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Replying to: kirstie_h (May 03, 2007 9:20 am) -Rocky
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Replying to: rockylee (May 03, 2007 10:05 am) It's not like speeding, failure to stop, making a U-turn... those are all violations that an officer can verify BEFORE making the traffic stop, whereas seatbelt wearing? C'mon. In some cases it's easy, but you can't tell me that there's a whole lot of accuracy in spotting that violation at 10pm on a rainy night in relatively fast-moving traffic. The pull-over would be based on, "well gee, it sure didn't LOOK like you were wearing your seat belt."
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Replying to: kirstie_h (May 03, 2007 10:34 am)
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Now the cops wouldn't say they couldn't see a seatbelt just for an excuse to stop someone, would they? grin. Local note about cops: Award-winning cop gets DUI I looked for a link to a news story about a bar patron with many DUIs ran over a woman in the parking lot and then backed over her a couple of times. Good samaritan |
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Replying to: 210delray (May 03, 2007 12:10 pm) The problem around here is the practice that can be called no less than predatory. My city proper (St. Louis) has been rated as #1 in crime, yet there is an absolute glut of traffic enforcement where no danger exists. More revenue is apparently needed to hire more crime-focused policemen, and there's not really another revenue source apart from traffic tickets. That's where I have my own little slice of paranoia pizza 
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Replying to: kirstie_h (May 04, 2007 9:59 am) Of course the drivers and crime goes on just as they were, but the city gets more money. Maybe the camera companies could invent cameras that catch drug dealers (I can see them weekly on my way in and out of Dayton), or cars with no insurance, or drivers with no license, or illegals, or politicians who don't do anything other than pander to their data base and bait others to help them do so. |
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Replying to: kirstie_h (May 03, 2007 9:20 am) The seatbelt law is a good one, but I will have to admit that I don't IMMEDIATELY put it on when I get into the car. Usually it's as I am pulling out and or all ready on the road. It's a bad habit I know, but at least I wear the seat belt and I never get more than 50 yards from my starting point before getting it on. I guess you could add that to the list of things that cause distractions since I am not "focused" on driving but on getting my seat belt. Usually this happens while changing CD's and dialing the phone and checking my map so I know where I need to go and rolling down the window so there's a breeze while trying to drink from my water bottle.....  .... Hey, I still have a knee to drive with right??
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Replying to: punkr77 (Apr 13, 2007 7:12 am) Their reward for winning the race: a slew of tickets (speeding, reckless driving, etc). When I was a truck driver, I got a ticket in Atlanta. I was coming from the local terminal and there was a road block/checkpoint under the overpass before you get on the freeway. I figured there must be an accident/detour so I took off my seatbelt and rolled down the window so I could lean out and talk to the officer when I got up to him. Instead of telling me there was an accident, he told me it was a seatbelt checkpoint and to pull over. I wonder about these tactics. It would be illegal for a regular driver to race another regular driver. Both would get tickets. But doesn't the police officer have to "race" the regular driver? Why isn't this reckless driving on the part of the officer?
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