Ridiculously Easy-to-Break Idaho Road Rule Could Cost you 100s

You can get ticked for WHAT in Boise?!

We hate to break it to you, but if your ride is in desperate need of a wash, Boise Police can write you up if your license plates is too dirty to read. It sounds made-up, but it's absolutely true. And most of know how short-lived a car wash is during Boise winters.

Idaho lawmakers: germophobes?

Germophobes? We wouldn't go that far. Saying they have Danny Tanner-level sanitation standards, on the other hand, seems more reasonable. According to Idaho law:

...every license plate shall [...] be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly legible, and all registration stickers shall be securely attached to the license plates and shall be displayed as provided in section 49-443(4).

Is Idaho's dirty license plate fine excessive?

To be fair, the part about license plates needing to be "free from foreign materials" isn't talking about a thin layer of dirt or a few specks of grime.

It's referring to a license plate that's so grody, Boise-area law enforcement can't even make out the characters on it. If your car is gone-muddin'-level dirty, you probably earned the $195.00 fine.

Boise law enforcement officers are sticklers when it comes to enforcing road rules. With as fast as the Treasure Valley is growing, we don't blame them. We chalk it up to the pride they take in maintaining order and keeping us safe. How could we possibly fault them for that?

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