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"Lonesome Roads:" Driving Without The Fourth Amendment, Lewis R. Katz
"Lonesome Roads:" Driving Without The Fourth Amendment, Lewis R. Katz
Lewis R. Katz
American states and municipalities have so many minor traffic regulations that every time a driver gets behind the wheel of a car he or she is likely to commit multiple violations. The violation of any traffic regulation empowers police officers to stop the vehicle, ticket and, in some states, arrest the motorist. Police are physically unable to stop and ticket, let alone arrest, every motorist committing a traffic violation. Instead, police are vested with unlimited discretion when choosing which motorists to stop, warn, ticket, or arrest. So long as there is probable cause for a traffic violation, courts will not …
"Lonesome Road:" Driving Without The Fourth Amendment, Lewis R. Katz
"Lonesome Road:" Driving Without The Fourth Amendment, Lewis R. Katz
Lewis R. Katz
American states and municipalities have so many minor traffic regulations that every time a driver gets behind the wheel of a car he or she is likely to commit multiple violations. The violation of any traffic regulation empowers police officers to stop the vehicle, ticket and, in some states, arrest the motorist. Police are physically unable to stop and ticket, let alone arrest, every motorist committing a traffic violation. Instead, police are vested with unlimited discretion when choosing which motorists to stop, warn, ticket, or arrest. So long as there is probable cause for a traffic violation, courts will not …