Federal smog laws GregO'Connor

[Pete Masterson]

When I purchased my coach, I drove from Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, and California without any license plates. (I had a "temporary" paper license from Texas that was on the dashboard but was not particularly visible from outside the coach.)

I was pulled over in Nevada -- by a patrolman who was an RVer and just wondered what the strange looking RV was. (The justification was no plate visible.) I showed him the temporary plate and we talked about Blue Birds, etc. and he sent me on my way.

I haven't been looked at twice by a patrol officer anywhere since.

Pete Masterson

'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42

El Sobrante CA

"aeonix1@mac.com"

On Dec 10, 2008, at 4:15 PM, Don Bradner wrote:

On 12/10/2008 at 11:27 PM timvasqz wrote:

The independent tester I used has tested  motorhomes  pickup trucks and 

diesel cars several were class c duramax units clearing up smoke

fix-it-tickets.  ( Don call an independ tester 

<http://www.arb.ca.gov/enf/hdvip/certstf111408.pdf>  for  your research

question).  

Sorry, that's not going to cut it. Your tester is now going to add Wanderlodges to his list of vehicles worked on, for any who ask in the future. For him, the Private/Commercial aspect is immaterial.

I

know for a fact quoting ;statute ;law and ;code get you more issues and

a court date.   

If that's what it takes, then so be it. As a practical matter, instances of Class A coaches being pulled over for anything, including exceeding the 55mph towing limit in California, are exceedingly rare. The one California exception appears to be 45-footers pulling obviously longer than 20-foot toads or trailers.

I was, however, pulled over for my first time ever in a motor home a few days ago on I-10 in Florida. The lift-window on our Jeep liberty had popped open (happens with a wrong key press, just like a panic alarm), and the state trooper wanted to make sure we weren't losing anything. 

"Have a nice day and I will block traffic for you to get going" was the parting word.

Don Bradner

90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"

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