Just got pulled over for driving too much!

Synchro909 said:
With the wording quoted above, I can see why the copper said what he did. FWIW, With our system, we can drive the car for 45 days a year after filling in a log book to keep count of the days. That costs about $76 and double that for 90 days. There is no option to go more than 90 days. The car can be used for any purpose so long as it is not for commercial gain, ie, it is for private use. Most of the cost is to cover personal injury insurance.
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That's still nearly every weekend, and with 90 days, you have many to spare.
 
In Massachusetts I have one antique with antique plates and another (31 year old truck) with regular plates, both are insured with Hagerty on one policy. Actually the antique plate is for limited driving and that gets renewed annually, the other has a regular registration renewed on a two year basis with no restrictions except for insurance stating it should not be used for daily commuting The yearly cost for the regular plate works out cheaper than the antique plate. Both vehicles require a state safety inspection every year. How do you figure?
 
dumb person said:
That's still nearly every weekend, and with 90 days, you have many to spare.
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Yeah I never did the math but let's say I drive the car roughly half the year. May-October. Maybe 25 weekends. Go to town Friday and Saturday. That's 50 trips. Due to rain and other commitments it's probably closer to 30 trips. A year! Wow I'm really abusing the hell out of that plate.
 
In the UK a Model A is classed as an "Historic Vehicle" and does not need an annuall roadworthy inspection and pays no road tax . You can drive anywhere any time any distance . Haggerty insurance is a market leader here and very reasonable premiums based on how many miles you want to drive . To use Haggerty here in UK you must have a main modern car as your main driver .

John in no change in the weather Suffolk County England .
 
freak said:
Yeah I never did the math but let's say I drive the car roughly half the year. May-October. Maybe 25 weekends. Go to town Friday and Saturday. That's 50 trips. Due to rain and other commitments it's probably closer to 30 trips. A year! Wow I'm really abusing the hell out of that plate.
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If you were in Massachusetts you could get a regular 2 year registration (cheaper than an antique plate) and insure it with Hagerty or another state approved insurer and enjoy the lower insurance rate as long as you had a regular registered car and you were the driver.
 
If you have a relative living across the state line, register the car at their address. Your police dept is out of control, the ''us'' against ''them'' mentality. They have discussed and targeted you. Be very careful. They won't be happy until you have been ''gotten''.
 
I am in the Cincinnati area and just drove 40 miles today. We live 10 miles from Oxford , OH and Miami University. If anyone will stop me it will be in Oxford. Just got my first Model A and plan to go out for ice cream a lot.
 
dmdeaton said:
I am in the Cincinnati area and just drove 40 miles today. We live 10 miles from Oxford , OH and Miami University. If anyone will stop me it will be in Oxford. Just got my first Model A and plan to go out for ice cream a lot.
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Don't come to Bowling Green!
 
Here in France there are two types of vehicle registration. Normal and Collection. There used to be a law that if you wanted to drive your collection car out of your department (administrative area) you had to fill out a special form.

I'm convinced that this law was only created to give the civil servants something to do. Anyway, as usual here in France nobody took any notice so the law was quietly scrapped.

The same thing happened a few years ago, they made a law saying that every car had to have a special type of alcohol tester for the driver in the glove box. Then the French government discovered that there were not enough manufacturers around that could produce this special tester. So again, the law was quietly dropped.

I'm sure it's the same all over the world. Just more work for idle hands.
 
I've been to Bowling Green!!! :). Jeff
 

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I have used a historical plate to daily my 78 for years. in michigan. I got pulled over for speeding. first thing I said was i had a part to install. But I couldn't locate my reg and insurance in the 20 seconds he gave me before he walked away. so he hands me a ticket with three violations and walked away acting like he was real busy but he just speed trapped me. so long story short the plate was never mentioned in court or at the stop. because i had the paper work he just wouldn't give me time they charged me for the speeding and dropped the other violations.
 
Bowling Green Ontario, Canada. It's a 2 cow village with no cops in sight. LOL. :)
I didn't even know it existed here! I was back roading this spring and came through this village. Jeff
 
I have a Historic Vehicle tag on my 31 Sport Coupe that has been on it since the 70's. When I bought it in June I was issued a regular tag that is tied to the Historic Tag. I was instructed to run the old tag and keep the new tag in the vehicle. This is in Georgia.
TerryO
 
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