Re: RC: Re: ridecamp-d Digest V00 #1471

[hikryrdg <hikryrdg@evansville.net>]

  I should like to add that we went to court in Cobb County, Ga. over the CDL
issue.  We not only won, but I have a letter from the Judge that heard the
case
in his own hand writing for me to carry that a CDL is NOT required to drive a
recreational vehicle!  Oh sweet justice!  Jerry
>
>> In a message dated 9/14/2000 4:12:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> ridecamp-d-request@endurance.net writes:
>>
>> << I am in Ohio and I have titled and registered by horse trailer (34 foot,
>> 5H with
>>  LQ) as a "house vehicle"...same as "travel trailer" or "house trailer" in
>> many
>>  states.  I also had lettering put on my trailer stating that is is
>> registered as
>>  a recreational travel trailer.  I, so far, have zipped by weight station
and
>> no
>>  one has chased me ( I tow with w Freightliner, so LOOK like a
>> tractor/trailer). >>
>>
>> Forgot to mention you are driving under a Montana license.  Jerry Fruth
also
>> pulls with a Big Truck and he got stopped in Georgia this year and told he
>> could not move until he got a driver with a CDL.  My point is just because
>> you are "legal" does not automatically mean you will not be stopped and
held
>> by state cops.  My rig is a RV redesigned to be a horse trailer and I have
>> been stopped for not pulling in a weigh station.  Beware Kansas....they
>> stopped me this year and searched because of the "suspicious" bags on the
top
>> on my trailer.  Duh.....hay in the "hay rack"  Go figure.
>>
>> Susan
>>
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>
>Doesn't matter...same in each of these states....
>
>When the HP or cop pulls me over, I ask to see what statue his is basing his
>reason for stopping me.  If he cannot show me or tell me, I get his badge
number,
>etc.
>
>Ask Jerry Fruth...he won the battle in court.  It pays to have all the proper
>documentation and KNOW your laws.
>
>Most HP and cops do what they are told (like much of the world) and do not
>THINK.  They THINK you are "commercial" just because you have commercial
plates
>or are a big rig and LOOK like you are commercial. If you are NOT in business
and
>do NOT fall under the federal or state regs, SHOW them, and if they cannot
answer
>with LAW, then they may still write you a ticket, but you will probably
win in
>court (as Jerry did).
>
>Personally, I avoid court, so I carry much of the documentation with me and
SHOW
>them.  So far, no tickets, no courts.
>
>But, it does NOT stop them from pulling you over......(and wasting your
time).
>
>
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