Thoughts on the black plate legislation:
1)Cool - that will look great on the Morgan - thanks for letting me know -
Peter Davison
Santa Monica, CA
2)Rick,
Davis vetoed this very same bill last year... . . . . . . . .
3)Besides, what we really want is a bill permitting us to use our authentic
UK plates as the only plates on our cars. I'm tired of putting California
plates in the rear window. - - Kevin Wayne Williams <kww@gte.net>
4)If this Bill becomes law, wouldn't it have the effect of lessening the
value of a "California Black Plate" car. My 68 BGT was a Calif. black
plate, and I probably paid a few extra bucks for that (I still have the
plate). Would you have to question if it was a true CA black plate, or a
Northeastern rust bucket transported there recently to take advantage of
this law? Discussion please..... Steve in NJ
5)Hey Rick,
thanks for this! In general I support this idea, since it ties in nicely
with the older plates in the YOM plate program the DMV runs now. However, I
read the text of the bill and I see that there is not any provision for
presently existing and registered black plates. Since I own 3 cars that
already have the black plates, I am concerned that I will be charged extra
to keep them. This doesn't seem fair when the cars have had them all
along. It wouldn't surprise me if the DMV did this as they have a history
of basically taking as much money as they can at every opportunity.
Normally in the past the YOM program was aimed at licence plate series that
had been retired, which is why the present 1962 cutoff is there. In 1962,
the yellow background plates (1956-62 series) were all replaced by the
black ones. So now, since the black ones have not yet been retired, I am
not sure how they will implement this new idea. But I bet they will find
a way to charge more for it, which kind of bites. I'm tired of paying the
DMV.
>I am writing something along these lines to Gray in Sac.
Marty Ray
Answer:
Dear Marty,
I don't think that this will affect cars that are aleady registered with
black plates - It is just so folks can add correct plates after they were
issued replacement plates after one plate was lost or damaged or after
vanity plates were moved on to another car. They won't be charging for the
leftover blue/gold plates so I don't see how they will be able to charge
for existing black ones. This change in the law will also extend the
inclusion of the yellow/black letter 1956 plates to 1959 - 1962 cars as the
cutoff yearis presently 1958. Cheers, Rick
One Guy actually wrote me:
6)Bullshit. I worked hard to keep the black plates on my two Healeys. I
don't need a law to allow anybody to just go out and buy them.
7)And another accused me of promoting useless legislation!!!
I am not that much of a gun nut, but I was impressed substantially with the
State of California web site in 1999 that advised of the coming (at that
time) State of California ban on SKS rifles. The site made it very clear
that either turn it in prior to 2000, or ship it out of state, or as of Jan
1, 2001 California would use their existing records to come to your home and
"collect" them.
.
I heard about the web site from Mike Reagan on some radio show I heard while
flipping channels while driving. I thought initially it was just some other
interesting, somewhat kooky, web site. I eventually realized it was
actually an official State of California site.
.
I also read about the California ban on 2 stroke boat engines, and the
California requirement to use the gasoline additive that is now found to
contaminate ground water, and the electricity problems in California.
.
Seems like there are several more important items to lobby California
government about than license plates for antique cars.
.
END.
Barry Yodzis <BYodzis@ci.friendswood.tx.us>
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