Wrong Pump in AZ

lbligh wrote:

msmith1199 wrote:

lbligh wrote:

msmith1199 wrote:

Executive wrote:
Well, 10Ponies has decided to fight the ticket. He says he'll post the results. ...that's the real deal then....

My wife and grandkids are passengers in my coach..:h

Doesn't matter much to me as I'm stuck either way with my tag....:W...Dennis

I don't know that you're stuck as I still can't figure out if the intent of the law is to impose and extra tax on privately owned RV's or not. If you're stuck because of the Tag then most all diesel RV's are stuck because they have GVWRing's of over 26k. So it either applies to private RV's or it doesn't. Arizona needs to decide which and make sure all their regulatory agencies are on the same page.

I don't believe this is a situation where it is all or nothing. The posting at the pump clearly states that any vehicle with more than two axles is not exempt. Additionally, it seems that folks are not well versed on exactly what the pump positing actually says. It lists with detail those vehicles that are exempt. No where does it list RVs. I must believe that in the list of exempt vehicles it would state RVs if they intended them to be exempt.

A sticker on the pump isn't law. And the issue is more than just three axles. If the three axle law applies to motorhomes then so does the 26,000 pound rule even if you have two axles. So yeah, it's all or nothing.

Let me clarify. What I meant was, that if in fact, those who are arguing the point that the 26,000 weight issue does not apply to RVs (how they feel that they can make that argument I don't know as there is no listed exception), if a person has three or more axles there is no exception. The posting clearly says any unit with three or more axles. ANY UNIT. It does not say any unit other than RVs. Additionally, I fully understand that the posting at the pump is not the law, it is simply the notice/warning to the public who use the pump of a summary of the law and what is included and excluded. They seem to have gone to great lengths to list those vehicles that are exempt (non-profits school buses etc.) but no where is there any mention of RVs. Those are simple the posted facts.

And there is the problem. You read it and somehow you read it as saying "ANY UNIT." However no place in that law does it say ANY UNIT. And in my opinion, there are no exceptions for RV's because RV's aren't included to begin with. At least that's the way I read it now. There is also no exception for Diesel VW bugs, but that's because the Diesel VW Bug isn't included to begin with.