driving a black and tan in Florida illegal?

[ABN2060]

Originally Posted by ImEvil1

Mike,

It's not illegal to have one painted in the scheme. The problem is the wording "to color or cause to be colored". For it to apply, an officer would have to witness the car being painted. Sounds ridiculous, but there have been several rulings on cases in the state that back up that interpretation. It's very similiar to the "attaching tag not assigned" misdemeanor argument from a few years back. If you didn't see the person swapping plates, you could no longer charge it.

OK. I see now. The law is a little ambiguous but who needs the hastles.
Interesting about the "Attaching tag not assigned" thing. I've been out of law enforcement about 9 years but we used to hook people all the time for that one. I guess you can't anymore?

[ImEvil1]

Originally Posted by ABN2060

OK. I see now. The law is a little ambiguous but who needs the hastles.
Interesting about the "Attaching tag not assigned" thing. I've been out of law enforcement about 9 years but we used to hook people all the time for that one. I guess you can't anymore?

We did, too. There was a ruling awhile back on it, and you can't now unless you actually witness it.