Competition new rules for towing

[MMeier]

The local interpetation of the Ky. version of all of this, If you are over 10k and you attended an event with payout of any form (this is the loophole) you just became commercial. Trophies, checks, fast women. . If they payed you... you are applicable.

What about if I paid the fast women !!

 

[biggy238]

I don't think it was in affect for last year in Ky. Could be wrong.

 

[MCummings]

What about if I paid the fast women !!

You should be okay with DOT, but SWMBO, and Local PD might be another story...



Merrick

 

[fest3er]

fest3er-



If they consider racing a business (IIRC, they do in Illinois), then what I pasted below would apply-





What is a commercial vehicle? Any self-propelled or towed vehicle used on a highway in intrastate and interstate commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle:

- has a gross vehicle weight rating, gross combined weight rating. Gross weight or gross combined weight greater than 10,000 pounds;

(A definition first, by 'this law' (used below), I refer to the law as outlined in the DRO article. )



That may be, but the vehicle is immaterial in this case.



At the risk of sounding crude, I shall repeat myself:

Who must comply? For-hire motor carrier - A person or business that provides transportations of persons or property in exchange for any form of compensation or payment.

If you are not a for-hire motor carrier transporting persons or property in exchange for any form of compensation or payment, you do not need to comply with this law. If you own the vehicle, trailer and contents and haul it around for your own purposes, you do not need to comply with this law. If you haul your friend's race cars because you have the equipment, and do not charge him anything, you do not need to comply with this law, because you are not receiving any form of compensation or payment. You could win $1,000,000 at every race you attend, and still you would not need to comply, because you are not a for-hire motor carrier hauling persons or property in exchange for payment of any kind. As outlined in DRO, the law is clear in its terms and conditions.



And Oasis, yes, I would ask the DOT man to show me the full law and regulation. And if he refuses to show me, or does and he is wrong, and persists in his illegal action, I would arrest him on the spot. And hold him until the proper authorities arrive. No law enforcement officer in the US has the power to operate outside the law. No ifs. No ands. No buts.



Ignorance of the law is no excuse, neither for the accused nor for the person empowered to enforce the law.



N

 

[TRCM]

. . i forgot the break off point 5000 or 5500 now a suburban or excursion doesn't have a bed so they can have pass plates..... mummn interesting story

Thanks

Deo

Well, in VA they are starting to crack down on the people who get regular passenger car plates and put them on the bigger trucks & SUV's.



Reason is strictly money. The pass car plates are like 30-60 bucks a year due to a tax break. Regular truck plates are 500-600 per year.



If you have pass car plates on an Excursion, and anything is in the truck besides you (yeah, even a bag of groceries), they can give you a ticket for being overwieght.