The wife and I comment to each other about the number of vehicles both new and old driving around Texas without a license plate.
Traffic enforcement in TX is almost non existent. Hell I had a coworker who drove her car in FW for 2&1/2 years with an expired inspection tag before finally getting a ticket.
And don’t get me started on illegals who cant drive for caca!
The no-license-plate thing is due to the state progressively killing temp tags. When a used car is sold, the prior owner is to retain the old tags now.