Is there little metal spikes or nail type things sticking out of your rear tire?

 

I received two warnings, one full fledged ticket, and two failed inspections due to my vertical plate on my previous Dyna. Vermont Law requires a horizontal plate.

 

I believe California has a horizontal plate requirement.

 

Correct.

SB 1318, Senate Transportation & Housing Committee

 

Shoot, I've got a vertical on my FXST right here in California. Talk about infringing freedom, how you mount a license plate??? We need to take our country back from the overlords...

 

I can't agree with you. I am a Libertarian and want the government out of my life as much as possible. However, having a driver's license is not a born right, it is a privilege granted by the state. They own the plate, not you, and have the right to tell you how it must be displayed.

 

At least we don't have the huge plates some countries require.
Must be for the old blind cops that can't see small text, .

 

I've had mine mounted vertical for going on three years. State on the inside as you can see in my sig picture.

Put on thousands of miles in surrounding states; ny, nj, vt, nh, md, va and de. Never had a problem. Though several compliments were received and a few from various police officers.

I spoke with a LEO friend of mine when I was looking at getting it done, he said that according to PA at the time, as long as your license plate had the appropriate registration sitcker and is illuminated, it's legal. Not sure if it still is, but that's the last I heard. I'm sure I'll get tickets for loud exhaust before a vertically mounted license plate.

 

PA, as with lots of states, require Horizontal license plate display. Now, we have customers in many states and countries and I have heard from some who have told me stories of being pulled over by the locals for a vertical license plate. Now for them, being a Roto-Plate customer, they asked the cop if they could make it horizontal. In all cases, they were allowed so they gave the Roto-Plate a twist from vertical to horizontal. And in these cases the cops let them off...no ticket. One cop was so amazed, he asked for the guy to show him again how he made it go from vertical to horizontal. The cops response was "Cool!"

Not saying this is the only solution...not saying it will always get you off the hook...just thought I would share some feedback from customers.

Dennis
Top Down Products
Home of the One and Only ROTO-PLATE, Rotatable License Plate Side Mount
www.topdownproducts.com

 

^Sounds like an infomercial.

Made a call to a police friend, as of August 2008 horizontal plates are required. Obviously doesn't matter who had them vertical prior to that time as myself but I'm not going to change it.

As for the OP who already spent money on the mount, going back to your original question; there is no "correct" way to mount the plate whether the state is on the inside or outside.