Q: A news site has an article about it now being illegal to have a license plate frame on your vehicle, and the author thought the cars she saw being pulled over were because of license plate frames. What’s the problem with license plate frames? This seems like the laws are going too far.

A: I’m not a lawyer. I’m a traffic safety nerd trying to help other people become safer road users. I point this out because when I read the law, I reached a conclusion that I subsequently found ran counter to that of many law enforcement agencies. I can’t write you a ticket, and they can, so you’re safer going with their interpretation than mine.

With that out of the way, last year the legislature made a change to the license plate law . The article you referenced made this seem like a huge change.

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