when you pull someone over

[jjdeneen918]

If I stop for speed they get a ticket, over 12 mph.

[Soldier415]

Surprisingly, I have not been pulled over in the last 5 years. Usually CHP has a hard on for sported 3 series BMWs...

[mlatino]

Haven't made a mistake yet, huh?

I just made a midnite run to Safeway. On the way back, got pulled over and he told me stopped me because my registration is expired. The car's sticker says Jun and here it is August. So I handed him the valid registration card and told him I have the tags too. He checked, handed back the reg and then asked for my DL. "Huh? What's the point? Your entire PC for the stop evaporated the moment you realized my reg is valid." From the look on his face, you'd think he was passing a porcupine. I was glad he didn't push it... I had ice cream to get home.

You're wrong. You could have easily been cited. Failure to display your current tags is just as much PC as having expired tags.
Check out CVC 5204.

[Wideflange]

My wife gets pulled over all the time - But never gets a ticket.

And yes - She is smoking hot.

And yes - I married well above my place in life...

Thanx, D

God Bless her....what happens at the traffic stop......stays at the traffic stop.

[Triad]

You're wrong. You could have easily been cited. Failure to display your current tags is just as much PC as having expired tags.
Check out CVC 5204.

What he said. That was the first thing I thought of when I read that.

[Ron-Solo]

Haven't made a mistake yet, huh?

I just made a midnite run to Safeway. On the way back, got pulled over and he told me stopped me because my registration is expired. The car's sticker says Jun and here it is August. So I handed him the valid registration card and told him I have the tags too. He checked, handed back the reg and then asked for my DL. "Huh? What's the point? Your entire PC for the stop evaporated the moment you realized my reg is valid." From the look on his face, you'd think he was passing a porcupine. I was glad he didn't push it... I had ice cream to get home.

Not really. he could have cited you for failing to display your current tags. With a smart-a answer you could have invited said ticket. You got lucky.

[IrishJoe3]

From the look on his face, you'd think he was passing a porcupine.

Dude....you make it sound like we live to write tickets....I don't even like writting tickets....

[Escalado]

Haven't made a mistake yet, huh?

I just made a midnite run to Safeway. On the way back, got pulled over and he told me stopped me because my registration is expired. The car's sticker says Jun and here it is August. So I handed him the valid registration card and told him I have the tags too. He checked, handed back the reg and then asked for my DL. "Huh? What's the point? Your entire PC for the stop evaporated the moment you realized my reg is valid." From the look on his face, you'd think he was passing a porcupine. I was glad he didn't push it... I had ice cream to get home.

Absolutely INCORRECT. I would have cited you 5204VC just for the smug attitude. lol Its funny how people think they "know" the law. I had a guy on cell phone next to me at a light. He looked at me rolled his eyes and kept talking. I stopped him and he related to me that "talking on a phone is not PC for a stop, and it states that in the vehicle code." I laughed, handed him the vehicle code and found 23123(a)VC for him. He read it while I wrote the ticket. PRICELESS.

[tyrist]

Haven't made a mistake yet, huh?

I just made a midnite run to Safeway. On the way back, got pulled over and he told me stopped me because my registration is expired. The car's sticker says Jun and here it is August. So I handed him the valid registration card and told him I have the tags too. He checked, handed back the reg and then asked for my DL. "Huh? What's the point? Your entire PC for the stop evaporated the moment you realized my reg is valid." From the look on his face, you'd think he was passing a porcupine. I was glad he didn't push it... I had ice cream to get home.

The section changed not the fact there was a violation. Once you have enough time on the job pretty much every car has something. I think it speaks more to the fact that I don't do a traffic stop unless it's worth it.

[bigger hammer]

I just made a midnite run to Safeway. On the way back, got pulled over and he told me stopped me because my registration is expired. The car's sticker says Jun and here it is August. So I handed him the valid registration card and told him I have the tags too. He checked, handed back the reg and then asked for my DL. "Huh? What's the point? Your entire PC for the stop evaporated the moment you realized my reg is valid." From the look on his face, you'd think he was passing a porcupine. I was glad he didn't push it... I had ice cream to get home.

Now that you know YOU were wrong about the "PC evaporating" and that, even with this attitude, you got a break, who's passing that porcupine?

BH

[zfields]

as my first criminal justice instructor said " California Vehicle Code is 3" thick for a reason. To make PC for just about any car to take a look around".

[BillCA]

For: mlatino, Triad, Ron-Solo, Escalado, tyrist, bigger hammer

I guess I wasn't clearn when I wrote this paragraph..

The car's sticker says Jun and here it is August. So I handed him the valid registration card and told him I have the tags too. He checked, handed back the reg and then asked for my DL.

By "He checked", I meant that he walked back and looked at the plate to double check that it had the current red registration sticker on the plate. A simple goof on his part. Hey, it happens when on a long shift or a busy night sometimes.

So... PC did evaporatehighway (

[yardsale]

For: mlatino, Triad, Ron-Solo, Escalado, tyrist, bigger hammer

I guess I wasn't clearn when I wrote this paragraph..



By "He checked", I meant that he walked back and looked at the plate to double check that it had the current red registration sticker on the plate. A simple goof on his part. Hey, it happens when on a long shift or a busy night sometimes.

So... PC did evaporatehighway (

He still had PC to stop you. Nothing evaporated. What matters here is the officer BELIEVED he saw your tags were expired when he first stopped you. As long as he is not lying and does not say he thought your tags were expired when in his heart he knows that to be untrue, having some other motive for the stop, it is a valid stop. Even you agree, the guy made an honest mistake. You where stopped for a vehicle code violation and are required to give up your DL at that point.

Lets take it further. Suppose you were drunk. Should he just let you go because he made an honest mistake stopping you when he thought he saw a violation? No, he will arrest you and then write in his report that when he first stopped you he thought he saw something (expired tags) which later turned out to be a mistake. Granted, the court case might be weaker than it should be, but it is still a good arrest.

[BigStiCK]

Depends. My mind is not always made up.

Attitude goes a long way but so does the circumstances of the stop. I stop a guy at 0330 for speeding 10 miles over the limit I may be just interested in what he's doing out and about at that hour.

Doing 10mph over through a school zone while school is getting out is something else all together. Either way I am never sure what I have and act accordingly. Most people are good folks who just made a mistake. However, its the other small percentage that keep me worried.

Oh and your mouth can get you into trouble, but remember what you do with your hands may get you dead.

Just the thoughts of an old guy...

Nailed it to a "T"

[zoglog]

All I know is more people seem to be getting tickets now due to budget shortfalls
Not so many warnings anymore.