Driving at 70 on a 65 mph highway, cop pulls over for 90, person has no license and is arrested for that and speeding? Is it right? What can be done?
2007-06-12 02:42:48 · 21 answers · asked by HELPLESS! 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Funny thing is that another person in the car with expired license was let go to drive the vehicle. I've heard of many instances where they just give citations.
2007-06-12 02:48:47 · update #1
In many states driving without a license is an arrestable offense. If you read the back of the ticket it will give you the offenses that can your license can't be taking in lieu of bail. You can dispute the speeding ticket but not the no license. Did the officer allow you to see your speed on the radar? If not that can be a reason to get the speeding ticket dismissed. And if you acquire a license before the court date the judge will show mercy and probably will just impose a small fine.
2007-06-12 02:56:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once a person drives over 25 mph over the speed limit, they are automatically arrested. No questions asked! If they don't have a license, the trouble is more than compounded- especially since they do not ahve insurance! The only thing that can be done is arrange payment with the court. I
'm sorry to hear that you got in trouble. May this be a lesson well learned.
2007-06-12 02:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by Chick-a-Dee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had no license at all or just not on them? Driving 90 on a 65 area in 35 over and called Exhibition Driving and dangerous. Let's assume the cop couldn't read the big red numbers and you were going 70. That's still illegal and with no license, doubly illegal. If you don't like it, help change the law.
2007-06-12 02:46:42 · answer #3 · answered by One Voice In The Day Rings True 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have no license, you go to jail here. End of story. People without licenses are notorious for not showing up to court. So most police officers are going to hook you up and make you post bond.
As for taking people to jail. In my state, you can be arrested and taken to jail for *any* traffic violation. The reasoning is this, we can either make you post a cash bond (jail) or let you off with a signature bond (ticket that you sign). Obviously, most people are just give tickets, due to the time it takes to arrest someone. However, the arresting option is always present.
2007-06-12 02:58:49 · answer #4 · answered by Kenneth C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In every state that I know of... Driving With Out a Valid License is a criminal offense. So, yes... you could be arrested.
As for the speeding.... Speed alone is not a criminal offense, unless it was considered Willful and Wanton Reckless Driving. Then that would be an arrestable offense as well.
2007-06-12 02:47:11 · answer #5 · answered by Dog Lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is right. Driving without a licence and speeding is a criminal offence. If the driver is not in custody (that's the police station) then the driver now waits for an appointment to appear in court, when a sentence will be dished out. Could be prison, a fine or community service or probation
2007-06-12 02:46:37 · answer #6 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the laws and ordinances in your state and municipality. Generally, one can be arrested for driving without a valid license.
What can be done? You'd better get an attorney that can try to talk the prosecutor into a lesser charge...perhaps one that only carries a fine.
2007-06-12 02:46:06 · answer #7 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Failure to produce a valid driver's license" is the form of the old Documents Game that is most commonly practiced in the United States. Do you remember those old cartoons where a friendly looking Nazi stood on a corner asking people to show their papers? "Papers, are your papers in order?" Well, that's what the state government does to US citizens with driver's licenses.
Because of widespread document fraud by illegal immigrants, state governments are responding, in their short-sighted, foolish, it-ain't-gonna-work way, by making it more difficult for citizens to get new copies of their basic documents after they've lost their earlier copies. If your wallet is stolen, with your driver's license inside it, you will apply for a new copy to your state's Department of Motor Vehicles. They will demand to see a copy of your birth certificate, so you will write to the Department of Health in the state you were born in, and, after a two-week wait, they will tell you that they can't send you a copy of your birth certificate until you show them...
Your driver's license.
See how it works? The government, not content with criminalizing citizens over random misplacements of their "papers" are now moving to the more aggressive method of Documentary Lockout. For most people, motor transport is essential. If they live alone, they must drive. If they cannot legally drive, they must choose whether to break the law and risk getting caught, or whether to stay at home and quietly starve to death.
There isn't always going to be a friendly neighbor who, out of charity, will take you to the grocery store and to work. Neither will it be possible, except in fantasy novels, to hike the miles between your house and your job and the market and back to your house, every day. Anyone who suggests that either of those plans is viable is either a fool or a hypocrite who has never personally been in that situation.
2007-06-12 03:27:52 · answer #8 · answered by elohimself 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They broke the law - yes it is right. Driving without a license is a crime - the speeding will be a fine.
2007-06-12 02:45:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
they will get a ticket for speeding and have to go to court for driving without a license, of course they can do that, if you dont have a license, and you drive, thats against the law.
2007-06-12 02:46:43 · answer #10 · answered by ktlove 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋