Driving With Cali Plate

[gregb]

From my cousin-

From the Bad Cops file

My wife and her brother were driving into Ohio today for their mother's memorial service and to close out her apartment. They have a rental car with California plates. A cop pulled them over shortly after they crossed the state line. It seems today (according to wife) is the first day of legal cannabis in Ohio, and the cop thought they might be transporting "stuff". He more or less said this to them after the stop, and did not say anything about a possible vehicle code violation. He asked some questions and let them proceed, but this stinks of being an illegal stop - no probable cause or reasonable suspicion.

There is a lot of bad policing in this country.

 

[Proactive]

A Navy buddy of mine was discharged in the early '70s and drove his California-plated car back to his home in Idaho. He stopped off at his old watering-hole to say hello and have a cold one. When he came out, his car had a brick through the rear window.

In some states, California plates ARE probable cause or reasonable suspicion.

 

[glenn walker]

Here is officer Fifes response to why you were stopped. Number one you were driving a rental car with California Plates and we know you left coast guys like to smoke and sell-pot and rental cars are used because if you get busted it's not your car being impounded. So we are suspicious of people like you but we are friendly folks here in Ohio and as long as we don't smell any pot or you don't exhibit any signs of impairment we always just kindly ask you to move along. Officer Fife did notify the rest of our dedicated hard working non-pot-smoking officers to not stop you again unless something more serious like a broken taillight is seen. Below is our City Attorneys response to your accusation that we had no probable cause.

Probable Cause Standard & TRAFFIC STOPS
While probable cause may be used to support a traffic stop, it is not necessary. Instead, a reasonable suspicion standard is used that complies with the fourth amendment’s prohibitions against unreasonable searches and seizures. Probable cause is specifically mentioned in the fourth amendment. However, it is not defined there. Instead, the Supreme Court has been tasked with the responsibility of defining this concept and has attempted to do on many occasions. However, Supreme Court justices have stated that this term is not a technical term with a simple definition. Instead, it has been stated to “not require the same type of specific evidence of each element of the offense” as that which would be required to support a conviction.

 

[glenn walker]

A Navy buddy of mine was discharged in the early '70s and drove his California-plated car back to his home in Idaho. He stopped off at his old watering-hole to say hello and have a cold one. When he came out, his car had a brick through the rear window.

In some states, California plates ARE probable cause or reasonable suspicion.

California plates are suspicious in California

 

[gregb]

California plates are suspicious in California

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow...-drug-stops-grapevine-20181004-htmlstory.html

 

[Elliott]

I thought bikers had the drug transportation business. Maybe the cop was just protecting the bikers he's paid to protect. (If your a smart alec, you could suggest that to him, sense a wild assumption was made)

 

[Bobby Bucks]

I’m not surprised this happened. I used to work for a car rental company and the fleet had tags from many states, sort of like U-haul rental trailers. We heard interesting tales from renters, co-workers in other offices in other states and they went from comical to frightening. Once we had a missing car that was discovered in the long term airport lot, the guy was dead in the back seat. Cops swarmed our office for a week. Most renters don’t care about tags, but some renters were self-conscious about the state. Back east big city types didn’t want tags from Ole Miss or anywhere in flyover land, folks in flyover land didn’t want a New York tag, etc.

Some people didn’t want a Florida tag because this was when cocaine smuggling was heating up around Miami . We heard from the Florida offices that people travelling the I-95 corridor may as well had a banner that read “Cocaine Smuggler Driving”, profiling was big time then. Human behavior is funny when it comes to stereotyping. My sister in law visited last summer and the rental she got from the airport had Alabama tags, I had some fun with that, seeing as she’s the quintessential snobby Bostonian. :- ) Bama plates? You sound like you’re a Tide fan. *lol* Personally, I’m okay with any car unless it has Oklahoma plates, I refuse to drive a damned Okiemobile. :- )

 

[Flakey]

Most states recognize South Carolina plates a legal for handicap parking.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

From my cousin-

From the Bad Cops file

My wife and her brother were driving into Ohio today for their mother's memorial service and to close out her apartment. They have a rental car with California plates. A cop pulled them over shortly after they crossed the state line. It seems today (according to wife) is the first day of legal cannabis in Ohio, and the cop thought they might be transporting "stuff". He more or less said this to them after the stop, and did not say anything about a possible vehicle code violation. He asked some questions and let them proceed, but this stinks of being an illegal stop - no probable cause or reasonable suspicion.

There is a lot of bad policing in this country.

Tony Heller has family in Pennsylvania. He lives in Colorado. The same thing happened to him on the way to PA. Ohio. So he bypassed Ohio on his way home. He was not speeding or anything.

 

[VegasWayne]

Ohio hasn't changed. I drove across the state in the 70s and was followed the entire time by a state trooper. I did not exceed the 55 mph limit and I was passed often by Ohio drivers. He never went after any of the locals speeding by, but I was sure he would pull me over if I went 57.