TOY: Re: door laws AFAIK:att Johnny B

[Alan Taylor <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > I didn't get a ticket in Utah when I was there for the ARCA
> > > thing, I didn't have anything that'd tip the cops off that I was
> > > a 'wheeler.  Drive a stupid little econo-death-trap (like my
> > > MR2) and they don't hassle you... but they hassled Brian for
> > > having too much lift for a sub-100" wheelbase, then didn't
> > > believe him when he told them it was a 104" wheelbase,
> > > and *wouldn't* let him prove it.  (he had a tape measure in
> > > his toolbox)

I'm on another list in Utah and this is the latest discussion on this issue.
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This is a message I received from the editor of the Vernal Express in reply to 
a letter I wrote complaining about the tickets issued the weekend of the ARCA 
event. I thought the list might be interested in his reply. Maybe next time 
things will be better, hopefully they'll be better for those there this 
weekend.

Mike Mills

>===== Original Message From editor@vernal.com =====
>Thanks for your letter. I had heard that law enforcement got a little crazy. 
Many
>local people have called chiefs of police and Sheriffs to complain. Hopefully
>next year the law will be reasonable.
>Steve Wallis
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- From the local organizer in Vernal:
On that note...   we talked to Jackie Felt today. She said Derk Hatch is
working on it hot and heavy, trying to get the tickets rescinded. We met
with the Roosevelt Chief of Police today, and he said he would meet with his
officers Wednesday and tell them to take it easy. We are meeting with the
Lieutenant of the HP in this area tomorrow (hopefully). We'll try to get it
resolved ASAP. An interesting comment I heard -- the tickets that were given
by the event sight are not valid because it was on Indian land, and the road
was an access avenue to Indian property. The tickets that were issued
in/around Motel 6 (but NOT on the highway) are not valid because they were
issued on private property. The HP had no jurisdiction. Remember, these are
not substantiated, so don't tear them up just yet. Don't think that we have
forgotten about them, we're working on it. Story is, some members of the law
enforcement community have a hunk missing out of their derrier.
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Sorry guys, Let's hope the Barney Fife's will be held in check next year.

Alan Taylor- in Utah




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