I felt like a criminal, I live in a racist town but is this commonplace? Without even looking at the damage to my car he ran all the checks on me and my car was parked at the time of the accident.
2006-07-19 17:09:22 · 12 answers · asked by SAMMIE C 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I felt like a criminal, I live in a racist town but is this commonplace? Without even looking at the damage to my car he ran all the checks on me and my car was parked at the time of the accident.
follow up
Thanks for the answers guys. No I don't have any warrants or anything like that, I just thought it was weired that he was more concerned with checking me out than doing the report. I see this is commonplace and your answers has calmed my nerves quite a bit. thanks again
2006-07-19 17:38:47 · update #1
I work in law enforcement ...trust me ...it is routine.
They do that on everyone.
Plus that the info on the driver's license and registration is needed to do his report so that you can file your insurance claim
*if you've ever looked at the accident report that an officer files...
it asks questions that can only be obtained by running your lic and registration...
2006-07-20 03:30:07 · answer #1 · answered by Moma 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
This happened to me too...I was hit by a driver that took off when I was 7 months pregnant. When the CHP officer showed up at my home...he ran each person that had been in my car over the age of 18 for warrants, including me. I am white, a woman and living middle class. Good luck,hon.
2006-07-19 17:14:43 · answer #2 · answered by Gothic Martha™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is common practice. I remember calling the police
one night about a certain issue. I was in my car at the time,
and the police ran my driver's license while investigating my
complaint. It seems that whenever you are in your car, cops
see this as a easy opportunity to invade your privacy. If you
called the police and they came to your house, they certainly
wouldn't ask for your driver's license.
2006-07-19 17:15:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im white and I get harrassed by the cops all the time - had them stop me one night telling me that my car plate was stolen off a truck in Nc and I have SC plates! The fight was on - Then they wanted to know what I was doing so I told them I was cheating on my husband with my boyfriend and then they said I needed to have the car inspected (if it were registered in NC and not SC boneheads) then was told I had to register it in NC even though it was my MOM's car and she lives in SC. In the end they found out they were all screwed up and I only asked them if I could go back to cheating on my husband. I wasn't but they really irritated me - btw I am a white petite mother of three and the KIDS WERE WITH ME. Cops have nothing better to do but harrass us no matter who we are.
2006-07-19 17:19:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my truck also was hit while parked once and it was hit at work twice, again i was not around the truck at the time of the accidents but i have never had my info run before they found out what had happened, when they got the info they gave me a copy of the accident report case number and never even asked me for my id.
2006-07-19 17:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by richard h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is common. Just like if your in a car and someone gets pulled over, the passengers get to show their id as well.
2006-07-19 17:13:52 · answer #6 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it,s common, sometimes they get a hit, you never know. though you being black he might also run it because of that factor.. but i'll assume you had proof of insurance.. ect..and even if he did do it because he might have been profiling.. so what? does you feel that respect is due to you no matter what? if he has his views and they tend te be skewed towards racism, you cannot legislate that away, as long as you have your bases covered let him run th license and plates all he wants
2006-07-19 17:13:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its common! doesnt matter if your black or white! besides if you had have a warrant then he did a good job!
You didnt have a warrant so really you have nothing to worry about, the cop was just doing his job!
2006-07-19 17:17:08 · answer #8 · answered by Jade H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Officer did Protocol. If it had been me 55 year old, White, Plump, 5'2" silver haired lady he would have done the same.
2006-07-19 17:20:09 · answer #9 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check were run on both..... 90% of criminals are caught during somthing stupid like a traffic violation.....
2006-07-19 17:13:33 · answer #10 · answered by theevilfez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋