Posted on 10/26/2009 9:54:41 AM PDT by ZGuy
Sounds like officer friendly needed to meet his quota of tickets for the day.
A little off topic, but I was headed to Ohare airport yesterday and came across a “photo enforced” sign before an intersection. I was going to turn right. I said to myself, “I’ll betcha this is a ‘no turn on red’ intersection.”
It was.
The interesting thing is that, as someone who has been driving for over four decades, it did not “feel” like a “no turn on red” intersection. There was plenty of visibility, traffic was light, etc.
I consider it a revenue light trying to get all us out-of-town dweebs in rental cars on our way to return the car.
>>Private property absolutely matters and the kid you know got suckered into a ticket that he didn’t have to take if had fought it.<<
Yep. The law is very black and white. Traffic laws are enforceable because driving is a privilege and not a right. You can buy a car and use it to get around your acreage without ever licensing it. You can drive it any way you want. You may violate various environmental laws, etc, but the TRAFFIC cops have no jurisdiction on private property (other than “public” private property like parking lots).
Imagine the cops writing a ticket to a farmer who turns too sharm while ploughing his field.
And in that is the kernal of the problem here: If a person without a drivers license is driving an unlicensed car on a dirt road on his own property, can he get a ticket for driving without tabs or a license? NO, because the law only applies to public roadways.
But I blather. This ticket really ticks me off, I must admit.
“Another whizkid interpretation to keep LEO’s from thinking.”
Law Enforcement Officers : thinking :: Obamacare : saving money
As more and more sh!t hits the fan, more and more “LEO’s” will be drooling and slavering as they snap at our heels, herding us into group lockups where their masters scan and search us for any contraband tobacco, “edged weapons”, or illegally-possessed silver.
Well, I don’t know of any state that allows for traffic laws to be enforced on private property... but if the kid plead guilty (or paid the ticket which is pleading guilty), there isn’t much he can do now.
Now, I also must clarify, if you are in a ‘public’ private property (not owned by you), and say your tag isn’t current, you can get a ticket. Simply because you must have driven there to get there.
But the kid on his grandfather’s land wasn’t being ticketed for improper registration and even if he didn’t have registration or insurance, it would apply if he wasn’t on the roadway. It PRIVATE private property, or owned by an individual.
At least that's my understanding.I certainly could be wrong.
Having cops who use common sense would be a better solution.
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