Tvov wrote:
AdvancedQs wrote:
So this is a very gray area then. I thought a lot of people would come on here and have the exact answer. You guys usually know exactly what’s going on with this kind of stuff.
I would tell you guys exactly what it is, but I don’t want to cause an uproar. People get very heated and emotional about this type of stuff. I don’t want to get into a bunch of arguments about it.
but suffice to say I’m completely legal in my state in the way my vehicle is configured and all of my paperwork. But, in the other state, I would not be.
this is not a moving violation. I drive perfectly. No accidents in my entire life. Driving record empty. It’s just the way my vehicle is set up which is legal in my state but apparently not in the state I was in. Much like the window tinting. That’s why I used it as an example.
What the? Now I REALLY want to know what you are talking about, lol!
OK. Maybe I should let everybody know. But I don’t want everybody arguing about this. OK? Please? It’s going to be controversial. People are going to get upset. I might as well be posting about wearing a mask or not. That’s the kind of thing it’s going to be.
there are actually two things. And I don’t want opinions on whether or not these things are correct. Or what you think about them. What I would like please is actual knowledge about if a vehicle being completely legal in its state is therefore legal in all other states that it can drive through. That’s the question. Please don’t get hung up on the actual items that I’m going to list now.
Item#1:. This is the one that got me pulled over. My DMV told me that I should not move my license plate off of the vehicle and onto the truck camper. They said keep it on the vehicle. They said the truck camper is just a load in the back and you can still see the plate.. And you can. It’s a little hard to see, but you can see it. I followed the instructions of my state. passing through another state, they didn’t like my state's advice and instructions. So they pulled me over.
Item#2:. My state is a little different. In my state if you have not had a motor vehicle accident in your life, you do not need insurance. I do not have insurance. I do not want insurance. I don’t want to listen to people talk about how I need insurance. This is a simple fact. I don’t have to legally have insurance. Because in my 34 years of driving I have never had an accident. We have something called personal financial responsibility. That’s actually what it’s called in my state. I take the financial risk. Because the officer was unaware, I showed him the law. Instead of not writing me a ticket, he tried to give me whatever he could. So he gave me some false ticket about not producing my insurance card. He didn’t give me the ticket for not having insurance, since I'm not required to. He gave me a ticket for not producing the insurance card. And then after he thought about it a little more, he said I would probably be just fine just showing the judge the law I showed him. It should get it thrown out. But he still gave me a **** ticket! And I have to waste my time showing the judge the law in court. Thankfully it’s on zoom though. Otherwise I would have actually been pissed off if I had to drive all the way back to this other state. BWhich got me thinking about everything in this thread.
I’m somewhat dissatisfied that the cop decided to reach to give me any ticket he could. Because he couldn’t really give me the one for no insurance. Because I’m not required to have any. Same as an inspection sticker. If I’m not required to have an inspection in Florida, then in his state, I don’t need to have an inspection either. It’s a matter of paperwork. My paperwork was not the same as the state that I was driving through. And in all actuality, it’s never the same as the states I’m driving through. Because my state is the only one that doesn’t require insurance.
So what’s the deal? If a vehicle is 100% legal and it’s physical configuration and paperwork to drive around its home state. Isn’t it legal to drive around the entire country also? By some reciprocity?
