re: Texas license plates

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i’m just burning money once a year getting an inspection before a new registration sticker then.

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same hear, for a couple of vehicles

Yep

I live very close to the Red River (Oklahoma-Texas border) and there are quite a few people living in southern Oklahoma with Texas plates.

Someone told me that Texas registration is cheaper, but frick all that noise because Texas requires an inspection and Oklahoma does not.

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s. I know Texas doesn’t have car inspections so is that a possibility for this?

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Dang. What have I been paying for?

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In Texas they will pull on the shoulder to let you pass.

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Not on I-12 and I-10, they don't.

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Try to keep up.

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I love when someone tries to come at someone with a "I'm smarter than you." attitude, but they were absolutely wrong themselves with their OP.

1. Texas has required inspection process annually prior to receiving your registration sticker.

2. The issue that you're noticing more license plates for Texas than what you expect is most likely not a short simple answer. It's probably a combination of 1) more people are travelling farther these days to purchase their car because online shopping allows for it. And due to the fact that you are seeing license plates from a bordering state kind of validates this idea. 2) fraudulent registrations 3) people moving from one state to another but not bothering to update their registrations, or on that same thought, they bought their car in LA, moved to TX and changed their registration, and are travelling back to LA for various reasons.

Simply put, you're expecting a binary answer to a non-binary issue.

Dats they Auntie from H Town baw!

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Houston, TX

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I can count on one hand the amount of times someone was driving too slowly in the left lane.

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You are utterly full of shite.

When I travel back to Louisiana, slow left lane drivers are rampant within the first hour.


exaggerate much?

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You are utterly full of shite.

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concur

Let's say I know someone that moved from Texas to Louisiana due to a job transfer. This certain person was quite shocked when he saw how much it was going to cost to register his cars in Louisiana. On top of that the individual's car insurance cost was going to triple. Fortunately, the individual realized he just had to change his mailing address with the county in Texas that he previously resided in while in Texas to his new Louisiana address. The county in Texas could care less about where the individual lived because they were still getting the annual tag fees. They just continue to mail the tag renewal invoice to the new Louisiana address.

As long as the individual accepted electronic billing and correspondences from the insurance company, the local agent really wasn't concerned with verifying if the old residence was still valid as long as the insurance bill was paid. If the individual I know wasn't able to schedule a trip to Texas to get his car inspected prior to the expiration, that was also not a problem because there is about a 0% chance of getting pulled over in Louisiana for an expired out of state tag. If you are pulled over for speeding or whatever, they don't care if your out of state tag is expired. As an added bonus, you can apply for an antique tag in Texas if your vehicle is at least 25 years old. Those tags are good for 5 years and the vehicle doesn't have to be inspected.

I have been told all of this of course and have no first hand knowledge.