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somedudevt t1_j1xb1cx wrote

Be smart about it:

  1. Install the rear plate.
  2. Take the other plate, put it in the car under the seat.
  3. Drive the car.

Inspection is only needed if they realize you are from vermont. If your driving down the road with no front plate, and no sticker, they don’t know you are a Vermonter till you pass. There isn’t a cop in this state who is looking at the front plate then the window THEN the back plate to notice you should have had a sticker.

Keep your lights in working order, and don’t crash, and stay within 12 of the speed limit and you can go years with no sticker.

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_j23gfp0 wrote

I actually got pulled over for exactly this. I had been living in Colorado and drove back east to visit my father. We were headed to the store one day and I drove by a cop. He immediately turned on his lights, pulled a u turn and pulled me over.

He came up to the window like a cop, “do you know why I pulled you over”.

I said yeah I do, you saw I didnt have a sticker, looked in your rear view and saw a green plate, thought it was a VT plate and pulled me over.

He admitted it, asked for my license and registration which I showed him and sent me on my way. Now that I think about it. Fuck that cop.

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somedudevt t1_j272g2h wrote

Unless it was at a light and you were directly opposite then for a time, cops looking at the windshield then the rear plate on every car without a front plate would be outrageously difficult while driving, and dangerous frankly as they would be taking focus off the road.

But the method isn’t 100% it’s just better than having a bad sticker, and works majority of the time. It’s all about it working often enough to pay for the ticket. My truck needs ~400 in cosmetic parts that are classified safety (cracked lights that still work) add in $60 for the inspection, I could get 3 tickets and still be under the cost to fix. I’ve gone 2 years without a ticket on my 2019 inspection, so I’ve saved $120 for the inspection and 400 on the fix. If I got the $160 or whatever ticket tomorrow I’m still net 360 positive. I can keep that trend of being positive going till it’s time to trade in, and get a car with a new sticker from the dealer.

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