On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:42:00 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:22:36 -0800, wrote:


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 must live in ****ing Mayberry.

Try that on I-95. You are going to have a long night.

The Sacramento area is pretty conservative. I have no problem forcing
them to follow the law. I wouldn't do this in some hick town, but in
the Capital?



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.


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.

They are enforcing the law, to let someone go would be corrupt.
This is a symptom of the failed drug war but as long as the US
government is pumping as much money into local law enforcement to
prosecute this war it will go on.
I bet you think asset forfeiture is a lie too.

I bet you're still on this thing about getting stopped for lacking
insurance vs. getting stopped for some other infraction and not being
able to prove you have insurance.


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?

When you change the subject I take it you agree with what I said

Take it any way you want.

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.


Feel lucky?
Maybe not so much if you are the illegal Mexican we started this
ridiculous thread with.
You never answered the question. What should a cop do if you are
driving with no insurance? Just let you keep doing it?

Of course not, but that wasn't the issue. The issue was stopping
someone BECAUSE they don't have insurance. That DOESN'T happen.