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I don't know if you all have been following the latest attempt to rid Virginia of the front license plate, but here is an update and a chance for you to help get rid of it. The update is from the Virginia Car Club Council. As some of you may know, this has been the closest we've gotten in a while because the greenies are joining us. I know it's short notice, but please become active in trying to get rid of the front tags.
Thanks.
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On January 15th the Senate Transportation Committee of the General Assembly met to consider SB 957 - one of the one-license plate bills. The bill's sponsor withdrew the bill. I do not know why. The House version of the one-plate bill HB 1731 is on the docket to be discussed at the January 20th (tomorrow) meeting of the House Transportation Committee. If you wish you may contact members of the committee and ask them to support HB 1731. If you email them be sure to include the bill number in your email. Please send each member one email and do not send a mass email to all members. If passed this measure would save over $2 million the first year and over a million each year after. This is a "green" measure as it would save half the materials used to make plates and stickers. Police officers will be more productive in stopping dangerous motor vehicle violations such as drunk driving, reckless driving, speeding, etc., since their time will not be compromised by a Virginia motorist who simply did not have a front license plate on display. A front license plate restricts the performance of passenger vehicles. Modern cars are no longer being designed with front plates in mind. Installing the mounting brackets that are necessary to hold the plates interfere with the cars' aerodynamics, often get damaged during the
car-washing process and also cause a devaluation of Collectors Edition or other such Limited Edition vehicles when required to drill or otherwise modify the front bumper. Unnecessary damage is sustained from minor bumper-to-bumper collisions, because the front mounting brackets on passenger cars can cause cracks and abrasions to the rear bumpers of the cars that they hit. Members and emails for the House Transportation Committee are below.
Members of the House Transportation Committe and Emails:
I will defintely send them an email tomorrow. I for one have refused to put a front plate on in the 5 years I've been here. NO WAY am I drilling holes in my firebird. My daily drivers are another story.
I'm not sure if everyone has been following this over the years, but it has always been the Virginia State Police and local Police who have fought against this. This has always been enough to stop the 1 tag bills from passing. With the economy and the new "stronger" green tree huggers the Police have not had it as easy in killing this bill. Still, it will take many people supporting the 1 tag bill for this to pass.
I will provide any updates that I receive.
Best wishes to you all. Justin, that is one awesome Formula and I love the mods you have done to it.
As usual the State Police and other Law enforcement of Virginia got it killed. I did want to provide any interested parties with a link concerning the 1 tag:
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Car Hobbyists,
Delegate Cole's HB 1731 (the single license plate bill) was defeated this morning (January 20th) in the House Transportation Committee on a 15 to 1 vote. There was significant opposition from the State Police and Sheriffs' Association (law enforcement concerns - they mentioned tracking stolen cars, using license plate "readers" and Amber Alerts). There also was opposition from AAA, and VDOT (toll enforcement). Cole mentioned how it would save the Commonwealth $1 million in plate distribution fees. No one else spoke in support of the bill. Significantly, there was no mention of the drag coefficient of front plates (1% to 3%), and how that affects gas mileage (up to $65 a year for the average motorist - times 1 million vehicles equals over $60 million a year in fuel savings and reducing greenhouse gas emissions). Senator Cuccinelli had the same bill on the Senate side (SB 937), but he withdrew the bill last week. So, its dead and gone this year.
Thanks to Greg Lucyk for this update. Legislation being considered by the General Assembly is posted on the http://vaacc.org website.
If you have any questions you may respond to this by email or call me at 804-590-9583.
It's plenty frustrating. At one time you would see these bills every year, but this years has been the first in two or three years. The Police organizations in our state hold so much power with our Delegates that I simply find it very unlikely we will ever get to one tag.
Anyway, if a new bill comes next year I'll post again.
Its currently about to go under the knife and get new heads/cam/gears/exhaust with 1234brds help 
