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Re:The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police tr... by ChuckMcM on Monday June 01, 2015 @11:14AM (#9639202)
That statute is similar to the California one in that it says you have to show a valid plate for your vehicle. And like the California statute is notionally silent on the idea of making a plate visible on your vehicle that is in addition to your completely legal plates, and shown in such a way that it does not imply it is the vehicles registration plate.

For the purposes of the experiment I bet you could wrap it in a frame that says "this is not the registration plate for this car" in easy to read letters.

Clearly the safer bet would be enlisting pedestrians or cyclists as the law is silent on either having a car plate visible while they are near street cameras and passing patrol cars.

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Re:The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police tr... by morganvachon on Monday June 01, 2015 @12:27PM (#9639906)
> is notionally silent on the idea of making a plate visible on your vehicle that is in addition to your completely legal plates

No, it's pretty clear and straightforward:

"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful:

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(3) To buy, receive, use, or possess for use on a motor vehicle any license plate not issued for use on such motor vehicle"

But again that's Georgia law, so by all means go ahead and plaster your car with fake license plates and post back here with the results. You might indeed not get a second glance from your local law enforcement. And if you end up causing problems for the ALPRs employed by your local government, all the better. :)

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Re:The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police tr... by ChuckMcM on Monday June 01, 2015 @02:24PM (#9640933)
Thanks, I'm going to have to lookup the case law on that one to see if people have ever contested of being in violation of having an additional plate visible on their car.
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