Okay the vehicle in question isn't quite HAMB friendly but the question should be... What I was wondering is do the states really crack down on fairly normal useage of a car with YOM or "vintage" plates... To sum it up I'd like to throw a set of vintage plates on my car but it gets driven quite often in nice weather... And the next problem, I've got the, form sitting here I have to fill out for the plates in question has a section to fill out for your "daily use vehicle"... Well my "daily use vehicle" isn't technicaly mine.....Could this be a problem? Just wonderin'... Thanks for the info, Bobby
Doesn't seem to be a huge problem with that here in Oklahoma. I know of a couple of guys that drive daily with a YOM tag and don't get hassled about it.
Historical and YOM plates in Michigan are for shows, cruises, public events and educational purposes. Officially any way. Now, with at least here with all the events, you could probably get away with naming a cruise/car show and saying you are going there. Unofficially I have been told that unless you are making a total spectacle of yourself, or you are seen driving to and from work five days a week, or parking it in the same bar parking lot seven days a week you will not get hassled,at least in Michigan. Personally, having run both historical and YOM plates for over twenty years, I have never been called out on why am I driving it. Kind of like my 82 Harley having blue dots on the tail light and rear turn signals. Have had cops on my tail, have never gotten any hassle over them in ten or so years. In fact, a cop gave me the blue dots for my lenses! *Your results may vary, I'm a old man, they probably feel sorry for me......
Each state and enforcement officer is different. I've never been hassled and I drive my car whenever I feel like it.
i drive my stuff with YOM plates all the time..even to work. i've never had a problem. i don't think that my local cops don't pay much attention to a gray haired guy driving an old car. i drove my `36 to work last year at least 50 times as for the daily driver , in Minnesota you have to have one in your name before they OK the YOM plates
Here in IN, you just get the historical plates (that you keep in the car all the time in case you get pulled over) and you run YOM plates. There was no specification how often you drive it. I think the restrictions come from the insurance...but we don't have a garage to shelter our cars so we don't have the fancy insurance. Again...this is what our experience was here.
The Oklahoma DOT mailed me a sticker to put on the back window that says "Vintage Tag 2010". It's an extra 21 bucks a year. I had to take the YOM tag by the tag office and fill out a form. And you have to keep your regular tag inside the vehicle.
I have YOM Michigan plates on Big Olds and I've driven him over 103,000 miles thru about 45 states in 7 summers and have yet to be stopped or hassled about the plates. In Michigan the plates are $35 period for the whole time you have the car PLUS Grundy gives you a HUGE discount on your specialty car insurance when you run these plates. It's a win/win with absolutely no drawbacks.
50 different states, probably 50 different answers to the question. Here in GA, you register the YOM tag at the county tax assessor's office where you buy your car tags. They issue you a regular Hobby/Antique tag (you have to have at least one other vehicle registered in your or your spouse's name in order to get a H/A tag). The current H/A tag has to be carried in the vehicle but you can display the YOM tag on vehicles 1970 model and older. Georgia doesn't restrict where, when, or how much you can drive it. The '38 Ford pickup is not my daily driver, but I do drive it around locally a good bit. Only time I've ever been stopped was by a local Barney Fife who didn't know the law on YOM tags, had to educate Barney on the law. Now I carry a copy of the code section in the truck in case I run into that situation again. That's not likely--working with the Department of Family and Children Services in a small county, I am on first name basis with many of the city and county officers, the guy who stopped me was one of the few I don't know personally. I'll drive Henrietta the '38 Ford pickup to work once in a while if my wife needs the dull boring car during the day. It hauls the garbage off every Saturday morning and gets driven on junkyard shopping trips. Sometimes I drive it to church on Sunday. Alabama does things a little different. Instead of issuing a H/A tag, they just give you a current year sticker to put on the YOM tag. You take the YOM tag into the tag office, they verify that it's genuine and in presentable condition, register it to the vehicle, and give you the current year sticker to put on it. Like GA, AL requires you to have at least one other vehicle registered in your or your spouse's name, and they don't restrict when, where, or how often you can drive it. My brother-in-law in Alabam drives one of his cars ('27 T roadster pickup and '28 A sedan) to work about once a week just to keep them limbered up.
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