[PLUG-TALK] HR4569, the "Destroy Electronics in America Act"

[Renegade Penguin]

This really sounds like urban legend.  Federal highways are governed by 
federal money.  It's one way that bills get through Congress - if you 
don't do what is wanted, you get no federal highway money.

There are reciprocal laws regarding license plates and driver licenses 
in all states.  Normal passenger and commercial vehicles (most pickups 
are considered commercial) as well as driver licenses are honored in all 
50 states.  For instance, car rental companies are governed by these 
same laws, otherwise no car company in Oregon would rent to out of state 
drivers.

Larger commercial vehicles like semis have "apportioned" plates - which 
means that each vehicle under the apportionment agreement pays license 
fees.  At the end of the year, the powers that be figure out which 
vehicles were in which locales, and then the money is divided up among 
the states proportionally to traffic.

I also read the online driver's manual and could not find trip permits, 
tour permits, etc. regarding this issue.

And I travel between Washington and California, and have never hit this 
issue.

Couldn't find it on Snopes either.

RP


>>>>Nope.  If your plates say anything other than Oregon and there is no trip
>>>>or temporary permit in the window, there is a greater than zero chance
>>>>you will be cited for no vehicle registration and have your vehicle
>>>>impounded.  Says so in the driver's manual.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Do you have an url on a State of Oregon website you can point us to?
>>>      
>>>
>>driveto://your.dmv/and/ask/them/for/a/book
>>    
>>
>
>Yeah, thanks for that great tip.  Done that.  I couldn't find it the
>drivers manual available to me, I'll even take a page number or section
>title.  Perhaps you have a special one, I don't know.
>
>--Brent
>

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