Re: New Law In Virginia


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Posted by daveS on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at 20:25:23 :

In Reply to: New Law In Virginia posted by S. Bear on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 19:56:22 :

I also live in VA and have read over the antique vehicle registration form. I also went on-line and read the regulation for antique vehicles. However, I did not call the help line phone number.

I have two WWII Dodge trucks, which I have restored back to original condition. One is licensed for daily use and the other has antique plates. The difference in the cost of insurance is considerable. I have public liability, major medical, uninsured vehicles, carry no collision or comprehensive, drive less than 4K miles/yr, and have no prior accidents or speeding tickets (Ha) on the daily driver. I pay less than $110 every 6 months for insurance on this truck. I have full coverage (major med, collision, comp, uninsured, etc) on the full replacement value of the truck and pay around $100 every 6 months. The insurance savings alone will pay the registration fee within a few months! I haven't heard of any municipality in the country that was offering rebates or refunding excess taxes due to budge surpluses.

I did not read that the antique vehicles had to be inspected by a licenced inspection station, which is an annual requirement for all licenced, nonantique and farm use vehicles in the state. What is required is that you certify that you own or have access to another, nonantique vehicle, car, truck, or motorcycle that is licensed. And you certify that the vehicle is safe to operate. The safety requirements are: i) brakes, (ii) lights, (iii) horn or warning device, (iv) turn signals, (v) safety glass when required by law, (vi) mirror, (vii) muffler, (viii) windshield wiper, (ix) steering gear adequate to ensure the safe movement of the vehicle per 46.2-1000. I personally feel that these safety requirements are not too restrictive.

Two years or so ago, I attended a Antique Vehicle Club meeting in VA. One of the guest speakers was a VA Highway Patrol Officer. One of the club's concern was the increasing use of antique vehicle plates on junkers, to avoid paying annual registration fees, passing an annual safety inspection, and proving that you have auto insurance. One of the club members stated that he had seen several junky pickups used by low budget lawn care, contractors, and house painting to carry equipment with antique plates. He felt that he had spent a considerable sum of money to restore his vehicle and didn't want someone to ruin the benefits of having antique plate for everyone.

That is my rant of the day.

Dave



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