License plates

I have noticed one added benefit lately from leaving plate on truck. The toll roads that take a picture and send you a bill for driving on their toll roads, they never have come.

I want to thank everyone for their answers. I started this thread hoping to hear from someone in my state but didn't, for the people in the western states this was a good topic. I made up my mind and keeping the plate on the truck. I have a hitch on the truck I thought maybe I should run a extension with the plate welded on it. Maybe the LEO'S would find something wrong with that. THANKS again.

Buzzcut1 wrote:
just for education purposes. There are people that I know here in the SF Bay area that have been pulled over and cited for obstructed lic plates in their cars. The obstruction? A hitch mounted bicycle rack that did not have a bicycle in it. Kind of why every hitch mounted Wheelchair carrier comes with a Lic Plate frame with a plate light.

Oh and they now charge you a not cheap administrative fee to process that fix it ticket.

Plate is on my TC for that reason

My experience was not with a TC; I had a pickup set up with snowplow, but registered to be legal pulling a Bobcat. 1 of my hands wrecked his car, so he was using that pickup to drive home across the state line. Now it would be illegal to haul a load intra-state on that side of line, driver and truck where legal for what he was doing (Proven in court) Over the course of about a month he was stopped 6 times. 2 warnings, 3 tickets and 1 arrest and vehicle impounded. (Second time stopped on the same day, my driver tried to educate the cop)

MORSNOW wrote:
I'll bet it's pretty rare for any of us Truck Camper folks to get pulled over, it's not like we are sports cars or a beater with a heater with expired tags.

I have seen some pretty ragged PU/TC units. And I bet if some LEOs learn out of state owners will just pay the fine more will get stopped.

mr_andyj wrote:


TIME A CLOSE the thread!!!

THEN QUIT POSTING IN IT!!!!!

I am guessing in the entire country of 50 states there has never been a TC pulled over for placing a license plate on the TC's license plate location.
You can argue that a TC is cargo, but when it is bolted/chained on and electrically plugged in and working with the brake lights, running lights and blinkers, that it is part of the truck. A judge will be hard-pressed to say your TC is not the vehicle and you have illegally placed a license plate on it where it can be easily seen by the police and will cite you for this...
This post is beyond silly.

TIME A CLOSE the thread!!!

I'll bet it's pretty rare for any of us Truck Camper folks to get pulled over, it's not like we are sports cars or a beater with a heater with expired tags.

specta wrote:

JRscooby wrote:

specta wrote:
Simple, follow your state law.

Likely this is best practice, but if the laws of the state you are in are different don't get mad when you get stopped. Remember it is not your job to educate cops, but you might have to pay a lawyer to have a judge school him.

If I got cited in another state I'd just pay the fine and be on my merry way.

Ditto.

I live in Oregon and most of my travels are there and Washington. Both states require camper title/registration and plates. Other than in this silly forum, I've never heard of folks "moving" their truck plate when a camper is loaded.

Typical RVNET - 6 pages!!


- Mark0.

JRscooby wrote:

specta wrote:
Simple, follow your state law.

Likely this is best practice, but if the laws of the state you are in are different don't get mad when you get stopped. Remember it is not your job to educate cops, but you might have to pay a lawyer to have a judge school him.

If I got cited in another state I'd just pay the fine and be on my merry way.

just for education purposes. There are people that I know here in the SF Bay area that have been pulled over and cited for obstructed lic plates in their cars. The obstruction? A hitch mounted bicycle rack that did not have a bicycle in it. Kind of why every hitch mounted Wheelchair carrier comes with a Lic Plate frame with a plate light.

Oh and they now charge you a not cheap administrative fee to process that fix it ticket.

Plate is on my TC for that reason

specta wrote:
Simple, follow your state law.

Likely this is best practice, but if the laws of the state you are in are different don't get mad when you get stopped. Remember it is not your job to educate cops, but you might have to pay a lawyer to have a judge school him.