I live in Los Angeles, the place where cops love to pull over people for being black. However, I've been riding without places on my cars since I got my first car. The only time I got a ticket for no front plate was when my car was parked outside my friends house. It was a fix it ticket, otherwise its like $10. What I do is I keep my plate handy in the car just incase I DO get pulled over, then I'll tell the cop something like "Yea I filled up the holes on my bumper and I'm going to have the place zip tied elsewhere on the front" It also helps to carry zip ties too
Heres mine (with color matched grille)
