From: Horrocks, Aaron (ACHb@pge.com)
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 09:08:04 PST
Do you honestly expect the police officer to have memorized all the Vehicle Codes, even the obscure ones covering MVs? There's too much for any one person to know. He sees a vehicle without plates, and thinks he's doing his job and pulls it over. The Texas MV registration, while seems like a dream to some of us, can also seem like a lie when you're telling it to a cop. I don't want to appear if as if I'm taking the cop's side, because I've had problems with overzealous police here in CA, and take precautions now.
It's a bit late at this point, but I'll recommend this again: Keep a copy all your registration, insurance, and applicable laws (Vehicle Codes, Demilled gun laws, etc) in a large zip-lock plastic bag in your glove box. It keeps it clean, dry, and orderly for when something like this happens. Even if you're an expert in TX registration, People are far more likely to trust a piece of paper than a person's word. It makes the difference between an inconvenient stop, or a drawn-out paperwork battle.
Aaron Horrocks
ARG, CAA, Mopar Alley, & MVCC Member
1952 M38A1
1970 Plymouth
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Patrick Jankowiak
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 6:11 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] registration and laws
You should have a little metal tag that you got from the DMV
which you are supposed to keep in your truck, this is the antique
military vehicle 'license plate' to back up the bumper numbers. I
keep mine attached to the steering wheel security chain with a
wire tie.
Showing this to the cop should have stopped his prattle about
registration.
Insurance, well, it is not required but of course the officer was
perhaps not willing to call in and get the facts on the law
before making a false arrest. (arrest does not mean go to jail,
it can mean being stopped, ticketed, etc).
Time to file a complaint with internal affairs. A visit to the
TXDOT website will clear it all up. Be sure to file that complaint.
Where was this anyway, some hick town (yes I know we do have alot
of those here in God's Country).
Patrick
Ghille wrote:
> Well, this was a first for me. It's been flooding here, so I decided to
> take my Deuce to work. On my way to lunch, the local sheriff pulled me over
> and told me I was not allowed to drive my truck on the highway. In Texas,
> you can register a truck as a former military vehicle and opt not to have
> license plates. (just use your bumper numbers.) You can also opt not to
> carry insurance on the truck either. I explained all of this to him, and he
> said he had never seen anything like this before and wrote me out a ticket
> for no registration and no insurance. I am in the process of getting copies
> of all of the paperwork to fight it, but I was not given normal registration
> papers, and the inspection place kept my no insurance affidavit. Anybody
> else been through this?
>
> "Today you are freer than ever to do what you want, provided you can pay for
> it."
> Greg Graffin
>
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--Best regards,
Patrick
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