[garfin]

Hah! Don't get me started! Here in Ontario, a front plate is required as well. I made sure to have my 98 SS delivered to me without a front plate bracket and drove around for 6 years without so much as being pulled over for a warning.
Then all of a sudden, I'm given 3 tickets in 2 years - all in jurisdictions outside of Toronto!
The good news is that I've been fortunate enough to beat all of them!
The first one, I waited until the last possible day and got the case remanded. The cop didn't show on the second date - case thrown out!
After receiving the second ticket, I opted for what is called a "First Hearing". This is when you go to speak to a J.P. and play "Let's Make a Deal" - the idea being to clear the logjam of court cases. I showed up with "before and after" pics, using velcro tape to hold the SLP licence plate bracket in place long enough to take a picture. The J.P. dismissed the case when he saw that I had "remedied" the situation!
At this point, I figured I'd better cave and put a front plate on the car, so I bolted it to the front air dam under the front of the car, thinking this would solve the issue of getting tickets, while still keeping the clean look of an unobstructed SLP SS grille. Big joke... I'm driving thru a speed trap one day (knowing it's there, 'cuz it always is) and some lady whips by me in a Pathfinder, but the cop pulls me over instead! when he comes up to my window, I ask him why he pulled me over instead of the Pathfinder. He says, "I couldn't read your licence plate." So I start with a sob story about how it got knocked off in a parking and I've ordered a new licence plate bracket... but the car is no longer in production... and the part is back-ordered... yadda yadda... Anyway, he takes my info back to the cruiser and returns about 10 min later, handing me a ticket for for having an "obstructed front licence plate" and says to me, "You had a ticket for this last year and I don't believe it takes that long to get your part in."
I replied, "I wasn't convicted - the ticket was thrown out." The cops simply says, "I don't care." and walks away.
At least I beat that one too using the "before and after picture" strategy.
At this point, I must admit to having the SLP bracket installed on the car in order to display a front plate. At least the whole thing is easily removed simply by unscrewing 2 bolts. I figure I'd better not push my luck any further!!

Best regardSS,

Elie