Rental car: Trunk taped shut?

[1995hoo]

.... Any vehicle legally parked on the street would have the REAR plate facing traffic, not the front. ....

For what it's worth, that isn't always the case, though in most cases you're correct. I am aware of places where there is on-street diagonal parking and you are required to back into the space, so in that case the rear plate is facing away from traffic. But for enforcement purposes that would only be an issue if the parking were up against a wall (such as the way some people back into spaces in underground parking garages). Most on-street parking doesn't face that issue.

Just in case it wasn't clear from my other comments, I see little need for two plates, but since not displaying the front plate is a good way to get a ticket around here I see no reason not to comply with the requirement that I have one (I do know people who refuse to mount the front plate and they invariably wind up getting ticketed).

[J N Winkler]

The added benefit of front plates is limited because they are not required to be illuminated, and they can be a significant source of aerodynamic drag depending on the car model and plate mounting design.

[hbelkins]

Kentucky doesn't require front plates, but just about every vehicle I ever owned had a spot for one. I always kept some sort of personal expression plate on them (my name on an airbrushed plate, or a UK or Dale Earnhardt-themed plate). My Saturn Vue doesn't have the front plate holder. And that didn't stop PTC from sending me a violation notice when my E-ZPass didn't get read a few years ago because the camera got a photo of my rear plate, they looked up my registration, and sent me the notice.

[oscar]

Kentucky doesn't require front plates, but just about every vehicle I ever owned had a spot for one. I always kept some sort of personal expression plate on them (my name on an airbrushed plate, or a UK or Dale Earnhardt-themed plate). My Saturn Vue doesn't have the front plate holder. And that didn't stop PTC from sending me a violation notice when my E-ZPass didn't get read a few years ago because the camera got a photo of my rear plate, they looked up my registration, and sent me the notice.

So was the violation notice only for not having a front plate?

[hbelkins]

Kentucky doesn't require front plates, but just about every vehicle I ever owned had a spot for one. I always kept some sort of personal expression plate on them (my name on an airbrushed plate, or a UK or Dale Earnhardt-themed plate). My Saturn Vue doesn't have the front plate holder. And that didn't stop PTC from sending me a violation notice when my E-ZPass didn't get read a few years ago because the camera got a photo of my rear plate, they looked up my registration, and sent me the notice.

So was the violation notice only for not having a front plate?

No, the E-ZPass didn't read and the violation was for supposedly using an E-ZPass lane without having an E-ZPass. All I had to do was send a copy of my statement (showing other transactions on the PTC system that day) and the violation was rescinded.

[Brandon]

Kentucky doesn't require front plates, but just about every vehicle I ever owned had a spot for one. I always kept some sort of personal expression plate on them (my name on an airbrushed plate, or a UK or Dale Earnhardt-themed plate). My Saturn Vue doesn't have the front plate holder. And that didn't stop PTC from sending me a violation notice when my E-ZPass didn't get read a few years ago because the camera got a photo of my rear plate, they looked up my registration, and sent me the notice.

So was the violation notice only for not having a front plate?

No, the E-ZPass didn't read and the violation was for supposedly using an E-ZPass lane without having an E-ZPass. All I had to do was send a copy of my statement (showing other transactions on the PTC system that day) and the violation was rescinded.

Odd.  You'd think they'd already realize that from the other transactions on that plate from that day.  Here, in Illinois, you see "V Toll" by that transaction without even getting so much as a letter if the system read the transponder at the other locations.

[jeffandnicole]

Kentucky doesn't require front plates, but just about every vehicle I ever owned had a spot for one. I always kept some sort of personal expression plate on them (my name on an airbrushed plate, or a UK or Dale Earnhardt-themed plate). My Saturn Vue doesn't have the front plate holder. And that didn't stop PTC from sending me a violation notice when my E-ZPass didn't get read a few years ago because the camera got a photo of my rear plate, they looked up my registration, and sent me the notice.

So was the violation notice only for not having a front plate?

No, the E-ZPass didn't read and the violation was for supposedly using an E-ZPass lane without having an E-ZPass. All I had to do was send a copy of my statement (showing other transactions on the PTC system that day) and the violation was rescinded.

Odd.  You'd think they'd already realize that from the other transactions on that plate from that day.  Here, in Illinois, you see "V Toll" by that transaction without even getting so much as a letter if the system read the transponder at the other locations.

Lazy operator syndrome. 

By chance the plate wasn't registered (I seriously doubt this option), or they couldn't look up registrations/tags from his state. 

But I'll go with my first choice.

[J N Winkler]

Tammy Darvish was also a well-known female name among local car dealers, as an executive VP and front person for the local Darcars dealership network, but that went away after she sued her father over ownership of the company.

More on that:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-good-daughter-tammy-darvish-and-the-darcars-family-drama/2015/04/01/70bb0834-d158-11e4-a62f-ee745911a4ff_story.html