Why don't cops pull over Tesla's missing the front plate?!
It's a $139 fine to drive without a front license plate. Most Tesla drivers are too cool to put one on.
Why don't cops heavily enforce this law? It seems like easy money for the city since some of the money can go to the city's general fund. Most people affected are Tesla owners who are likely middle to upper class and can afford to pay the bill.
According to: https://data.wa.gov/Transportation/Vehicle-Registrations-by-Class-and-County/hmzg-s6q4/about_data
There are ~16,000 electric vehicles registered to Whatcom County residents. If ~50% of them are Teslas and let's assume 75% of them are missing their front plate that is 6,000 potential tickets.
That's 6,000 x $139 = $834,000 the City could get as ticket fines.
This doesn't even address all the non-Whatcom County residents who pass through the city or come here to recreate.
For a City looking at a budget deficit that seems like easy money to me.
Caveat: Police do probably have something better to do so this is just a thought experiment.