[427sharpe]

A word about our Texas boys...
The license plate deal came about because people were using all kinds of stuff to hide their plates for street racing and running the locations of the 'ticket cameras'. The only way to make an enforceable law was to ban everything, period.
Seat belts have been a favored target for years.
The license plate enforcement has been a problem for a long time, and is getting worse. A way out is to carry a printout of the DPS instructions with you. They say that if you register your car as a classic, antique or show, the state will issue ONE license plate to you. Even though I use '66 plates (you have to have a pair to register these) I use the DPS form to convince the officer that I only need use one of them. I used to mount the 2 plates one on top of the other so that I had 2 plates on the car, but got pulled over once and this caused some problems because the cop new I was being a smarta$$ and he had no sense of humor...at all. Luckily, the JP did and threw the ticket out. A bigger glitch was when I received a citation for not wearing a seatbelt because I had not fastened the SHOULDER harness in the Cobra..the law treats these belts just like a seatbelt. If you have shoulder harnesses, technically you MUST wear them when in motion.
All in all, though our Tx boys are a pretty reasonable bunch..especially compared to the dreaded and feared in CA!
Finally-----Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS AND GIVE YOUR FAMILY A BIG OLE TEXAS HUG FROM US IN THE LONE STAR STATE!