Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:39:01 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Re: Watch Those Out of State Plates and Don't Take any Crap
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Many states have those move over for the police or service vehicle laws. The
need is probably due to trucks, buses, and RV's but it really isn't a bad
idea. As for roof racks, there are state and federal guide lines for
anything mounted on or hanging off the vehicle. At some height or length you
need additional lighting and don't block lights or windows or license plates
and stay within the confines of the side view mirrors.
Dennis
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Gerald Masar
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Watch Those Out of State Plates and Don't Take any Crap
I believe Arizona has recently passed this same law, about changing lanes
when
emergency vehicles are parked on the side of the highway.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Watch Those Out of State Plates and Don't Take any Crap
> Lack of knowledge about the laws never goes well in court...
>
> Many states have the rules that you should either move over a lane or
> slow down to 45 if there is an emergency vehicle on the shoulder.
> Many truck drivers just extend this to move over if there is ANY
> vehicle on the shoulder.
>
> Never heard about rack rules on the sides. On the front and rear if
> it extends beyond the bumpers you are usually required to flag it
> some how (red flag in Virginia I believe).
>
> In Virginia there are highway signs that say "Slower Traffic Keep
> Right". Which is routinely ignored by folks who think "I'm doing the
> speed limit, and nobody should be faster than that". I watched a cop
> come up on a car in the left lane who wouldn't move out of the way (4
> lanes of highway too). He turned on his lights and the vehicle STILL
> wouldn't move out the way. He finally passed the guy on the right. He
> would have been well within the law to pull the guy over for failing
> to obey a highway sign (the appropriate law in this case). Wish he
> had too.
>
> There are other rules in Virginia, like not crossing a solid white
> line. At notorious back up spots, you'll see cars cross onto the
> should to get on to the on ramp and scoot ahead a dozen cars. And
> periodically the cops will stake out the area and ticket the folks
> doing it. Makes me feel good that queue jumpers are occassionally
> caught and fined.
>
> I won't even go into the folks who violate the HOV lanes (there are
> so many repeat offenders for that that the state has increased the
> fines twice in the last few years.)
>
>
> On Oct 22, 2006, at 9:42 AM, Max Wellhouse wrote:
>
> > I was pulled over by an Iowa Highway Patrol officer(I have Iowa
> > plates BTW) last spring for"failing to change lanes on the interstate
> > to avoid emergency vehicles on the side of the road" blah blah
> > blah. I'd never heard of that rule and the emergency vehicle in
> > question was his brownish colored unmarked cop cruiser that had
> > barely discernable yellow lights blinking from the rear window. It
> > was daytime and bight out and hard to see themn in the first
> > place. Maybe those evil kayaks I had on my roof racks were the red
> > flag? While we had a nice long chat( I can kiss ass with the best of
> > them if it will save me some money) he gets out his code book and
> > looks up what constitutes a legal roof rack!!. Turns out in Iowa,
> > your roof rack can't stick out more than the width of the vehicle
> > body on the driver's side, but can stick out 18" on the passenger
> > side!!!!! Who the hell wrote that law much less voted for it? I got
> > off with a warning and now I know better..... I think.
> >
> > DM&FS
>
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