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Vtwin,some elected official's mis-guided those that actually questioned it, appeasing us with false support to get us to drop opposition. The big thing this was done by stealth behind the back of the motoring public.
I'd suggest that the bs'ing was done mostly by DOT, namely by Atty. Paul Nilsen and Carsen Frazier. From what I can determine, DOT convinced some folks that milvehs were illegal, because of DOT's previous action tossing the Pinzgauers off the road entirely. DOT scared them into believing that the best possible outcome was to herd all ex-mil vehicles into "parade" uses. Most of the collectors believed and backed DOT, which got you guys to drop your opposition. That's what led to the wide chasm between the "collectors" and the "users" of milvehs, and ultimately why Wisconsin now has two vastly different milveh laws on the books.
If I may suggest, people should be more expressing their concerns over how DOT did this, instead of what our elected officials did. DOT didn't care whether the law gave them the authority or not. They simply changed department policy and started tossing milvehs off the road. When we started fighting, and beat DOT in court, then DOT started trying to change the law. But instead of simply approaching our legislature and getting a law passed, DOT instead tried to change the law by changing Wisconsin's Administrative Code. (Unlike a statutory change, this does not require legislative passage and Gov.'s signature, but merely requires that 2 legislative committees don't oppose it!)
AMEN!The big thing this was done by stealth behind the back of the motoring public.
It should be illegal for a Governmental Regulatory Agency (like WisDOT) to change the law via an administrative code change. If they have such a sound idea, they should be able to get a law passed. That should be the change we push for.
And FWIW, I'm afraid that the argument that milvehs were constructed better than civilian vehicles is of no interest to DOT. They simply don't care. If your truck lacks that NHTSA sticker, it's not good enough for WisDOT.
I think the government should be sued for initially selling surplus vehicles to the public for use on the roads (they came with SF-97s, didn't they?), and then making those vehicles illegal to register.
And yes, I think Mr. Nilsen, Ms. Frazier, and WisDOT Secretary Frank Busalacchi should all be cut from our budget. Behavior like theirs is unacceptable.