Regarding the new license plate law

[HAB911]

There will be some really pissed snow birds when they get fined, unless there is an exemption for out of state cars?

[MichMan]

1. I've spent time in Florida and haven't seen any James Bond type of plate obscuring devices hiding plate numbers

It is a deliberate attempt to evade tolls and red light cameras. If snowbirds are using them regularly, aren't they also prohibited in their home state? What states allow them?

[HAB911]

2. James Bond appliances aside

dealer frames like those shown are now illegal

[cachukis]

3. Seriously? I have to take them off or be jailed?

[HAB911]

4. It appears so

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fines-jail-time-florida-isnt-141500208.html

With the law in effect, many motorists are now at risk of being pulled over. In fact, WINK News found that many drivers were unknowingly breaking the law, even with frames installed directly by car dealers. Such frames often look "official," leading people to assume they're legal. But that assumption won't cut it under the new rules, turning them into features that make any car a police magnet.

It's worth mentioning that the foundation for the new law is actually quite old. The Florida Statute 316.605 has required tags to be fully legible from 100 feet away since 1971. But legislators have now updated the consequences for violating it. Specifically, Bill 253 states that it's "increasing the penalty for knowingly altering a motor vehicle registration certificate, a license plate, a temporary license plate, a mobile home sticker, or a validation sticker or obscuring a license plate from a noncriminal traffic infraction to a second degree misdemeanor."

[cachukis]

7. Looked it up. You are right. Just drove from TPA

to Ft. Lauderdale unknowingly. Never liked the frames anyway, but dealers put them on.

[Progressive dog]

5. that license plate

Is not obscured
EZ Pass sends bills to lots of cars using plate frames as do licalities using unmanned speed traps.

[HAB911]

6. I just hope it applies to ALL cars, even out of state

[flvegan]

8. Just another excuse for probable cause.

"I pulled the defendant over because they had a "World's Greatest Grandma" license surround. That's when I found the unlawful amount of...Werther's Originals."