Keep On [Farm] Truckin'

[CaptainHenreh]

VA is funny with the tags, a guy I now got a misdemeanor ticket for taking the trash to the station in his antique tagged truck. Maybe he just needs to swap tags to farm use when he does that. The cop was sitting right by the station and had pulled over multiple antique tagged cars, sounded like something personal. Unknown if your stickers would have helped. (What's the red line? firefighters?)

IMHO that's absolutely what he shoulda done.

You are not required to register a vehicle (obtain license plates and decals) or pay a registration fee for any pickup or panel truck, sport utility vehicle, vehicle having a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 7,500 pounds, trailer, or semitrailer used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes on lands owned or leased by the vehicle's owner. Although registration is not required, such vehicles must be titled. This registration exemption applies only to vehicles that are not operated on or over any public highway for any purpose other than:

Crossing a highway;
Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than seventy-five (75) miles from one part of the owner's land to another, irrespective of whether the tracts adjoin;
Taking the vehicle or attached fixtures to and from a repair shop for repairs;
Taking another vehicle exempt from registration under any provision of Va. Code §§ 46.2-664 through 46.2-668 or § 46.2-672, or any part or subcomponent of such a vehicle, to or from a repair shop for repairs, including return trips;
Operating along a highway to and from a refuse disposal facility for the purpose of disposing of trash and garbage generated on a farm; or
Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than seventy-five (75) miles for the purpose of obtaining supplies for agricultural or horticultural purposes, seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, or animal feed. (Va. Code § 46.2-665)

Now, technically if he had the antique tags on there he must have registered as an antique, and therefore in violation but how would Officer Antiantique even know?

I'd keep a pair of plates in my glovebox if i were that guy.