----- Original Message -----
From: G & K Shaw <dogstar918@mediaone.net>
To: <MVTrucker@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] CA hardtop law?
> Hi List
> A right-on the money post from Joe. A great majority of the US Police
Force
> for a variety of reasons are *very* patriotic. As law enforcement is a
very
> subjective process with great latitude in selectivity by the officer in
what
> he or she chooses to enforce, the situation Joe describes is very
accurate.
> If we are portraying the military in a proper light with our military
> vehicle, whether or not the officer thinks it is still an active duty
rig(a
> lot of people dont know if this vehicle or that vehicle is retired etc),
he
> will go out of his way to show his support. A lot of them wave etc. If
we
> get into something that could be characterized as pretty poor conduct then
> it will be a different story; just the same as if it were an active duty
rig
> with an active soldier driving. The situation with insurance is totally
> another world. When we are asking the insurance companies to pay out on a
> claim, it would be foolish to think that they will not look to make sure
> there is some way that they can deny it, And they will if they can even
if
> you threaten to sue. So I guess we can enjoy driving our unique vehicles
> but Caveat Emptor with insurance re. what we do with them.
>
> Glenn Shaw
> MVPA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <MVTrucker@aol.com>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 4:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] CA hardtop law?
>
>
> > My insurance specifies primarily, while NJ law says only (not even a
> > little drive to keep the batteries charged).
> > Though I encounter major problems with the police in NJ while on my
> > Harley or in my custom van, 1970's vintage, still the same as when
> > I worked it over in '75, I never get hassled while in one of my historic
> > tagged mil-vehicles. Case in point: Yesterday I had to move several
> > deuces around to make room for incoming trucks and a storage
> > container. I was "blind siding" a deuce in with my 5-ton wrecker when
> > I noticed a white car coming down the road. I thought, oh well, they'll
> > see my flashing amber convy/warning lights and slow down, so I
> > continued backing in, blocking the road as I did so. As I straightened
> > up, I see that the white car is a NJ State Trooper. Wow! Here I am
> > with Historical Vehicle plates on the wrecker towing an unregistered
> > (a no-no) deuce and using rotating warning lights without a permit.
> > Done, walking papers, sold the farm, major ticket time? Nope, the
> > very kind trooper just waved me on to continue my backing in! Joe
> > gets to spend another day out of the confines of a jail cell!
> > I just read the posting concerning the canceling of insurance if using
> > Historical Vehicle plates and insurance. This has crossed my mind
> > every time I go out for a casual drive, so I certainly use extra
caution.
> > It's a technical point, but I know how nasty insurance companies can
> > be.
> > Joe "MV Trucker" Young
> > Ps: Stop and see me if you attend Tobyhanna. I'll be in the vending
area.
> >
>
>
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