> It's not like you accidentally become a criminal. Well - that's debatable: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15846711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i

> It's not like you accidentally become a criminal. Well - that's debatable: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15846711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15846711 While the guy wasn't criminally charged or arrested (that last is also ingenuous, because being stopped for a traffic violation as he was is technically an "arrest"), things could have went far differently for him. All for not wearing a seatbelt and for having his life savings in cash with him... As it was, he lost that money for more than 8 months; he should get it back with interest earned or something (opportunity costs, etc).