Vehicles Failing Inspection in North Carolina Triples in 2011

March 12, 2012

  • March 12, 2012 at 10:46 am
    Ron Melancon says:
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    and guess what? Virginia will help you register your stolen trailer…and so does NORTH CAROLINA…
    One popular scam is to buy a manufactured trailer, insure it, then remove the VIN and report it as stolen. Re-branding it as a homemade trailer with a new license plate can be as simple as filing bogus paperwork with another state.

    Melancon did this recently to prove his point. He applied from Virginia for a Maine trailer license with a fabricated VIN (ST467OL499EN17I99AM). For a $50 fee, he received his license plate in the mail with official documentation. Apparently no one noticed the message hidden in the VIN if you remove the numbers: STOLEN I AM.

  • March 12, 2012 at 11:32 am
    Ron Melancon says:
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    To the citizens of North Carolina…..when you see a Virginia Taged Vehicle…get out of the way…or even worse see an Antique Tag or a Farm Tag….they NEVER get inspected.
    http://www.dangeroustrailers.org
    Hey….just slap on a “Farm Tag” Or even an Antique Tag and you never get pulled over….

    The Virginia State Polilce Inspection Program is a failure….its who you know and they will pass anything…….as long as you give them money and the State Police Do not care…they even hide this accident report….where a trailer with NO SAFETY SYSTEMS KILLED A 20 YEAR OLD!

  • March 12, 2012 at 11:54 am
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    Mountains to Molehills: Dumping ground
    By Lou Parris
    Published: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 9:59 a.m.
    Last Modified: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 9:59 a.m.

    John Lutz of Saluda is minus a utility trailer, thanks to the thief who cut two heavy chains and three locks and took it all, even the block of wood on which the tongue rested – and thanks, perhaps, to South Carolina. During the process of filing a claim, it dawned on him that the likely dumping ground for his stolen trailer is South Carolina, which does not require that utility trailers be registered and tagged. “I figure you can steal a trailer in North Carolina and easily unload it in South Carolina because it wouldn’t have to be registered there,” he says, encouraging the Palmetto State to do something about that. “South Carolina must be a haven for trailer thieves. If South Carolina needs another reason for registering utility trailers, what about the revenue source? Of course, my stolen trailer is of no use to anyone in this state because it has a vehicle identification number just like a car, and it’s listed in the computer as stolen. If South Carolina passed a law requiring registration of utility trailers, I imagine there would be a lot of them sitting on the sides of the highways because people there wouldn’t want to get caught in possession of a stolen trailer. Mine just might show up.”

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