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> Police in the US are rightly very afraid when pulling over someone for something petty like speeding because that person could be upset and have a gun. Where
by leetcrew 7y ago
> Police in the US are rightly very afraid when pulling over someone for something petty like speeding because that person could be upset and have a gun. Where I'm from cops are not afraid because nobody has guns.
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.
- toast0 7y ago> 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?
- leetcrew 7y agotake 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.
- abeld 7y agoYou 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.
- jariel 7y agoCivilized 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.