The Real Bev wrote:
> On 11/30/2020 01:00 AM, Steve W. wrote:
>
>> Don't see that in the V&T laws for passenger vehicles. I know for
>> commercial vehicles that is the case though and many states have
>> pick-ups tagged as commercial vehicles so for a pickup truck it would
>> likely apply under the CMV laws.
>
> In Kalifornia you don't have to register your pickup as a commercial
> vehicle unless you plan to actually carry something in the bed. Really
> cheesy. Just like our liability insurance -- which goes with the car
> rather than the driver. If you have 3 cars you have to have 3 liability
> policies although you can only drive one car at a time.
>

Most states started as having them commercial, then changed it when they
started to become used more like cars than trucks. About that same time
was when the double cabs with s 4 foot "bed" started showing up...

Not a surprise on the insurance, anything to fleece the sheep. NY hasn't
gone that way yet.
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Steve W.