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On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:03:02 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:42:16 -0800, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:29:12 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:34:45 -0800, wrote:

They are testing the camera in the cop car that scans tag here as we
speak. It uses OCR to read the tag, the on board computer runs it and
a few seconds later the cop has a message flashing on the screen
telling him everything there is to know about the car and the owner..
This is not just for insurance, it is also Amber alerts, stolen cars,
wants, warrants or whatever else you can glean from a tag or the owner
of that tag.
This is still in testing but expect it on a cop car near you soon ...
as soon as they justify the cost.

Sure... ok, we'll just hang around until they get that working...

The camera system works great, they are just testing the public
perception. It will probably come down to cost.

On the plus side, the majority of felony arrests come from traffic
stops in one way or another. The cop has a huge advantage as soon as
you get in your car particularly if they can find an excuse to tow the
car. Driving is not a right it is a privilege (or so they say) and you
sign away most of your rights as soon as you get in a car.
(certainly amendment 4, 5, 6 &7)

Not for checking insurance it doesn't.

They may stop you for "insurance" but while they have you they can;
Make everyone get out and show ID
Search everyone in the car, ostensibly for weapons
search the passenger compartment of the car, ostensibly for weapons
call in a drug dog for a sniff
ask you all sorts of questions about anything they think is
"suspicious"
... and here they will check your immigration status but it is really
on your DL.
Of course if anyone in the car "pops" on the computer they are going
for a ride and that is where most of the felony arrests come from.
That is why they think it is worth the cop's time.

They would have to have some excuse. Sure, if you're sticking a gun
out the window, they're going to crawl all over you. You're
backpeddling, as no cop is going to bother running plates on every car
he sees, so that he can find one that doesn't have insurance.

If they do have cause to impound the car it has to be "inventoried" so
even if you did manage not to give permission for a full search (a lot
harder to do than you learned in law school), it just happened.

Again, all a bunch of a nonsense scenario that would never happen.