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Originally Posted by Model "A" Fords
One time crossing into the USA to race my Iceboat I was asked how much money I could get if I won? I said, I don't get money, I spend it!
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We are racers also, and many of us have been stopped by DOT in the US, and they like to use that same analogy of "Do you win money, ...and if so, you are a business and a commercial venture." Their mindset is we should be subject to Commercial Motor Vehicle laws.
Now, we carry this document (
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/earning...-or-a-business) with us in the truck and can show it to the officer(s) if this is brought up. Explaining the IRS is actually the governmental agency that determines what is, -and isn't a business. We also explain that 390.3(f)3 in their own manual states that CMV laws do not pertain to individuals hauling their own property when not in the furtherance of a business. Explaining to the officer that now they know this and if (s)he chooses to write us a ticket or detain us, that we will sue in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 242. Section 242. We have all of this in an envelope and are all too excited to 'whip it out'. Unfortunately, we have only been able to use it once and that leo appeared to be casually fishing and was never serious.
Ohh, and wow!! Amazing how many times Ronn's thread topic has wandered.
