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Virginia Bill HB288 to Further Limit Antique License Plates


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Folks from Virginia - write your delegates to squash this modification to the bill. Changes mileage from 250 miles to 50 miles, eliminating those nice drives on Skyline Drive and across the great Commonwealth of Virginia.

House Bill 288:

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+HB288

Delegate names and addresses are located here:

http://leg1.state.va.us/061/mbr/MBR.HTM

Just found out about this and it will be presented on 11 January.

There are e-mail addresses at the above link as well as mailing addresses.

Please act.

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Guest leadsled1953

as someone who was born in Virginia i say that every old car owner better get after your reps on this.50 miles can easily become 50 feet.face a real shocker not everyone loves old cars.in my town in NY its No unregistered cars on your property.they are zoning out the old time junkyards so you will not have parts[this i have seen first hand].so if you want to drive your antique car write ,email or call your reps.why should there be a distance in the first place.you should be able to drive your car to any event be it 50 or 500 miles

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Sled, they're not putting this limit on "event" milage(no limit here) only on general highway milage, like going to the store for just a soda pop, or whatever. Of course, I do agree that 50 miles in a little short in my mind. I think they're being a little unreasonable with 50 miles.

Wayne

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and how do you justify to a police officer that you are going to an event? How is event defined? A cruise nite?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sled, they're not putting this limit on "event" milage(no limit here) only on general highway milage, like going to the store for just a soda pop, or whatever. Of course, I do agree that 50 miles in a little short in my mind. I think they're being a little unreasonable with 50 miles.

Wayne </div></div>

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Ted, It wouldn't hurt to have an event flyer or your local car club newsletter handy, if you feel you need this type of verification. We never have any trouble in this part of Virginia with troopers or local police. I've even been stopped when I inadvertantly left my license plate(both plates, don't ask) off a car, and was sent on my way.

The problem in some areas of the country is the young fellows or 'hotdogs" cutting up and making the rest of us look bad. Keep that in mind the next time that "honey" sitting beside you says, "Let's see what it'll do!" <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Wayne

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Let me add to the above post for anyone handling a local newsletter publication. Before I took over the Northern Neck Region's newsletter, the former Editor, Earl D. Beauchamp used to post certain dates of the month for timed runs, gas milage checks, and other usages for the driving of our antique cars. So, of course if you kept this type of publication handy and up to date in your car, you'd have justification for being on the highway at uncertain times of the week. You need to read the regulations completely understand their usage.

Wayne

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Guest leadsled1953

its good to see that manypeople have worked so hard and the Virginia antique car clubs owe everyone working on this a big thanks but...how does the 50 mile thing have anything to do with people using the old cars as everyday/work .it doesn't.i work within 27 miles of my job. in other words thats not going to make a difference to people who are not doing the right thing..also there seems to be a junk car thing[a bit of snobbery ?]you dont get out of getting a ticket because you have antique car plates.the rats will get pulled over.they will get tickets.then its up to the insurance companies to yank there chains.

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Guest leadsled1953

the work truck thing is simple.no hauling of anything except a cooler [for those hot days at the car shows]also a lot of cruise nites do not have flyers .they are an every friday or whatever night.i'm not busting chops here.i put next to no miles on my 1950 desoto[with 1950 plates]a car show or two and a couple sunday drives with Grandma Vicky.but i'm allowed 2500 miles a year by my insurance company.

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Leadsled, you're assuming that there is a cop problem in Virginia, with one hiding behind every tree. It's not a problem. All of the AACA Clubs were involved in getting this legislation passed in the first place along with a lot of supporting Virginia Delegates. This one little minor change will not affect our hobby, or the use of our antique cars.

Thanks, Wayne Burgess

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Guest leadsled1953

no way am i say there is a police problem in Virginia. in order to protect our hobby[no matter where you live]there needs to be a solution that doesnt resrict the law abidding ..there are ways to do this with out restricting the people who want to take their car 51 miles away .the police should pull over something that looks unsafe[antique plates or not].they should pull over that 66 chevy truck with antique plates and ladders all over it [fire trucks not included].but you know these forums let you know that there are many solutions to problems

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Guest leadsled1953

thanks for your work.it affects people in the hobby no matter where they live .but let me say the last place i would want to drive a junker with antique plates is the skyline drive.its a long ways down in spots grin.gif

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I would oppose any change in the current law....the bad guys will still abuse the distance limits, plus it would give the police another reason to clamp down on all.

Just like gun control laws...they are well intentioned, but the bad guys don't obey laws anyway.

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