Well, this is what it officially says about driving with a rejection sticker....
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Can I operate my vehicle with a rejection sticker on the windshield?
The validity period of a rejection sticker shall be 15 days, in addition to the day of inspection.
The purpose of a rejection sticker is to replace the approval sticker that was originally on your vehicle’s windshield. It, in itself, places no travel restrictions on the vehicle; however, it does not provide any exception to any statute governing equipment defects.
As an example, if your vehicle was rejected due to a defective exhaust, with a rejection sticker or with an approval sticker, you would be in jeopardy of receiving a summons for operating the vehicle on the highway with defective exhaust.
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So, you can drive it during the 15 day period, IF you resolved the problem. Of course, according to this, you're not suppose to operate it while the defect exists, but they'll let you go if you're going to a mechanic (may even require you to prove you have an appointment at the mechanic).
Here's the site for that info: http://www.vsp.state.va.us/safety.htm#Virginia%20Motor%20Vehicle%20Safety%20Inspection%20Program
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> From: <kenallgood@cox.net>
> Date: 2003/04/11 Fri AM 08:23:39 EDT
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: Re: DML: VA inspection -Reply
>
>
> Ummm, I doubt that. For 1, the rejection sticker doesn't list the reason for failure (I think the little purple receipt might though), but how can you prove to a police officer that you fixed the problem, cause he won't be able to verify it half the time. There's a lot of things that fail that a visual check (without a lift, etc) cannot see. Also, while you're out getting parts (and I'm not even sure you can do that), don't stop anywhere else. IE: don't go through a drive-thru. That's where the cop put his lights on us, as soon as we stopped in the parking lot of a Taco Bell, he put his lights on.
> >
> > From: "Allan.Williams@usdoj.gov" <Allan.Williams@usdoj.gov>
> > Date: 2003/04/11 Fri AM 07:59:14 EDT
> > To: "dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net" <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> > Subject: Re: Re: DML: VA inspection -Reply
> >
> >
> > You can also drive it to pick up parts. Or you can drive it if the problem
> > has been corrected but not re-inspected yet.
> >
> > thanks
> > Allan
> >
> > >>> RFC-822=owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net@inetgw Apr
> > 10, 2003 5:05 pm >>>
> >
> > No, you're not allowed to drive it to work.. ONLY to mechanic and back
> > home. My friend once got pulled over in my car about 10 years ago
> > cause I
> > was letting him drive it, and I was the passenger... He got the ticket for
> > driving with a rejected sticker (expired one too at that). Gotta love those
> > high school days :-)
> >
> > Ken Allgood
> > 97 CC SLT 5.2L
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Lambert" <chris@dakotausa.com>
> > To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 3:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: Re: DML: VA inspection
> >
> >
> > >
> > > thats funny you say that you can only drive to work and to the
> > mechanic. I
> > > failed august 1st for a bad upper balljoint. The dealer put the temp
> > > rejection notice on the window and had to order the part. well put it this
> > > way i did not get it fixed until January so i guess i got lucky
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > <kenallgood@cox.net> wrote in message
> > >
> > news:20030410181016.CNZC8337.lakemtao01.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net...
> > > >
> > > > If you fail inspection, you have 14 days to correct it and get
> > > re-inspected for ¤1. However, you can only drive the vehicle from and
> > to
> > > the mechanic. If you drive it anywhere else, like work, you risk getting
> > a
> > > ticket for improper vehicle stickers, which could be ¤100 fine.
> > > >
> > > > Ken Allgood
> > > > 97 CC SLT 5.2L
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > From: "BARRY OLIVER" <DHSPA58@dhs.state.il.us>
> > > > > Date: 2003/04/10 Thu PM 01:27:21 EDT
> > > > > To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> > > > > Subject: Re: DML: VA inspection
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, if you try and fail, don't they give you some time to "correct"
> > > it - worst case would put you no worse off than you were before -
> > > ight? -Barry from downstate IL, bent over and waiting...
> > > > >
> > > > > >>> kenallgood@cox.net 04/10/03 07:56AM >>>
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey, anyone in VA (or anyone else that knows), just wondering...
> > Will
> > a
> > > gutted cat converter cause you to fail inspection (if you go to one that
> > > goes by the book anyway)??
> > > > >
> > > > > Ken Allgood
> > > > > 97 CC SLT 5.2L
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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