Greetings list,
If Texas is anything like Florida, the insurance companies are required by
law to report anyone who cancels his insurance to the Highway Patrol so
they can come and pick up the tag from the auto. This law has been in
effect for many years but it wasn't until a couple of years ago that they
started to take an interest in making the insurance guys comply.
The idea about the POS car to park in their midst brings back an incident
that made the paper here a couple of years ago. A guy in one of those big
cities down on the south east coast, Ft Lauderdale I think, was a
contractor and lived in a condo. The condo association had a rule that no
trucks were allowed in their parking lot. After a long and fruitless
attempt to convince them that the truck (a new ford F-250) was not an
eyesore, he decided to go to war. He got a '73 Dodge Monaco wagon and
painted it camo and painted "War Wagon" on the side of it in Big Yellow
Letters. After about 6 months of seeing this in their parking lot and not
being able to do anything about it, they gave in and let him have the truck
as long as he got rid of the Dodge. The moral of the story....if you do
your homework, you can cause them more pain and misery than it is worth to
them to screw with you.
Best of luck with the mustang!
Jim (KB4IVH)
aMVPA #17216
At 09:37 08/29/2001 -0500, DaveCole wrote:
> >> Code Enforcement Idiots <<
>Present company excluded Mr. Bloom.... (;->)
>
>OK, now I'm really curious.... how does the Police know that the
>insurance has
>been dropped??
>
> >Register that old car in my mailbox< Once heck of a good idea on the
> surface..
>must be a catch as I don't see anyone doing it..
>
> >everything must be in writing< Yes, I am learning... The legal bill
> for the
>last situation I got into is just over $12K, written documentation is
>the "only"
>way to do it.
>The legal system works but it certainly isn't free or simple.
>
>Dave
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>
>M35products@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 8/27/01 2:49:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > davidcole@tk7.net writes:
> >
> > <<
> > If all of this bullshit continues, and their seems to be no end in
> sight, get
> > minimal insurance and buy plates, then drop the insurance. You are only
> > required to have insurance while operating a motor vehicle in most states.
> > You don't have to have insurance while not operating a vehicle.
> > >>
> >
> > Well, not exactly...In NY state, if you cancel insurance, the plates
> must be
> > surrendered to the BAW (Bureau of Arrogant Women). If the plates are not
> > surrendered, the State Polizei come to the house, remove the plates,
> give you
> > a summonse, AND your driver license is suspended for the same length of
> time
> > that you had the plates illegally.
> >
> > I am currently sitting here contemplating a potential "ruse, scheme, device
> > or artifice" as we say in the code enforcement business, (I am one of those
> > Code Enforcement "Idiots" that have been referred to). Perhaps there is a
> > state, say, Florida, where I understand that there are no more vehicle
> > inspections, where a company could be set up to service folks who find
> > themselves in this or similar predicaments. "Register that old car in my
> > mailbox" sort of thing.
> >
> > I believe that you will prevail, but must strongly agree with the
> advice that
> > everything must be in writing. That is the concept that calls the bluff of
> > most over-zealous officials, especially those with, how best to say,
> > "stick-shift envy".
> >
> > Good Luck, we are all rooting for you. A P Bloom
>
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