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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
"B Vaughan" wrote in message
... On 18 Jul 2006 08:03:57 -0700, wrote: I'm going to be driving from Washington, DC to northern Louisiana with an LA license plate that expired a couple of years ago. Insurance and driver's license are okay. How can you insure a car with expired plates? Insurance laws vary from state to state. In some states, insurance companies don't have much say. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI or CNN, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards & 150 foreign languages Visit Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
"H.B. Elkins" wrote in message
... On 19 Jul 2006 11:32:18 GMT, John F. Carr wrote: However, one year my renewal sticker didn't stick to the plate because it was damp and I just kept it stapled to my registration receipt. One night a state trooper stopped me on my way home from work and asked about the expired plate. I told him what had happened and showed him the sticker, which of course made everything OK. I did end up getting a replacement sticker, but I found it odd that he didn't call my plate number in but instead decided to pull me over. It's more likely the computer was temporarily down or to busy with bigger fish to fry. That' happened to me once driving in Arizona. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI or CNN, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards & 150 foreign languages Visit Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
"Sapphyre" wrote in message
oups.com... And sometimes they probably pull someone over because they feel like it, driving around suspiciously in a known drug-neighbourhood kind of thing. That's never happened to me either, even when I've been hopelessly lost somewhere, and trying to read addresses or street names. I was also pulled over once because my description matched the perpetrator and my car matched the getaway car in robbery (or some such thing - they never did tell me) that had just been committed in the neighborhood where I was driving. They were extremely unpleasant; fortunately another squad car had nailed the suspect; unfortunately the cops that pulled me over didn't discover that tidbit for about 4 hours. Yes, I got hauled in and yes my car got towed. I did get a letter of apology, though. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI or CNN, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards & 150 foreign languages Visit Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
"sechumlib" wrote in message
news:2006071909034616807-sechumlib@liberalnet... On 2006-07-19 07:49:49 -0400, " said: I gather you see no difference between slightly exceeding the speed limit and driving without a valid registration or insurance. Both the same scope of offense, right? I assume you are joking. I've never heard of a person getting into a car wreck because of expired tags, registration, or insurance. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI or CNN, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards & 150 foreign languages Visit Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
"Arif Khokar" wrote in message
... wrote: Sapphyre wrote: They love to ticket out of state vehicles for anything they can, because they know you're not going to return to fight it. Not sure what they do if you just don't pay... but there's a high probability you'll get more than just a ticket for having expired plates, like uh, you won't be driving that vehicle for a while. Really? That's really more of a urban legend. Hundreds of thousands of cars are always travelling in states different from their home state. A cop, looking for speeders, is not looking at tags. If a cop zaps someone going too fast, he's going to go after the speeder, regardless of the state on the tag. Try driving through Summersville, WV with out-of-state tags. A front plate is a dead giveaway there. I don't think it's always the state, I think its also the individual law enforcement officer involved. I was riding with a friend in Wyoming and he was going descending that long downhill grade just after we crossed the Continental divide going 72 in a 70 mile an hour zone. Several cars with Wyoming plates had sped past us, but, the officer ticketed my friend with the California plates. Fortunately, at that time, speeding tickets were very reasonable there at that time: $10, but, all fines cut in half if you were wearing your safety belt. In Wyoming, like Colorado, you pay the ticket on the spot if you have out of state plates. We imagined the officer taking the crisp $5 bill and heading to the nearest dunkin' donuts. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI or CNN, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards & 150 foreign languages Visit Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
"Sapphyre" wrote in message
ps.com... wrote: Really? That's really more of a urban legend. Hundreds of thousands of cars are always travelling in states different from their home state. A cop, looking for speeders, is not looking at tags. If a cop zaps someone going too fast, he's going to go after the speeder, regardless of the state on the tag. I just hope you stayed in the right lane out of everyone else's way as you freaked out hoping the cops wouldn't come after you for "anything they can". Everyone says that's very common in Medford-Ashland area in Oregon. It's the one thing everyone in Oregon, California and this group warned me about, not to try and challenge the speed limits. (And that they like out of state violators to give tickets to.) On long trips, I don't ever recall driving even close to the speed limit unless there are law enforcement officers in the vicinity. I've probably driven that I-5 between Ashland and Medford a hundred times or more and have never been pulled, though I was ticketed just north of Eugene. I mighta just been lucky, but, I do keep a close watch. I have notice though, that Oregon, like many other states does not tolerate driving in the passing lane(s) unless you are actually overtaking and passing another vehicle. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI or CNN, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards & 150 foreign languages Visit Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
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ups.com... I've never been pulled over (they never had a reason to) A more recent (and much less dramatic) incident occured about 5 years ago, when a highway patrol officer followed me closely for about 10 minutes for no apparent reason. (Yes, I'm sure he was following me.) I assume he was running my plates, but I have no idea why as I wasn't speeding or anything. Probably he just picked me at random. Probably it's more likely that your car matched a stolen vehicle or one used to commit a crime. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI or CNN, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards & 150 foreign languages Visit Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
"Dave Smith" wrote in message
... Mike Tantillo wrote: I assume you'd still have to do something to get the cop's attention in order to prompt them to punch in the number. Unless they're literally bringing up license plate info as they drive around "just for the fun of it"... Driving down the road punching in plates often leads to interesting findings. I used to do it all the time. I find that very easy to believe and I'm sure a lot of violators and even criminals have been caught that way. That's how Timothy McVeigh was caught. In fact prior to be arrested for murder, Charles Manson was pulled and even jailed for traffic infractions, but, released because somebody dropped the ball. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI or CNN, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards & 150 foreign languages Visit Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
"Pete from Boston" wrote in message
oups.com... Hatunen wrote: I believe getting current tags usually involves paying registration fees for the years tags weren't obtained, which in some states and for some cars can amount to a fair piece of money. This would imply that every car must be registered every year it exists, whether in storage, on the road, or whatever. What state has these laws? Well, Hawaii, for one, and if you don't pay the registration each year (it doesn't matter whether the car is drivable, you're driving it, etc.) and if you don't pay it, you get a very hefty fine as well as having to pay back registration, etc. and if the car wasn't insured during that time, you get an even more severe fine. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI or CNN, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards & 150 foreign languages Visit Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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