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Midnight license & insurance check
DPHMIN
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We had a service at our church this evening until shortly past midnight to see the old year out, and the new year in. Our church is out in the country - 4 miles from our very small town. On the way home, at a remote country county road crossroads, there were several sheriff cars with lights flashing. They were checking driver's licenses and proof of insurance.
This is the first time in the 35 years that we have been living here, that I have experienced a license check on a county road in Arkansas. Makes me wonder if this is an indication of a police state coming - getting us conditioned for it.
This is the first time in the 35 years that we have been living here, that I have experienced a license check on a county road in Arkansas. Makes me wonder if this is an indication of a police state coming - getting us conditioned for it.
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Was a hell of a day for me, and I left work about 9. Stone sober. Didn't get pulled over, but I told one of my employees that if I did, I was going straight to the breath test, because as tired as I was, I'd never pass the co-ordination test!
If you would not blow into a breath-alyzer the police would stick a needle in your arm and draw blood.
I'm all for keeping the roads safe but this seemed rediculous.
It is really a worrisome sort of logic the judges have used. I guess, using their logic, if the police searched everyone's home in a specific neighborhood, they wouldn't need any search warrants?
quote:Originally posted by Dave W.
Tarrant County, Tx (Fort Worth) had a "no refusal" in effect.
If you would not blow into a breath-alyzer the police would stick a needle in your arm and draw blood.
I'm all for keeping the roads safe but this seemed rediculous.
And what if you refused??? Would they restrain you and do it anyway?
I'm thinkin' I've got a major problem with this...DUI or not!~
It's not like the cop sticks a needle in your arm on the side of the road. They take you to jail then they have to get a search warrant before they can draw your blood.
quote:Originally posted by Flying Clay Disk
quote:Originally posted by Dave W.
Tarrant County, Tx (Fort Worth) had a "no refusal" in effect.
If you would not blow into a breath-alyzer the police would stick a needle in your arm and draw blood.
I'm all for keeping the roads safe but this seemed rediculous.
And what if you refused??? Would they restrain you and do it anyway?
I'm thinkin' I've got a major problem with this...DUI or not!~
It's not like the cop sticks a needle in your arm on the side of the road. They take you to jail then they have to get a search warrant before they can draw your blood.
They take you to jail for what charge?
Probable cause for initial stop?
And right there you have "fruit of the poisonous tree" and blood evidence is no good.
Go figure!
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
what's the chance they figured out drunk drivers are on the road on new years,and they want to get them off the road to protect others on their way home from church,,[?][?][;)][;)][:0][:0]
I'm a proponent of loss of your license plate if you have no ins.
In Arkansas, you can't renew your car tags without proof of insurance.
I am curious to know how we can refuse a Border patrol at federaf check point going north from Mexu=ico..
They stop you abd ask if you are an american citizen, and usually wave you through but occasinally ask "WHERE ARE YOU GOING"
I seem to remember they have no authoruty to ask that question:
am I wrong ?
I would much more rather be pulled over than getting hit head on by a drunk.
Why not search everyone in public and their homes? Rather have that then some scum sucker doing something illegal?
I would much more rather be pulled over than getting hit head on by a drunk.
And would you also say: "I'd much rather have my home searched for illegal weapons than be shot by a criminal with an illegal gun."?