Brian Cooley is CNET's Editor at large and has been with the brand since 1995. He currently focuses on electrification of vehicles but also follows the big trends in smart home, digital healthcare, 5G ...

According to my admittedly unscientific survey in numerous parking lots, people with expensive cars like to flaunt the law. That’s right. It appears the richer you are, the less you care about obeying ...

Shayla says she was recently ticketed for not having a license plate on the front of her car, only the back. “But what if you were issued only one?” she asks. Short answer: Then it’s your ...

Like most things in life, the reason some states no longer require front license plates starts with money: It's less expensive for states — and drivers — to deal with a single plate instead of two. Of ...

Motorists who have state-issued rear license plates only, including Indiana, may purchase a front plate from Purdue Parking Facilities. Parking Facilities will link the assigned front plate number to ...

It's the stomach-dropping moment when you see a piece of paper under the windshield wiper of your car, when you know something bad is about to happen. It's generally either one of two things: Either ...

The story goes that just before Jaguar debuted the E-Type in 1961, the company asked the British government for an exemption from affixing the mandatory front plate. The government refused. Which is ...