On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:38:01 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:33:47 -0800, wrote:

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.

This is what they CAN do. (refering to the rights you give up in the
car)
The "excuse" is you look suspicious. That can be almost anything. I
was shaken several times in DC, mostly because I was out late at night
working. No real good reason to stop me but they did.
I usually made it go pretty fast because I had a good reason to be
there and I gave them permission to shake my car. After a while I got
to know all the cops and I didn't have any more problems.

You should have said no. I've said no. They don't like it, but they've
either got to arrest or move on.

Feel free to give up your civil rights. I won't.

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.

This works the other way. They get the list of the canceled policies
in their district and they go hunting.

Sure... right.

... but cops do run plates for the reason I said before. It is the
biggest source of felony arrests. By far the largest number of drug
busts start with a traffic stop. They used "gardening supplies" as PC
for a search of a house and turned up a grow operation here about 3
weeks ago. Personally I bet it was an illegal wire tap or something
that got them looking in the first place but that is how it was
supposed to have happened.

While they are fishing, if they do turn up "no insurance" they will
bust you, if for no other reason, they get a free search of your car
when they inventory it. That is fishing with dynamite.

BS. Total.


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.

Which part? The inventory? That is simply a fact.
If for no other reason it is so you can't say they took the diamond
ring you had in the console.
If they do turn up a roach in your ashtray here, that is another
charge and they probably search your house.
This ain't California and pot is really illegal here. They are serious
about it. An ounce in your night stand makes you a trafficker (20
grams)

Sounds like the police are corrupt. Maybe we should replace them with
cops for hire.


BTW why didn't you google this?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_police...re gistration
If it's parked on public property, or you're caught operating that
vehicle, yes

I thought you don't like wiki?

http://car-insurance.onlineautoinsur...-legal-limits/
If a resident of Florida is caught owning or driving a vehicle without
a policy in force which meets the state’s requirements, the resident
may be ticketed. Such violations could result in hundreds of dollars
in citation fines or worse, the state of FL may impound vehicles in
violation. Impound fees are charged daily and towing fees could add up
quickly. Keep in mind that when a vehicle is impounded, the owner is
responsible for the impound fees and towing fees that may result in
hundreds of dollars additional to citation fines.


Which is what I posted. Key word... may.