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Okay, Arizona GTO owners and car enthusiasts in general: It's time to act.
As reported in the East Valley Tribune(http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=55856), Senator Marilyn Jarrett has proposed bringing front license plates back. She says it's to give law enforcement a greater chance of telling whether a car is stolen (the idea being that an officer out on the highway could read the plates of cars coming up behind him--or toward him if in the opposing lane--instead of having to wait for them to pass, thereby giving him an edge).
The enthusiast community in Arizona needs to let Sen. Jarrett know that under no circumstances do we want to have to drill holes in the front of our cars. It's no joke when I say that I, for one, would almost rather have my car stolen than defaced. Stylistically, most car fronts today simply will not accommodate a front plate without some huge, ugly bracket being affixed to the car.
There's another consideration, too: Money. Arizona will have to make twice as many plates if this law passes. Who pays that bill?
You can read all about Sen. Jarrett here: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=91 She's a pretty decent member of our State Legislature in every other respect, but she's dead wrong on this issue. From her comments in the article (about already having heard from Corvette and BMW people), I gather she regards auto enthusiasts as just a few crazies out on the fringe. She needs to know that our hobby attracts some of the best, most law-abiding, most responsible members of society. She needs to allow us to continue to beautify our state's highways--which does not involve uglifying the cars we care so much about.
Write to her!
As reported in the East Valley Tribune(http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=55856), Senator Marilyn Jarrett has proposed bringing front license plates back. She says it's to give law enforcement a greater chance of telling whether a car is stolen (the idea being that an officer out on the highway could read the plates of cars coming up behind him--or toward him if in the opposing lane--instead of having to wait for them to pass, thereby giving him an edge).
The enthusiast community in Arizona needs to let Sen. Jarrett know that under no circumstances do we want to have to drill holes in the front of our cars. It's no joke when I say that I, for one, would almost rather have my car stolen than defaced. Stylistically, most car fronts today simply will not accommodate a front plate without some huge, ugly bracket being affixed to the car.
There's another consideration, too: Money. Arizona will have to make twice as many plates if this law passes. Who pays that bill?
You can read all about Sen. Jarrett here: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=91 She's a pretty decent member of our State Legislature in every other respect, but she's dead wrong on this issue. From her comments in the article (about already having heard from Corvette and BMW people), I gather she regards auto enthusiasts as just a few crazies out on the fringe. She needs to know that our hobby attracts some of the best, most law-abiding, most responsible members of society. She needs to allow us to continue to beautify our state's highways--which does not involve uglifying the cars we care so much about.
Write to her!
