Re:For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection
by toast0 on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:25PM
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> with the tools available in 2020, they should be able to do this without stopping the person to ask for their license and registration.
What tools would those be? Specifically how do you positively identify the driver without checking their ID?
Re:For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection
by abeld on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:33PM
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You make the owner responsible. I.e. if the driver can be identified (or the owner identifies the driver) then you can fine the driver, otherwise you fine the owner.
Re:For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection
by leetcrew on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:45PM
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take a picture of the driver and compare against ID photos later? for most vehicles, the set of possible drivers on a particular day is not large. it doesn't have to be perfect, just enough to make the charge stick a good chunk of the time.
Re:For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection
by jariel on Friday May 08, 2020 @08:33PM
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Civilized people have absolutely no problem getting pulled over for speeding or whatever. It works just fine in almost every civilized country.
This is a question of basic civic virtue, not laws, policy or operating procedure.
this sort of begs the question of why direct, in-person confrontation is even necessary for petty offenses. there's always a risk that such an interaction could go south, whether or not guns are involved. to write a ticket, all the cop has to do is record the measured speed and identify the vehicle and driver. with the tools available in 2020, they should be able to do this without stopping the person to ask for their license and registration. save the confrontations and arrests for when the person clearly poses an imminent threat to those around them.