Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid pol..

babynumber88 DeleteThis @gmail.com wrote:
> I'm going to be driving from Washington, DC to northern Louisiana with
> an LA license plate that expired a couple of years ago. Insurance and
> driver's license are okay. Any suggestions about what route I should
> take or how I can avoid getting pulled over? I'm a pretty safe driver,
> don't speed...going to try and make sure my car is clean and not
> conspicuous...
>
> Should I just stick to major interstates and hope a cop doesn't get
> close enough to notice? What about smaller, more remote highways and
> local roads? (Travel time is not a concern...)
>
> Does anyone have suggestions about specific states, cities, or roads I
> should avoid? I've heard plenty about cops in the south being worse
> about hassling drivers from out of state. I've heard bad things about
> Lousiana police on I-10, too, and although I won't have to drive very
> far into LA, I'm concerned about getting nabbed there, where the police
> will certainly know what color my tag is supposed to be.
>
> Has anyone else done this? Any suggestions would be very helpful!

Sure...rent a truck and trailer and tow it. Will be less expensive
than any fine.
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babynumber88.DeleteThis@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm going to be driving from Washington, DC to northern Louisiana with
> an LA license plate that expired a couple of years ago. Insurance and
> driver's license are okay. Any suggestions about what route I should
> take or how I can avoid getting pulled over? I'm a pretty safe driver,
> don't speed...going to try and make sure my car is clean and not
> conspicuous...
>
> Should I just stick to major interstates and hope a cop doesn't get
> close enough to notice? What about smaller, more remote highways and
> local roads? (Travel time is not a concern...)
>
> Does anyone have suggestions about specific states, cities, or roads I
> should avoid? I've heard plenty about cops in the south being worse
> about hassling drivers from out of state. I've heard bad things about
> Lousiana police on I-10, too, and although I won't have to drive very
> far into LA, I'm concerned about getting nabbed there, where the police
> will certainly know what color my tag is supposed to be.
>
> Has anyone else done this? Any suggestions would be very helpful!

Judging by the current price of fuel, the cost of getting the vehicle back on
the rolls should be no more than the cost of three or four pit stops.

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babynumber88.DeleteThis@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm going to be driving from Washington, DC to northern Louisiana with
> an LA license plate that expired a couple of years ago. Insurance and
> driver's license are okay. Any suggestions about what route I should
> take or how I can avoid getting pulled over? I'm a pretty safe driver,
> don't speed...going to try and make sure my car is clean and not
> conspicuous...
>
> Should I just stick to major interstates and hope a cop doesn't get
> close enough to notice? What about smaller, more remote highways and
> local roads? (Travel time is not a concern...)
>
> Does anyone have suggestions about specific states, cities, or roads I
> should avoid? I've heard plenty about cops in the south being worse
> about hassling drivers from out of state. I've heard bad things about
> Lousiana police on I-10, too, and although I won't have to drive very
> far into LA, I'm concerned about getting nabbed there, where the police
> will certainly know what color my tag is supposed to be.
>
> Has anyone else done this? Any suggestions would be very helpful!

Sure no problem. If you could give us dates and times you will be in key
towns, that would be helpful. Also a description of the car would be good
so we can help you keep it concealed of course.
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babynumber88 RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:

> I'm going to be driving from Washington, DC to northern Louisiana with
> an LA license plate that expired a couple of years ago. Insurance and
> driver's license are okay. Any suggestions about what route I should
> take or how I can avoid getting pulled over? I'm a pretty safe driver,
> don't speed...going to try and make sure my car is clean and not
> conspicuous...
>
> Should I just stick to major interstates and hope a cop doesn't get
> close enough to notice? What about smaller, more remote highways and
> local roads? (Travel time is not a concern...)
>
> Does anyone have suggestions about specific states, cities, or roads I
> should avoid? I've heard plenty about cops in the south being worse
> about hassling drivers from out of state. I've heard bad things about
> Lousiana police on I-10, too, and although I won't have to drive very
> far into LA, I'm concerned about getting nabbed there, where the police
> will certainly know what color my tag is supposed to be.
>
> Has anyone else done this? Any suggestions would be very helpful!

Take a bus, or get a temporary tag.
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I used to live next door to a cop. He told me once that tags that are
seriously out of date raise a giant red flag to any cop who sees them.

Call your local Bureau of Motor Vehicles and they'll tell you how to
get up-to-date tags. Driving with tags that old isn't worth the risk.
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On 18 Jul 2006 12:48:06 -0700, "JamesStep@gmail.com"
<JamesStep.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

>I used to live next door to a cop. He told me once that tags that are
>seriously out of date raise a giant red flag to any cop who sees them.
>
>Call your local Bureau of Motor Vehicles and they'll tell you how to
>get up-to-date tags. Driving with tags that old isn't worth the risk.

I believe getting current tags usually involves paying
registration fees for the years tags weren't obtained, which in
some states and for some cars can amount to a fair piece of
money.

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On 2006-07-18 11:03:57 -0400, babynumber88 DeleteThis @gmail.com said:

>
> I'm going to be driving from Washington, DC to northern Louisiana with
> an LA license plate that expired a couple of years ago. Insurance and
> driver's license are okay. Any suggestions about what route I should
> take or how I can avoid getting pulled over? I'm a pretty safe driver,
> don't speed...going to try and make sure my car is clean and not
> conspicuous...
>
> Should I just stick to major interstates and hope a cop doesn't get
> close enough to notice? What about smaller, more remote highways and
> local roads? (Travel time is not a concern...)
>
> Does anyone have suggestions about specific states, cities, or roads I
> should avoid? I've heard plenty about cops in the south being worse
> about hassling drivers from out of state. I've heard bad things about
> Lousiana police on I-10, too, and although I won't have to drive very
> far into LA, I'm concerned about getting nabbed there, where the police
> will certainly know what color my tag is supposed to be.
>
> Has anyone else done this? Any suggestions would be very helpful!

You want advice from us on how to break the law? I DON'T THINK SO!
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On 18 Jul 2006 08:03:57 -0700, babynumber88.RemoveThis@gmail.com wrote:

>
>I'm going to be driving from Washington, DC to northern Louisiana with
>an LA license plate that expired a couple of years ago. Insurance and
>driver's license are okay. Any suggestions about what route I should
>take or how I can avoid getting pulled over? I'm a pretty safe driver,
>don't speed...going to try and make sure my car is clean and not
>conspicuous...
>
>Should I just stick to major interstates and hope a cop doesn't get
>close enough to notice? What about smaller, more remote highways and
>local roads? (Travel time is not a concern...)

You could probably get some tips from Dukes of Hazzard reruns.
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On 18 Jul 2006 08:03:57 -0700, babynumber88.RemoveThis@gmail.com <babynumber88.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:



>I'm going to be driving from Washington, DC to northern Louisiana with
>an LA license plate that expired a couple of years ago. Insurance and
>driver's license are okay. Any suggestions about what route I should
>take or how I can avoid getting pulled over? I'm a pretty safe driver,
>don't speed...going to try and make sure my car is clean and not
>conspicuous...

Stay home until you collect the funds.

Or allocate some extra time including the weekend for sitting in jail in
case some hillbilly copy has had a bad day and doesn't like your attitude.
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babynumber88.RemoveThis@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm going to be driving from Washington, DC to northern Louisiana with
> an LA license plate that expired a couple of years ago. Insurance and
> driver's license are okay. Any suggestions about what route I should
> take or how I can avoid getting pulled over? I'm a pretty safe driver,
> don't speed...going to try and make sure my car is clean and not
> conspicuous...
>
> Should I just stick to major interstates and hope a cop doesn't get
> close enough to notice? What about smaller, more remote highways and
> local roads? (Travel time is not a concern...)
>
> Does anyone have suggestions about specific states, cities, or roads I
> should avoid? I've heard plenty about cops in the south being worse
> about hassling drivers from out of state. I've heard bad things about
> Lousiana police on I-10, too, and although I won't have to drive very
> far into LA, I'm concerned about getting nabbed there, where the police
> will certainly know what color my tag is supposed to be.
>
> Has anyone else done this? Any suggestions would be very helpful!

Here's another point of view - chances are, the cops won't notice.

It depends on what state you're coming from. It's doubtful the cops
have every state's tags memorized. It actually shouldn't be that hard.
Consider New Jersey - they stopped providing registration stickers in
2004. Many people are driving around with tags that appear to have
expired in 2004, but in reality they are completely legal.

So hey, go for it.
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"JamesStep@gmail.com" wrote:

> I used to live next door to a cop. He told me once that tags that are
> seriously out of date raise a giant red flag to any cop who sees them.
>
> Call your local Bureau of Motor Vehicles and they'll tell you how to
> get up-to-date tags. Driving with tags that old isn't worth the risk.

Of course they are red flags. A seriously expired plate usually means the
owner doesn't give a damn, so there are probably lots of other things. I
used to find the typical scenario was expired plates, safety problems, no
insurance and unlicensed or suspended driver.
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Hatunen wrote:

>
>
> I believe getting current tags usually involves paying
> registration fees for the years tags weren't obtained, which in
> some states and for some cars can amount to a fair piece of
> money.

Sometimes it also involves safety certification or emissions testing. In
most states and provinces it would also require payment of outstanding
fines.

Anyone thinking about driving around with switched plates or expired plates
should be aware of the technology available to police officers and their on
board computers. The enforcement agency I worked for was not exactly at
the cutting edge of technology, but I could punch in a licence plate from
any Canadian province and US state and in 2-3 seconds it would display a
vehicle description and identify the owner. If it was a plate from this
province it would automatically display the owner's driver licence number
and was flagged if he was under suspension or currently unlicensed. For
commercial vehicles, the company's safety violation rate was immediately
displayed. There were all sorts of hyper linked fields to access driver
conviction records etc.

A few years ago people could get away with playing dumb sometimes, but
these days it is not worth it.
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babynumber88.DeleteThis@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm going to be driving from Washington, DC to northern Louisiana with
> an LA license plate that expired a couple of years ago. Insurance and
> driver's license are okay.

No, you do not have any insurance. The company is justified in denying
coverage because driving without legal plates is a violation of the
statute, and thus voids any policy they have issued. Further, since
you do not apparently live in Louisiana, unless you have told the
company you have moved to DC, and thus paid the far higher premiums
that come with that, you have lied to the company and they again can
deny coverage.

Further, even if you have VALID Louisiana plates, 30 days after you
stopped living in Louisiana, they became void.

Go to the DC DMV, pay your taxes like every body else and get legal.

SP Cook
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