New Hampshire MB registration as a Moped

[eljefino]

I'm in Maine and wonder if they'd let me register as a nonresident.

I could tell them I'm spending the week at a campground, and Maine doesn't require a plate (true).

They would probably take my money.

I could get a Maine plate but I have to get insurance, which isn't a problem, but I just think it's ridiculous- what on earth of any value am I going to take out?

 

[loquin]

... but I have to get insurance, which isn't a problem, but I just think it's ridiculous- what on earth of any value am I going to take out?

As an example: what if you caused an accident (where you were found at fault) where a car swerves to miss you, and smacks into a tree, or another car?

The most that you could do yourself is probably a thousand or so damage to an auto. It's the secondary stuff that could add up.

 

[eljefino]

by that same argument, why not get bicycle or pedestrian's insurance?

wonder what the tort laws are like, ie if I'm a sub 20 mph "bicycle", forget the motor, how they'd make it stick. Of course that would mean having to hire my own defense attorney, they'd otherwise use his absence to play some obscure legal hijink.

 

[SirJakesus]

Insurance (of all kinds) is the biggest pyramid scheme rip-off of all time. I'm glad NH doesn't REQUIRE any of it for registration or operation.
I can live on very little, no matter how much you get sued you can't bleed a stone.

 

[loquin]

Philosophically then, do you think it's OK, if (repeat, IF) you were the underlying cause of an accident that led to someone else totaling their car, that they have to pay for the damages that were a result of your actions? (hypothetically, you recklessly pulled out in front of them...)

I'm just trying to understand your point of view.

 

[connoisseur]

I recently got plates in California. it was a funny time @ the dmv. they had me running in circles. but thanks to this forum i stuck to my guns and told the dmv basically what was up with the laws. i had to have the agent helping me get the head person in charge to look up the laws. now originally i wasn't going to get plates. but how big my bike is and where i live in the suburbs, of cali. silicon valley to be exact, and after a ticket riding my first setup without the pedal part fully working, i got popped and it cost me $8oo.oo.

so long story short i went to the dmv after getting everything intact with my ride. after the dmv and the run around. they gave me the form that i needed, told me to go
outside and see the the inspector. that was fun, kinda joked around with the inspector to ease the confusion of what he was looking @. i gave him the forum and said yeah its a moped. now being that there is no real vin, i told him it was the serial number on the frame. now on the cali form the i filled out it asked for the vin so i put the serial# on the bike. it also asked what make. i put custom whizzer.lol. not sure how this was going to fly, i paid them their $18.00, they sent it to Sacramento the head of dmv out here. i was waiting and waiting and then it came.

So now i decided to put a 5.5hp Honda motor with an electric starter. i want to go fast without any problems with a helmet of course, and ride for long rides without any motor problems. the good thing is i can go as fast as a moped. and the plates keep the cops off of my tail... except when they just want to talk about how cool it is. and there is a 2 stroke law....

 

[eljefino]

My philosophy is getting sued for something my motored-bike activities could cause would be like getting struck by lightning twice.

An attorney might try to make it stick if I, neglectfully...

left my car unlocked with some peanut butter in the trunk, a kid got in who was allergic to the stuff, ate it and died...

I threw a lawnmower out at the dump, someone fished it out, the blade spun off, wrecking their ankle...

my bandaid falls off in the ocean, someone steps on it on the beach and contracts some wierd disease...

there is not enough insurance in the world to cover me against these freak occurrences...

As a bicyclist I have to follow the rules of the road, sure, but the stretch from bike to motored bike doesn't seem like enough to get insurance...

Heard some guy paying $70 a year... wonder if that's $69 in profit for the insurance company, because it's so obscure and specialized.

Personally I believe one's insurance should be tied to their license (like an SR22) and based on the riskiest vehicle they own with every other vehicle being FREE. I have 4 cars right now and can only drive one at a time! One could save gas by having a fleet of purpose-specific vehicles if the standing costs... registration, insurance, etc are minimized, but there are too many fingers in the pot for that to happen. Which is why I like the motored-bike concept over an actual motorcycle that I can only ride 5 months a year. It would burn me up seeing it sit in my garage, knowing I'm paying for the plates when it's of no use to me.

Am not against having insurance OR taking responsibility... but there's a point when having TOO MUCH insurance makes one a target for nuisance lawsuits... attorneys look for "deep pockets" like Mcdonalds and the hot coffee suit...

 

[connoisseur]

it seems in this world u got to pay to play. its a 1 time fee out here in cali. insurance on a moped? need to look into that.

 

[SirJakesus]

I'm not a jerk, I ride and drive responsibly unlike a lot of the other people I see around here (especially Ma ssHoles.) The only close calls I've ever had were always somebody else's fault because they weren't paying attention (on the phone or playing with GPS) or they were just driving wild. If I was truly at fault I would pay out of my own pocket. If they wanted to bring litigation even though I know I'm not at fault I would give them **** and they'd get nothing.
I just don't think people should be forced to buy a commercial product from a huge crooked corporation as a requirement of getting on the road. It's a product of dishonest government with their hands out to corporate lobbyists and I'm glad the live free or die state hasn't turned completely fascist yet.

 

[sparky]

I just don't think people should be forced to buy a commercial product from a huge crooked corporation as a requirement of getting on the road. It's a product of dishonest government with their hands out to corporate lobbyists and I'm glad the live free or die state hasn't turned completely fascist yet.

Amen, Dude! Amen!!

I wish my license plate said "live free or die"! Really... what's not to like about NH?