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Quoted: Obviously if there's no law being broken, there is no reason for the stop. I have personally been pulled over for "Driving Late At Night" so the cop can come up and give me the smell test, and I don't really care for it. |
you're missing the point--the manner in which he was driving was statistically consistent with an impaired driver. if a driver is impaired, there's a law being broken.
so you're saying that if he'd been weaving all over the road, but at least staying barely inside the lines for his own lane, that technically since he wasn't breaking a law a cop shouldn't pull him over to make sure he isn't impaired?
i guess there's a reason you're not a cop. and i'm thankful for it. |
Sorry, man, but you're dead wrong on this one. It's an unlawful stop. He didn't have probable cause or reasonable suspicion of any law being broken. He could have been looking for an address for all the cop knows. Driving slowly is not enough to make a stop. If he was also swerving, crossed the center line, or even threw a cigarette butt out the window, it would have been lawful, but it wasn't. The driver could have had three pounds of cocaine in the car, and it would have been suppressed because the original reason for the stop was unlawful.
And weaving all over your lane is reasonable suspicion to pull someone over.
Jared |
how is weaving reasonable suspicion but driving noticeably slow not? hint: they're the same. uncommon driving practices which are statistically linked to impaired drivers.
if a drunk driver were to go through a red light 10mph below the speed limit and kill members of your family, would you be jumping up and down screaming how grateful you were a cop didn't "unlawfully" stop the drunk driver?
jesus tapdancing christ, give me a freakin break. i guess for some people, cops are either not doing enough, or "overstepping their bounds". either way it at least gives you something to whine about on the internet.
tell ya what, next time you feel you've been pulled over illegally, you go ahead and tell the cop that and refuse to cooperate. see how far it gets you.