Ticket for no insurance.

[TheCafeKid]

Ohio also does this wonderful little trick too:

Random Insurance proof spot checks. If you've a vehicle registered in the state, roadworthy or not, they can and will send you a letter asking for proof of insurance on that vehicle, and they ask for specific date proof (say, August of last year, if you owned the vehicle then. ) even if the vehicle doesn't run, never leaves the garage, if it has valid tags, it better be insured.
Of course people would fail to register such a vehicle, but then also get fined by the state for not registering it within 7 days of tag expiration or 30 days of title transfer. A racket.

 

[1_v8_merc]

Never heard of such craziness where I live.....cops don't even glance at motorcycles.
You could be riding in a bikini with no lights, mirrors or plate......they "might" look twice...just because you're wearing a bikini.

 

[Guest]

Driving a vehicle without registration is a ticket, if you're pulled over by locals. If a statie gets you, though, you're screwed. He has the right to impound the vehicle. Same is true for expired tags.

Don't try that in Hamilton, the youngest had his "spotted" sitting parallel parked between two cars with expired tags and it was towed by the locals, fines, tow and 1 day storage = $250! Never did figure out how they got it out between the two cars.

Ohio also does this wonderful little trick too:

Random Insurance proof spot checks. If you've a vehicle registered in the state, roadworthy or not, they can and will send you a letter asking for proof of insurance on that vehicle, and they ask for specific date proof (say, August of last year, if you owned the vehicle then. ) even if the vehicle doesn't run, never leaves the garage, if it has valid tags, it better be insured.
Of course people would fail to register such a vehicle, but then also get fined by the state for not registering it within 7 days of tag expiration or 30 days of title transfer. A racket.

That reminds me... truck insured? :-k

Never heard of such craziness where I live.....cops don't even glance at motorcycles.
You could be riding in a bikini with no lights, mirrors or plate......they "might" look twice...just because you're wearing a bikini.

Depending on the terrain I might just like to ride in a place like that! (no bikini... er, I mean more like full gear!)
Where are you located?

 

[chuck hahn]

Merc...OH do tell the general vacinity of such a utopian spot!!!!

 

[TheCafeKid]

Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy....

DUH!!!

I only need to learn lesson once

 

[B-rent]

So, I'm glad I didn't do this in Ohio. Sounds like I would have had my bike taken, given a ride in a black and white car with christmas lights on top, license taken away, possibly raped in jail, and a stack of fines to pay. That would have been a full day.

 

[chuck hahn]

You dont need to go to jail to get raped...that ticket is proof of that.

 

[B-rent]

You dont need to go to jail to get raped...that ticket is proof of that.

I wonder if they have the option to have the ticket wrapped in barbwire?

 

[keman]

Wow. This is a scary thread...

Washington State does not require cycles to be insured at all!!

Personally I think it should require at least the minimum that is required for cars (liability). In a car, no insurance is a $400 or so fine. You do have to have a motorcycle endorsement here. If you get pulled over and don't have it they impound and ticket.

About 40% of the riders in Wa. have no insurance!!

Me... FULL coverage plus extra uninsured coverage. I'm almost 50, the bike is 31, the rates are pretty low for me. It makes no sense not to go full meal deal and cover my a--.

 

[earlfor]

Wow. This is a scary thread...

Washington State does not require cycles to be insured at all!!

Personally I think it should require at least the minimum that is required for cars (liability). In a car, no insurance is a $400 or so fine. You do have to have a motorcycle endorsement here. If you get pulled over and don't have it they impound and ticket.

About 40% of the riders in Wa. have no insurance!!

Me... FULL coverage plus extra uninsured coverage. I'm almost 50, the bike is 31, the rates are pretty low for me. It makes no sense not to go full meal deal and cover my a--.

Yep, bike insurance is so cheap, why would anyone not have it.

 

[Guest]

Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy....

DUH!!!

I only need to learn lesson once

I never doubted you... just was wondering due to the logistics and all since May.

 

[Guest]

TCK, I lived in OH in the '80s, and never heard of such nonsense. Great governmental over-reach.

When I might come home with a new vehicle, I call my agent ahead of time. He can then honestly verify that my 30-day grace period has started, and that I'm insured.

Was stopped by a cop in Albuquerque once, and temporarily forgot where I had stashed my registration and proof of insurance. The cop said that if I couldn't produce it in another two minutes, he'd have my bike impounded and I'd spend the night in jail, before getting to try to call an Ohio lawyer (where I lived at the time) to straighten it out. I found the documents with all of a minute to spare (tool tray).

Bought a car in Georgia, where only dealers issue temporary plates, and new private purchases can be driven without plates for 30 days. Needed to drive it through TN, KY and IN to get home. While the "full-faith-and-credit" clause of the Constitution might help, I didn't want to chance it. So I pulled the plate off of another car of mine for the trip home, figuring that, unless a cop randomly checked it, I would be fine. I was.

 

[Can_O_Tuna]

in NY if you are caught driving without insurance it is a 1 yr revocation of your DL and a $500 civil penalty, not including any other fines etc.