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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
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? As I understand it, vehicle registration laws were first created to fight a 1920s surge in auto theft. If you're trying to keep it from being stolen, then I suppose it doesn't really matter if it's being driven. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
Alohacyberian wrote:
Probably it's more likely that your car matched a stolen vehicle or one used to commit a crime. KM Absolutely. I've been detained twice because I matched the description of a wanted suspect. Though somewhat OT, I wasn't driving (but walking) both times. (the second time, it took the dispatcher over a minute to read all the places the real suspect had tatoos. I'm not sure who was laughing the loudest by the end of that transmission -- me, the officers, or the dispatcher...) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
sechumlib writes:
On 2006-07-19 23:46:23 -0400, (Carole Allen) said: On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:41:43 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI wrote: Around here, (Tennessee) when you first get your plate they put a sticker on it, showing what month it expires - it might say "JUL" in large letters. You get another sticker that might say "2006", showing that it expires at the end of July, 2006. When you renew, you get a sticker that says "2007", you stick it over the top of "2006" to show the plate is valid for another year. The procedure is identical in Wisconsin. That's how it works in WA state... In New York State, the new sticker goes on the windshield. ....inside, of course. Texas has done the same thing since 1994, thanks to a rash of forged stickers - and while stealing a plate sticker was a misdemeanor at best, to steal a windshield sticker involves breaking and entering. In the last coulple of years, our stickers have gone to one format, with the state flag as a background, the month and year of expiration, along with eight characters from the VIN and the tag number (plus the barcode), along with the county of registration. (I wonder how many stickers are out there from Loving County. ;-) -- Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey ) Houston, Texas chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros) LAST GAME: Milwaukee 4, Houston 2 (May 9) NEXT GAME: Saturday, October 7 vs. TBA, 7:35 |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
In message .com "Mike
Tantillo" wrote: Dave Smith wrote: 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. Sometimes it also involves safety certification or emissions testing. In most states and provinces it would also require payment of outstanding fines. Anyone thinking about driving around with switched plates or expired plates should be aware of the technology available to police officers and their on board computers. The enforcement agency I worked for was not exactly at the cutting edge of technology, but I could punch in a licence plate from any Canadian province and US state and in 2-3 seconds it would display a vehicle description and identify the owner. If it was a plate from this province it would automatically display the owner's driver licence number and was flagged if he was under suspension or currently unlicensed. For commercial vehicles, the company's safety violation rate was immediately displayed. There were all sorts of hyper linked fields to access driver conviction records etc. 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"... Around here, the cops do that all the time looking for violations, outstanding warrants, all that. -- No Sprinkles. For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you. -- Stewie |
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In message .com
"Doug" wrote: wrote: The company is justified in denying coverage because driving without legal plates is a violation of the statute, and thus voids any policy they have issued. ONLY true if policy states that driving without legal plates is EXCLUDED. My policy says no such thing, so I would be covered. You have to READ your policy and see. There's no such blanket exclusion.... I've yet to see a policy that doesn't automatically exclude everything except their right to collect premiums when you're violating the law. -- "The only British idiom I know is that fag means cigarette." "Well then tell this cigarette to shut up" |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
GK wrote: Here's a valid question: Used to be some states didn't legally care where you lived and would issue a legal registration by mail even, along with plates, just as long as you paid the fee. Wondering if any states still do that. Such a plate would only be valid in the state of issuance. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution only applies to legitimate acts of one state. States cannot issue valid plates to non-residents that the state the person actually lives in is bound to honor. Otherwise, some smart state would just set a plate fee at $5 and sell plates to every single person in America. SP Cook |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
Doug Smith W9WI wrote: Alohacyberian wrote: "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... Around here, (Tennessee) when you first get your plate they put a sticker on it, showing what month it expires - it might say "JUL" in large letters. You get another sticker that might say "2006", showing that it expires at the end of July, 2006. When you renew, you get a sticker that says "2007", you stick it over the top of "2006" to show the plate is valid for another year. The procedure is identical in Wisconsin. An officer doesn't have to get very close to be able to read both stickers, and if he does he knows the plate is (or isn't) expired. He doesn't have to run it through the computer to know. Yes, he does. Just because you didn't put the sticker on the plate, doesn't mean you don't have it. I neglected to put my sticker on this year and drove around for months with the sticker in the glove compartment. And in many states, stickers are stolen regularly. KM Is it not technically illegal to not have your sticker on your plate? I mean, I doubt you'd get ticketed if you could show the officer you'd forgotten your sticker in the glove compartment, but you'd have provided probable cause for the stop. Yep. I got ticketed for no current registration (while the car was parked, so I didn't see the cop) when I never received the sticker from the DMV. Went to court with my receipt, well they sent me to the DA (or some sub-assistant DA, I guess) who gave me a stern lecture about how it was *my* responsibility to be sure I received the sticker and put it on the plate. But he decided to "let it go this time", and dropped the charge. So I'm sure the cop can stop you, and possibly even ticket you for failing to display your registration, it would depend on the state. |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
In article 2006072018384316807-sechumlib@liberalnet,
sechumlib wrote: On 2006-07-20 18:00:57 -0400, (John F. Carr) said: My insurance pays up to $20K medical and $5K property damages to others even if I _intentionally_ hit them. That coverage is required by state law. Beyond those low limits, it pays up to agreed policy limits if the act was unintentional. If I'm speeding through a school zone and reach down to grab another beer and run over a pack of children while I'm not paying attention, that's an accident covered by insurance. Of course, if any of those things happen they will either cancel your coverage after they've paid, or raise your premium about 1700%. No, more like 60%. Insurance rates are set by state law. If a company refuses to write a policy at the state rate, I get kicked into the assigned risk pool and a company is forced to take me at that rate. If I had a recent DUI or homicide charge on my record they could force me to take the version of collision coverage which only pays for damage to my car if somebody else is at fault. They would still be required to offer the state minimum coverage, plus $250K/$500K liability for personal injury, plus $50K property damage to others. (It's also illegal under Massachusetts law to discriminate by age or sex when setting rates.) -- John Carr ) |
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