ida34
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Print out the code and plead your case to the officer. If he goes ahead and issues a citation go to court and cite 42-2-402 to the judge or magistrate. He or she will most likely look it up in their own book then dismiss the case or find you not guilty or responsible. I would think that showing him the code would take care of it. Also print out 42-1-102 to show the definition of Recreational vehicle. The whole purpose of the exemption is to exclude personal use vehicles from the Commercial vehicle requirements. Take not that the Colorado code is very similar to the code I posted for Michigan. That is because it is the norm except for a few states such as California. They require a non-commercial class of license to drive big personal use trucks.
The best thing you can do to help prevent a wrongful ticket is carry the law with you to show the officer. Also ask him to call a commercial enforcement officer to ask about it. I caution you that if you are taking 20.000 lbs of scrap metal to the re cycler and you claimed it was personal use I would not believe you and would issue a ticket as most people do not collect 20,000 lbs of metal for personal use. They do it to make money and this would make put you in violation by not having a CDL.
The best thing you can do to help prevent a wrongful ticket is carry the law with you to show the officer. Also ask him to call a commercial enforcement officer to ask about it. I caution you that if you are taking 20.000 lbs of scrap metal to the re cycler and you claimed it was personal use I would not believe you and would issue a ticket as most people do not collect 20,000 lbs of metal for personal use. They do it to make money and this would make put you in violation by not having a CDL.