I know there are some current (and certainly some prior) military
members on this list, so hopefully I can get some real-life advice.
I'm currently stationed in Florida, and am not required to have
an emissions test on my '72 B. Hopefully, I'll be transferred to
Texas for my next school, and I believe that as long as I keep my
tags current with Florida, I shouldn't have to register or smog test
the car in Texas. Does this sound reasonable? I did the same
thing in South Carolina, driving with current Florida plates, but I
was only there for six months, and may have just gotten lucky with
the local constabulary. I'm hoping to get Hawaii for my first
permanent duty station (oxymoron?), and I think I'll be screwed,
because there's no way I'll be able to get the car back to Florida
once a year to update the tags. Any experience?
BTW, has anybody else heard of the "three-state" rule? Evidently,
if your registration, insurance, and driver's license are from three
different states, you can legally only drive in those three states.
May seem far-fetched, but ask an active-duty military member,
especially one who is early in his career and getting bounced from
one school to another how far-fetched it is.
Scott Gardner
gardner@lwcomm.com
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