“You missed the earlier parts leading up the confrontation.
The Lady was pulled over and it seems that she refused to cooperate and copped a very bad attitude.
It is beyond dispute that the stop was legitimate for not wearing seat belts with kids in the car, bit things obviously deteriorated from there
You can hear her an the phone with some one complaining. about the police and how she was refusing to comply”
Remember when seat belt laws were first proposed?
And do you remember when States voted on these laws?
And remember when the Federal Government threatened to pull funds for highways if the state government didn’t vote a certain way?
And remember when we were told “don’t worry, no one will be pulled over for failure to wear seat belts?
And remember when some who were concerned about civil liberties called Bull Shit?
And remember when all of us were called “paranoid”, chicken littles, cop haters etc. etc. etc.
And remember when, as soon as these laws got passed, well then by golly, by geez, “they” all of a sudden could pull you over for not wearing a seat belt?
Well, I remember. Apparently you don’t.
Seat belt laws were just another excuse to pull people over and search without reasonable cause. If you can’t see that then there is no helping you. But don’t attack the ones who are just pointing that out.
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I would like to see them repealed.
Until such time, they are the law of the land.
You are free to debate the legality or wisdom of seat belt laws all you wish, but vigorously and argumentatively doing so at a traffic stop is not the time or place to do so.
If you want to protest, fight the ticket and tell your story to the judge.
However, on the street, be polite,and courteous to the Police officer doing his job and comply with his requests.