My wife's KIA did not have a bracket. I had to buy a bracket from Amazon. It did have a couple of little dimples showing you where to drill the holes.

Another stupid Texas thing. Same as boat trailer tags.

Trailers kept getting stolen. That's why the extra steps.

LOL. I can show you a buuuuuuuuuuunch of LEOs who will stop a vehicle for no front LP. Although I never liked working traffic, I myself have used the "No Front LP Displayed" law for PC to stop a vehicle whose operator had piqued my interest. More than once........

Front plate just takes up room for more LED light bars.

Great PC for deuce (DUI) hunting.

This isn’t new. It’s been years and years. No plates on LOTS of vehicles.

Sorry to pop your bubble but that is an incorrect statement. I got a 2023 Toyota Tacoma in March of this year and there were no holes in the front bumper. There were dimples where the holes were to be drilled and the dealership offered to drill them for me. I told them not to worry as I was fine doing it myself. They did provide the bracket and attachment hardware along with instructions.

I got a ticket in RIchardson for no front license plate back in 80/81

I never put a front license plate on my wife's bimmers. Didn't come from the dealer that way so why should I. Then I found out it's the law in Texas. The ride she has now I drilled the holes for it and mounted the plate. No worries now. It's a bimmer too.

Great excuse to violate peoples rights. Land of the taxed and home of the plebs

Over the decades, lived in several different States with different rules. Even lived in one State where it was required to have a front plate unless there was no bracket in the front bumper for one. I remember the first time I lived in Florida they were rear plate only. I was moving there from Kansas that had just went to front and rear plate required. Forgot to take off the front plate for awhile, so I had Kansas plate on the front and Florida one on the rear. Never got pulled over.

I'm in a rental right now from Bama and it has no front plate.

Now hold on a minute here. Criminals aren’t known for being the smartest group. I could be wrong, but I believe the now dead Oklahoma City bombing guy got caught in large part because he couldn’t nail the license plate requirements in the great state of Oklahoma. (It wasn’t missing a front one but stay with me here.)

I think our fine folks in blue can use license plate regulations as a reason for pulling over these idiot criminals. It won’t help snare the smart ones, but definitely would help us catch more dumb ones. And if the dumb ones are locked up, they can’t be out here impregnating our wives and daughters and diluting the gene pool with more dumb criminal babies.

I say, keep the front license plate laws on the books!

Is there a Roll Tide bumper sticker on it?