New Florida License Plate Law
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New Florida License Plate Law
To all who live or come for bike week, biketoberfest or any other reason your bike is here, our esteemed legislature has decided the following: Effective 10-01-08
Your license plate must be at least 24" off the ground.* This(plate height) was taken from a news source and is being verified-till then, the following is fact.
Plate must be mounted horizontilly and read from left to right. No more verticle plate mounts.
They have there reasons, but I can see this being a major PIA for many people and just more probable cause for vacationers to get pulled over and ticketed.
I feel sorry for all my fellow floiduh friends with custom plate holders. Maybe the state will pay to modify your bike.
Your license plate must be at least 24" off the ground.* This(plate height) was taken from a news source and is being verified-till then, the following is fact.
Plate must be mounted horizontilly and read from left to right. No more verticle plate mounts.
They have there reasons, but I can see this being a major PIA for many people and just more probable cause for vacationers to get pulled over and ticketed.
I feel sorry for all my fellow floiduh friends with custom plate holders. Maybe the state will pay to modify your bike.
Last edited by dano1200R; Sep 30, 2008 at 05:05 PM.
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From: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
I'm no lawer or cop, but in my opinion, these laws have always existed. They are just now defined with actual statute numbers so they can put them on the ticket. I've seen people get tickets before for rediculous stuff like this.
But, that brings up a curious question. If Florida's law is no less then 24" off the ground and Georgia's law is no less then 25" off the ground, what would happen if I road into Georgia with my Florida plate being legal in Florida but not Georgia?
There certainly is a very good argument there. One that I think the Biketoberfest cops would realize and would pretty much leave people alone.
During Biketoberfest, the cops are pretty darn cool. They sit right out in front of any one of the 1,000 bars and get 500 DUIs in 3 minutes. They know they can, but they don't.
Daytona really has no other form of income, outside of Bike Week, NASCAR and Biketoberfest. They love these events.
Now, LEAVING Daytona and riding through other cities might be another problem.
But, that brings up a curious question. If Florida's law is no less then 24" off the ground and Georgia's law is no less then 25" off the ground, what would happen if I road into Georgia with my Florida plate being legal in Florida but not Georgia?
There certainly is a very good argument there. One that I think the Biketoberfest cops would realize and would pretty much leave people alone.
During Biketoberfest, the cops are pretty darn cool. They sit right out in front of any one of the 1,000 bars and get 500 DUIs in 3 minutes. They know they can, but they don't.
Daytona really has no other form of income, outside of Bike Week, NASCAR and Biketoberfest. They love these events.
Now, LEAVING Daytona and riding through other cities might be another problem.
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From: Mt Dora Florida
Daytona is getting fed up with the crowds. There is a very vocal group that want all the bike events and spring break gone. And they get larger all the time. One of the reasons Rossmeyer created Destination Daytona was so he could tell Daytona to F-off and have events at his place.
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I don't think you're gonna see a bunch of cops with yardsticks. If your tag can be seen plainly and is where they dont have to stand on their heads to read them there won't be a problem.In Fla. there is a statute that handlebars must be no more then 15" from the lowest point of your seat and they don't push that. Hell we'd all be illegal!
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i hear you thumper. as to crossing state lines, you are not "grandfathered in" because you're from another state. same goes with an exhaust legal in one state and not another. a true example of "states rights".
regarding ricoshays response, you are right. daytona has a new police chief with a zero tolerance for just about anything. he's a street cop and will use this as will other police to effect a traffic stop and ticket.
regarding ricoshays response, you are right. daytona has a new police chief with a zero tolerance for just about anything. he's a street cop and will use this as will other police to effect a traffic stop and ticket.
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the cops are pretty cool on main street i was at the filling station on main but i was walking down the sidewalk drinking the beer and a cop asked me to step inside the bar and drink it or pour it out.
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Daytona has been getting worse and worse every year...no more ******* and beers on the streets... 
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The heavy handed police in Daytona have helped fuel the migration north toward Ormond Beach and Rossmeyer's new joint.
I saw a lady in 04 sitting on the back (passenger) of a Fat Boy raise her glasses to take a picture with her camera....while sitting still with traffic on Main Street, after the photo snapped she lowered her glasses again, only to be written a ticket.
I'm not bashing....there needs to be a police presence....but sometimes its been a bit heavy handed the past 4-5 yrs.....just IMO.
I saw a lady in 04 sitting on the back (passenger) of a Fat Boy raise her glasses to take a picture with her camera....while sitting still with traffic on Main Street, after the photo snapped she lowered her glasses again, only to be written a ticket.
I'm not bashing....there needs to be a police presence....but sometimes its been a bit heavy handed the past 4-5 yrs.....just IMO.