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They are based on the assumption that the plates are sold to us at 100% profit, so they only cost $9. And like I said, even it they were $1 to make that's over 3 million dollars saved.....seems like a good plan to me and benefits the tax payer, government and the guy who does not want to run a front plate. |
i got a no front plate ticket. The officer gave me some options 1. pay the ticket 2. pay the ticket and put the front plate on 3. dispute the ticket, take a picture with the plate on and he will cancel the ticket at traffic court #3 of course |
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We pay for the plates. they dont save any money if we stop paying for the plates and they stop making them. Thats like saying Louis Vuitton can save 8,000,000 dollars a year by not making sunglasses, but that retarded cause then nobody would buy sunglasses from them and they would have simply not made money. |
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ICBC purchases plates, they do not make them. Each plate costs them money. If they only have to buy half as many plates they only have to spend half as much money meaning that other half of the cost can go back to the tax payers. It makes perfect sense..... |
And, to be clear. I did not say dont pay for plates, I said cut the number of plates required per vehicle to one plate (the rear one) will drop the cost for ICBC because they now only have to buy 1 plate for each car, not two. |
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I don't agree that not having a front licence plate is not advantageous. Does enforcing a front plate have the same direct effect in driver safety than catching a car that ran a red lighter excessively speeds? No. But having a front plate has its advantages. As I already mentioned, it assists cars from being identified. Whether the car is stolen or is involved in crimes or even a car that's excessively speeding causing a hazard. The people I see being happy with no front plate seems to be the ones more concerned about esthetics of their car than saving people money. |
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However, I do not live in Vancouver and I prefer to keep my exact location private (sound like a weirdo I know) but where I live car issues are very common and the police are more than happy to jump to it the majority of the time. My biggest issues is these kids do this in a school parking lot. A parking lot that sees many young people pass through it during the day some some at night (school yard party'ers). I don't want to see people get hurt. As for the no plate on the front, there are advantages to it of course, but $14million dollars worth? The people on here will not like them due to the asthetics of them on there cars, I agree with that totally but I also see other advantages of this that will effect every tax payer. Regardless of all this banter, the fact of the matter is we have front plates, your cars have front plate mounting points....put the front plate in them and save yourself the worry of getting tagged for not having one. |
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First off, the plates already on the cars are paid for. This is called a "sunk cost." Secondly, you have it backwards; ICBC would be worse off by not selling the second plate. If ICBC sold the plates for $18 a pair ($9 each) and made a profit of $4.50 per plate sold, they would be forgoing $29million in revenue and (by your calculations) $14,562,747 in profit! Heck if they could, I'm sure ICBC would want to issue a third plate to us to generate even more revenue. IF we did not have to pay for our plates, yes, ICBC would be saving money. In reality ICBC passes the cost to us. If we only needed a single plate we, the consumers, would be saving $9 each time we changed plates or get a new one. |
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Keeping the plates Switching plates when they get tickets from private lots And whatever other reasons people may have for not returning or trying to scam whatever system The biggest pro, IMO, is being able to identify a vehicle from both the front and the back. I don't know the stats but I'm pretty sure majority of the provinces require front and rear plates. Just because Alberta does it one way, doesn't mean we should. Heck, it's the home of flames and oilers for jeebssake!:fullofwin: |
I believe the cop telling you that your fine will be 500 or something is a slight warning that your next offense will result in a vehicle inspection. My uncle owns a shop in Richmond and has had to do vehicle inspections which have stemmed from improper front license plate mounting. And I believe that a vehicle inspection costs somewhere in the range of 500 dollars. Why not just mount the front plate. Why do ppl think it's such an eyesore. Same thing ppl said about seatbelts being uncomfortable...eventually everybody got used to them. |
The OP probably received a box 3 Notice and Order to fix the problem ie front licence plate. The next ticket would be Fail to Comply with Order which is $598. This is totally separate from no front plate ticket which could have been issued on top of the Notice and Order. http://www.drivesmartbc.ca/traffic-t...notice-order-3 As for the cost of having a front plate: This would probably not show up in the stats but how many hit and run accidents are there a day? Lots I bet. How many suspect vehicles are identified by the front plate? Half maybe. And assuming those suspects are found at fault then yes those savings are passed on to everyone else in the form of keeping our insurance rates reasonable. I would like to think the suspect is paying out for those collisions. |
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I explained this twice to him, but boosted wouldnt understand. WE PAY FOR THE DAMN PLATES. ICBC doesnt save shit, or make any extra money unless we pay the same $18 and they either A. pay less to have one plate made, or B. if by an odd chance they actually make the plates themselves they save the cost of making the second plate. I didnt even think about the fact that we pay a premium on the plate. I was only thinking about the cost of the plates themselves. ICBC doesn save shit on the cost of the plates unless we continue to pay the $18. |
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