Doingthestuff is right though, maybe it is time that we start challenging laws enacted against the 4th and make it real again. The Patriot act may not be the easiest place to start, but we can find something the Pubs and Crats agree on and start there maybe. Build it’s power back up until we can show that it has reason and peoples rights matter.
Hopeful rant of a fool.
That said, the 4th would possibly protect people from many of the unfounded DUI/dwi charges as well. Step out of the car and fail a test that you can’t pass because it is all lies, should infact be a breach of the 4th when they claim to have pulled you over for driving 56 in a 50. Speeding isn’t a valid warranted search for if someone had been drinking. So they would need to use their actual dashcam footage to show a driver swerving to have reason to bring charges of impairment. A driver going 6 mph over the speed limit is by no means a reason of impairment as that happens ALL the time by non-impared drivers. Bad hill to die on because peoples views of impaired drivers, but if 1/100 drivers are wrongfully charged it should not happen, and it is likely closer to 20/100 a number of places due to bias and hatred.
I’d go so far as to not have cops pull people over at all unless there’s a serious crime happening. They have dashcams and every car has license plates, so they can just send that picture and a report and mail you a ticket.
They do this already with school buses. There’s cameras on the side and if you drive past when the stop sign is out they will mail you a ticket. It even comes with a link to the actual video of the offense so you have a chance to dispute it.
Cops frequently say that traffic stops are the most dangerous part of their job, and people are killed and injured in police chases with alarming regularity. Eliminating them and not giving the government’s hired goons a chance to violate our fourth amendment rights is a win-win.
Doingthestuff is right though, maybe it is time that we start challenging laws enacted against the 4th and make it real again. The Patriot act may not be the easiest place to start, but we can find something the Pubs and Crats agree on and start there maybe. Build it’s power back up until we can show that it has reason and peoples rights matter.
Hopeful rant of a fool.
That said, the 4th would possibly protect people from many of the unfounded DUI/dwi charges as well. Step out of the car and fail a test that you can’t pass because it is all lies, should infact be a breach of the 4th when they claim to have pulled you over for driving 56 in a 50. Speeding isn’t a valid warranted search for if someone had been drinking. So they would need to use their actual dashcam footage to show a driver swerving to have reason to bring charges of impairment. A driver going 6 mph over the speed limit is by no means a reason of impairment as that happens ALL the time by non-impared drivers. Bad hill to die on because peoples views of impaired drivers, but if 1/100 drivers are wrongfully charged it should not happen, and it is likely closer to 20/100 a number of places due to bias and hatred.
I’d go so far as to not have cops pull people over at all unless there’s a serious crime happening. They have dashcams and every car has license plates, so they can just send that picture and a report and mail you a ticket.
They do this already with school buses. There’s cameras on the side and if you drive past when the stop sign is out they will mail you a ticket. It even comes with a link to the actual video of the offense so you have a chance to dispute it.
Cops frequently say that traffic stops are the most dangerous part of their job, and people are killed and injured in police chases with alarming regularity. Eliminating them and not giving the government’s hired goons a chance to violate our fourth amendment rights is a win-win.