement would be all over the place, and size would an issue.
They would also be more side facing than front facing, you would need one each side. |
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22-02-2014, 12:38 PM | #27 | ||
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Really wish we could use stickers for a plate. My car would look 10 fold better. I have seen a car around with one, seen it a few times with a sticker for a plate.
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23-02-2014, 10:01 AM | #28 | |||
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Once again, the 1974 model Kawasaki 750 two stroke triple did not have front number plates...there is no facility to fit them, no mounting holes in the guard for a fitting... If they think I'm drilling holes in that front guard and fabricating some sort of number plate mount, they can sit on it and rotate... Last edited by 2011G6E; 23-02-2014 at 10:21 AM. |
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23-02-2014, 12:19 PM | #29 | |||
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The steel mount was sandwiched between the guard and the fork on one side, then over the top off the guard and clamped the same on the other side, it then had a piece running forward over the top following the contour of the guard with two adjustable/sliding mounting pillars for the bacon slicer. The whole thing sat about 3/4in above the guard with about half a dozen rubber spacers between it and the guard.... When I picked up the bike (30 odd years ago!) the mount was in a box of spare parts, it created a wtf is this moment for me until I phoned the previous owner, where upon he told me what it was and that it was on the bike when he bought it new, a close inspection of the guard revealed faint marks where the spacers had sat, 5mins on a polishing wheel removed all trace..... It went in the bin quick smart....
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23-02-2014, 12:34 PM | #30 | |||
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With most bikes in the old days, the front plate was mounted in line with the guard...hence the nickname cheese slicer...and even the ones that mounted "normally" across the guard facing forwards were dangerous in crashes, both for the rider and anyone he might hit. Seeing as how cars have had all sorts of laws and restrictions put on then for forward protrusions and possible dangers to pedestrians, I can't see how they would deliberately force people to put something on motorbikes that would create the potential for danger. |
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