Something new to do with your license plate! Legal?

I was visiting Annapolis the other day and I saw something I really wanted to do. This guy was riding his motorcycle around town and I looked at his jacket and saw a license plate bolted to the back of it. I thought it was just a neat jacket but then I looked at his bike and saw there was no license plate on it. He was wearing his license plate on his jacket! I am sorry I didn't have a camera and I was driving so no pictures. Does anybody know if this is legal? The only problem I could see is at night there is no light or you forget your jacket.

 

Sure wouldn't be good if someone stole such a jacket,racked up a bunch of traffic infractions,and they all came back to the owner of the jacket.Or if you were at a bar,had a few pops,and accidentally grabbed the wrong jacket.I think the plate should be on the bike...just one less thing to keep track of.But I too want to know if this is legal.

 

They're already doing that with cars somewhere. The idea: make a color copy of the target's license plate, tape it over your existing plate, and go whizzing through red light/speed cameras.

 

i bet it would be perfectly legal. around here i see a few bike dealers that have dealer plates on a backpack. they dont seem to get into trouble with it....(legal? or the cops just dont mind?)

 

Reminds me of the guy who got stopped for no helmet.
He was wearing his helmet, securely strapped to his left knee !!

It would be a State - by - State thing, if the law says "clearly displayed" or "mounted to vehicle".
Must be illuminated too.

 

Ontario it would be illegal -- plates must be mounted to the vehicle and illuminated.

Applicable sections from the Ontario Highway Traffic Act:

Permit requirements:

7. (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless,

(a) there exists a currently validated permit for the vehicle;

(b) there are displayed on the vehicle, in the prescribed manner,

(i) number plates issued in accordance with the regulations showing the number of the permit issued for the vehicle, or

(ii) number plates described in subsection (7.2) if the vehicle is an historic vehicle and the Ministry has issued a currently validated permit for it; and

(c) evidence of the current validation of the permit is affixed, in the prescribed manner, to,

(i) one of the number plates mentioned in subclause (b) (i) displayed on the vehicle, or

(ii) to a mini-plate attached to the number plate exposed on the rear of the vehicle, if number plates described in subsection (7.2) are displayed on the vehicle. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 7 (1); 2000, c. 29, s. 1 (1).

Rear lamps to illuminate number plate:

(19) The lamp on the rear of a motor vehicle or trailer shall be of at least three candela and shall be so placed that it will, at any time from one-half hour before sunset to one-half hour after sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavourable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 150 metres or less, illuminate the numbers on the number plate, or, if provision is made on the number plate or on any attachment furnished or required by the Ministry for affixing the lamp, it shall be affixed in the position or space provided, and the lamp shall face to the rear and reflect on the number plate a white light only. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 62 (19).