Police rant!!!!!!!!!!!!

[palmdesertcards]

could i have handed him my phone so he could check my call log/texts?

[MattDMC]

could i have handed him my phone so he could check my call log/texts?

If I were the responding officer I would have gladly checked your text in/outbox and sent you on your way 30 seconds later. Thats honestly the best thing you could have done in the situation.

[palmdesertcards]

If I were the responding officer I would have gladly checked your text in/outbox and sent you on your way 30 seconds later. Thats honestly the best thing you could have done in the situation.

its not a privacy thing?

[MattDMC]

its not a privacy thing?

If your giving consent for us to go through your phone history and are willing to sign a waiver saying so there is no privacy issue. At least here in Michigan anyway.

[palmdesertcards]

If your giving consent for us to go through your phone history and are willing to sign a waiver saying so there is no privacy issue. At least here in Michigan anyway.

interesting, california is a crazy place so who knows here.

[MattDMC]

interesting, california is a crazy place so who knows here.

I'd be willing to bet that if you gave them consent they would have no problem going through your phone without there being a privacy problem.

Good luck on your court date.

[palmdesertcards]

thanks.

see ya guys.

[Star_Cards]

If I were the responding officer I would have gladly checked your text in/outbox and sent you on your way 30 seconds later. Thats honestly the best thing you could have done in the situation.

Following indiana's law the officer has no right to take or look at your phone. However if it proved my innocence I'd more than likely waive the right.

[SLNoble13]

Dude I DO see it from your side, I really do. I have had my fair share of actual offenses. I have driven over 50,000 miles on a revoked license. I have spent time in jail before over infractions. I used to be a cops nightmare, but I have grown and have a SPOTLESS record now.

HOWEVER, before you tell me to man up and huff and puff... Read the laws. The law states that you can not engage in text messaging or speech on your phone while operating a motor vehicle. I did neither, I popped it out of my pocket, checked the clock, and put it right back. I did not break the law.

The seatbelt issue is not as clear cut. I was stopped at a light, transmission in park and took it off to reach something.

Im not blaming anyone, except the loser trying to pump up his quota. The cell phone stop ESPECIALLY was BS as it is CLEAR CUT i was not breaking the law.

We will see who has the last laugh when the infrction is dropped.

I'm not one to sit here and blame either you or the police officer about the cell phone. I agree that you take your phone records to court to prove you were not texting or calling and I am sure a judge will rule in your favor. I believe you if you say you weren't using the phone (texting/calling). And I do believe you will probably win your case.

Only other thing I want to say about the comment you made about the seal belt law not being clear cut. Are you saying you were in your car, stopped at a red light, with the engine running in park and pulled your seat belt off? If so, I just want to share this with you. (this is NC law and I cannot speak on the laws from your state).

If you leave a bar/club/whichever and you are drunk and you get behind your wheel, do not crank the car up and a cop sees you, they still can arrest you for a DWI. Do I agree with this law, absolutely not. But the way the law sees it, at that point you become the driver of that vehicle and if the car can move even in park you are driving and responsible for that car. In comparision, the seat belt ticket, you were still responsible for that vehicle at that time and it was running and in traffic. Sorry I can't agree with you there. But I am glad you got it dismissed

So I can't agree with you about the law being unclear about the seat belt issue. I have a friend who had his seal belt on, draped his left shoulder over it, got pulled by highway patrol who gave him a seat belt ticket. Yes his selt belt was on, but it was not on correctly.

I am not trying to start another blow up just trying to give some points about the law here, at least North Carolina law. Sorry, I don't know your states law.

[lloydr04]

huh? who got popped for ripping up a piece of paper?

actually im good, you're right