The car in front of you might have out-of-state license plates, but that does not mean the driver is a tourist — especially if they're driving in the Bronx.

The NYC Council published a new report, "Plate and Switch," on Thursday. The report found that vehicles with “ghost plates” are most prevalent in the Bronx and accrue more fines and serious traffic violations than other cars.

The council’s Oversight and Investigation Divisions (OID) team began its two-month investigation in March by researching the top 10 police precincts that have issued summonses to vehicle drivers for various violations.

Out of the 3,500 vehicles that received violations in that two-month period, 768 had out-of-state plates. Nearly one in five of the 768 vehicles had license plates that were not registered to the

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