<VV> VA antique vehicle plates

[Ron]

The deputy was just using any flimsy excuse to do a little religious 
recruiting, an all too frequent error in their ways.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mhicks130 at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> VA antique vehicle plates


> Thanks for the responses.  I went to the horses mouth (so to speak) and 
> called the state police office in charge of state safety inspections.  He 
> said he that antique/vintage plated cars are exempt from safety inspectons 
> both by Governor's proclamation (that started the inspections) and by 
> state code and he told me where to find them online.  He also said he had 
> a '74 Vette :) and he kept a printout of the code in his glovebox.  He 
> also said the way the the restrictions are written for the antique plates, 
> you can drive your car every day.  It allows for pleasure drives and 
> there's no limit on them other than they can't be more than 250 miles from 
> your home.  You can't drive it to work all the time though.
>
> I'm confident my car would pass inspection but it's a hassle getting my 2 
> transportation cars inspected every year - I don't want to do a third if I 
> don't have to.  If I find myself wanting to use the car more often and in 
> a more utilitarian way, I'll change over to regular registration and get 
> inspections.  I haven't decided that at this time.  I like driving it now 
> but I'm sure I'll feel differently when it's cold (my car's a 
> convertible).
>
> I can't believe the York County sherrif's department doesn't know the law 
> on this.  It wasn't that hard for me to find out and I'm just a guy.  I'll 
> definately be keeping a printout of the governor's proclomation and the 
> code section with relevent lines highlighted for easy reading.  Hopefully 
> that will fix things.
>
> Well at least my immortal soul was saved from eternal damnation so this 
> morning wasn't a total loss!
>
>
> mike
>
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