I have a motorcyle permit and i am not suppose to drive in the dark, but i did. The cop pulled me over and said i dont have a motorcyle endorsment. My ? is does he have the right to check my license plate and pull me overe if i have not commited any violations.
I guess what i am trying to say can cops run your plates just cause they feel like it.
2006-09-06 03:14:34 · 27 answers · asked by swamplands33 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Yes thay can. They can pull anybody over off of suspicion of anything they choose. Probable cause. The thing is a lot of cops abuse thier rights. And some pull you over just because "they can". Power tripping. But they most definately have the right. The only thing they do not have the right to do is search your vehicle without your consent. Just like your house. But if they have a K-9 unit(for vehicle searches) and the dog gives the signal that there is something suspicous in your car, then they have the right to search without your consent. That is why the officer must always ask before searching, "do you mind if I take a look in your car?". You do have the right to say "no" and there is nothing they can do about it. That is private property. Except bring out the K-9 unit. So if a cop ever searches your vehicle without your consent, you can sue and win. Invasion of private property. I don't know about money, but you can have him fired or at least suspended without pay for a while.
Oh yeah, if you are caught with a DUI or DWAI, they automatically have the right to search your vehicle.
2006-09-06 03:25:20 · answer #1 · answered by Mitchell B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. . . cops have the right to run plates at will. This is actually a good thing for the publics safety. However. . . many cops these days are power hungry control freak douchebagsss! Always stand up for yourself and know your rights. Probably 60% of all cops today are lying, dishonest, degenerate, self serving douchebagggs! In this case however. . you were in the wrong. . . take your medicine . . .and shut your yapper!
2006-09-06 10:23:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can do pretty much anything they want... if it ever gets questioned they will just make up an excuse. I was pulled over once and the cop said the light above my license plate was burned out... it wasn't, but who is going to take my word over the cop?
2006-09-06 10:17:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly cops do have the right to check your plates, it is not harm full if you are not doing something wrong. :)
That being the point of why they do it.
Also ask yourself how you were driving to cause the cop suspicion. Which is the reason they do it normally, unless the cop is an jerk and they tend to be at times.
2006-09-06 10:21:05 · answer #4 · answered by casper_cat76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a word, yes.
You are riding on public roads, with your license plate clearly visible, in accordance with the law. Just as the cop could have looked at someone's face and compared it to a picture in a database without asking that person's permission, the cop can run your plate without having any cause at all.
Sorry.
(BTW, nothing in this post is meant to constitute legal advice)
2006-09-06 10:20:00 · answer #5 · answered by Thumprr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They operate on contract law. If you went down and signed their contract, they gotcha!
Technically, cops are agents of the Administrative branch of government, but they issue judicial summons' all day long. This is a breach of the separation of powers doctrine that is part of the Constitution.
Your problem is that you agreed by contract (getting your "vehicle" registered, and getting a permit or license) to obey the "vehicle code".
Now you have to go into a commercial venue court because you accepted their presentment directed to a corporation (your name spelled wrong . . . all caps, given name incomplete).
If you try to fight it you're just buying yourself grief.
Here's the deal. God created man. Therefore, man can never rule over God. Men created government, therefore, government can never rule over men. Government created corporations, therefore, corporations can never rule over government.
In every case, the creator rules over the creation.
When you signed their contract you were signing away your Constitutional rights and agreeing to obey their codes and statutes as a fiction, as a corporation under the jurisdiction of government that as a man, you would normally rule over.
You're stuck, dude.
2006-09-06 12:21:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they can and they do. Although the cop would say in court that he had a reasonable suspicion of some wrong doing or other to make sure he had cause so that it won't get thrown out.
2006-09-06 10:17:23 · answer #7 · answered by treasures320 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called reasonable suspicion. Most likely you stood out like a shathouse in the fog.
Driving/riding is a priviledge, not a right. If you don't follow the rules of the road, the municipality has the right to revoke your priviledge to drive.
2006-09-06 11:12:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. Officers have the authority to make contact with anyone, anytime and for any reason. He ran your plates, that's what they do. Your violation was driving in the dark when you weren't supposed to. Sucks, but that's the way it goes.
2006-09-06 10:20:27 · answer #9 · answered by Amy P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can. The Supreme Court recently ruled that cops can now stop us randomly in traffic road blocks. It feels like Uncle Sam put us right under his big boot.
2006-09-06 10:17:37 · answer #10 · answered by Husker 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋