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To: mhking
Does your belief and not the law make this a criminal act?

Read ORD 4511.81(D) again. Is there any other way to interpret this other than you cannot use the fact that the child was out of restraint in any other criminal or civil action?

They are enforcing Ohio law. They have a duty to know that law. If they enforce something else, then they are enforcing only "color of law," and that is a federal crime; reference 42 USC 1983 &seq.
104 posted on 06/20/2003 10:42:44 AM PDT by RgnadKzin (It is a crime for public officials to misapply the law)
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To: RgnadKzin
I haven't read all of this thread, but I was wondering if Ohio forbids breastfeeding a baby in a moving vehicle. Obviously, Michigan allows it. (though I did not know that and always thought we were breaking the law in the places where such behavior occurred.)
105 posted on 06/20/2003 10:48:26 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: RgnadKzin
Read ORD 4511.81(D) again.

Subsection D has nothing to do with any danger to others in other vehicles.

I submit (as I did earlier) that your wife's actions endangered other motorists and passengers in other vehicles driving on the Turnpike.

You don't care whether or not your child is injured in an accident potentially caused by this? Fine.

But I'll be damned if you end up hurting any of my friends or loved ones by your wife's negligence.

You want to take the libertarian tact? No problem. But that means you have to be prepared to bear the brunt of the full weight of the law when it comes down after such an event (God forbid it happens - I would not wish such a thing on anyone, but the chances of an accident rise dramatically when you remove your full attention from the road for whatever purpose, be it yammering on a cellphone or feeding a baby).

And again, to demand that officers carry complete case and statute law and be able to review it on demand is not only unreasonable, but both unsafe and not practical.

Add to that your wife's failure to carry a driver's license; your citation of religious grounds is not a logical reason. The laws of all states clearly state that you be granted a license to drive; said license indicates that you have passed appropriate state tests of both your vision and driving knowledge (in some states the latter can be waived, provided you are already in good standing). This license grants you the privledge to drive a motor vehicle. If you choose not to fulfill the requirements of obtaining said license, then you've got no business on the road, period.

This religious affadavit that you mention is no substitute for a license granted you by the state in which you live. If you refuse to obtain any of the appropriate required documents necessary for being awarded a license, then you don't get one, period.

That being the case, you don't get to drive. Sorry.

110 posted on 06/20/2003 10:59:44 AM PDT by mhking
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