<VV> licensing of new purchase-was towing a previuosly dormant Corvair

[Mike Ioanes]

Keeping in mind that nothing's illegal until you get caught, state laws (and 
what people get away with) vary.  I've seen cars being towed, obviously 
long-distance, with "car in tow" on the back window and no current or 
visible plate.  Some states allow you to operate, or take the vehicle to get 
registered without any plate on it.  Did this when I lived in Kansas.  In 
general, I'd say that the east is more strict & rigid than the west.

Mike Ioanes

> here in Massachusetts the gendarmes take action if there is no license 
> plate on the towed car.
> The other 49 may well feel differently about it
>
> Senator Ted Kennedy defines trailer thusly -
> Trailer - any vehicle or object on wheels and having no motive power of 
> its own, but which is drawn by, or used in combination with, a motor 
> vehicle. It shall not include a pole dolly or pole dickey, so called, nor 
> a pair of wheels commonly used as an implement for other purposes than 
> transportation, nor a portable, collapsible or separate two wheel tow 
> dolly limited only to the purpose of transporting or towing a registered 
> vehicle.
> http://www.mass.gov/rmv/regs/definitions.htm
>
> Dan Timberlake
> Westford, Massachusetts, USA