So a cop see's a nice old C4 tooling around during the summer with collector plates and he's gonna stop ya because of the plates your running. They said that to have coverage they can write a temporary rider to my insurance policy for the duration of the trip otherwise my policy would not cover me if I had an accident out west. I want to do Rte 66 after I retire and asked about that also. I called my insurance company asking about the trip and was told it was OK and they noted it. To qualify for a historic auto registration and plates, a vehicle must be older than 24 years. I had an occasion last year going out of state (50th class reunion) and I do have collector insurance on my car and wanted to make sure I was covered. Prior to requesting these types of plates, applicants must ensure that their vehicles abides by the state antique license plates rules. IMO collector plates didn't provide me enough advantage over regular plates so I stayed with the regular ones at least for now. Click here for information about Personalized and Initial Reserve license plates. He also said if you catch a policeman on a bad day, he can make your day miserable based on improper use of collector plates. It's then up to you to prove you didn't go outside the rules on the plates. He said that yes they can write a ticket if you're stopped and they think you're going outside of the rules on the collector plates. I happened to know a policeman and it came up in a conversation we had at a club meeting. It's a fun car and I don't like being hassled over little things. I did not specifically ask about 'out of state' car shows but it wasn't worth the risk to me to put collector plates on my car. Call the DMV, that's what I did when I was looking at collector plates and that was where I got my info.
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