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Subject: Re: Re: selective enforcement, drivers l - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 17-May-84 15:13:19 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 17 15:13:19 1984
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fortune!tierney    May 17 09:18:00 1984

***** fortune:net.legal / dciem!ntt /  4:32 pm  May 14, 1984
>>    I was once stopped by a squad car for no reason while driving,
>>    as far as I can tell.  The circumstances:  I was in the only car on
>>    the road at the time.  It was broad daylight.  I was driving at exactly
>>    the speed limit.  I was not doing anything unusual.

>Yes you were, you admitted it yourself.  You were *driving a car on a
>public road*.  This is a privilege, for which you need a licence, and as
>far as I am concerned, the police are perfectly within their rights in
>stopping you to see if you have one.  Of course, if they aren't too busy
>to spend much time doing that, something is wrong.

Mark Brader, {decvax|linus|ihnp4|allegra|...}!utzoo!dciem!ntt
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There was a United States Supreme Court decision which says (in 
essence) that the Police may not "just pull you over."
They MUST have SOME reason, "he looked nefarious" is not a reason,
however, "his left rear turn signal light was out" or 
"his license plate light was broken" are both fine reasons.


Charlie Tierney

{ihnp4,[ucbvax|decvax!decwrl]!amd70,hpda,harpo}!fortune!tierney