Re: a rant and a question

Posted by bc on April 22, 2010 at 21:39:18 from (71.158.209.70):

In Reply to: a rant and a question posted by railhead on April 22, 2010 at 19:52:00:

Yep, KS law requires that you update you license address with the DOR. But you can do it online or by calling them and your license itself will not be issued with the new address. If you were out of address compliance he could technically write you up for it although I haven't heard of them doing that.

In actuality, they may be doing you a favor. They want to get your correct address on the ticket. If you forget to go to court or pay the fine by the due date and the court sends out a notice to the old address (forwardings only last 30 days now), you won't get it. Then your license gets suspended and if you miss court a bench warrant is issued for your arrest. Either way, you can can end up being arrested, printed, or put in jail until you bond out for missing court or for driving while suspended. A DWS is a major hit on your record that could get you a major fine with mandatory jail time and further loss of your license for 3 months to 3 years depending upon your prior record.

Of course, he had already run the tag of your vehicle before he walked up to you and also received the driving history of the listed owners. If you have any prior DUIs and other violations on your record, he will know about it before he talks to you. If you are driving someone else's vehicle, dispatch will advise him of your address and driving record when he calls it in. Dispatchers will report things like numerous violations, prior 46's (10-46 the code for dui). I believe signal 30 is a negative response. If the trooper has information you have a prior dui or if you hear him tell dispatch something like a possible 46 or check for 46, then you can expect to be given the once over for a dui evaluation.

They ask questions like is this your address, and where are you going, and where are you coming from to see if they can detect a whiff of alcohol, blood shot eyes, slurred speech, and any confusion about where you are traveling. They ask for your DL and insurance and then watch to see if you fumble through your billfold and glove box looking for them. (all signs of possible intoxication) One slip up and you will be at the back of your vehicle walking the line unless you refuse to do it which is advisable since most sober people can't do the walk the line and 1 leg stand tests.

Troopers are looking for any reason to pull someone over on the interstate including changing lanes without a signal even though there are no cars close to you. Cracked windshields and broken mirrors are common stops. It gives the trooper a chance to give someone the once over for a dui. They find a lot of stolen vehicles that way as well. Drunks, druggers, and car thieves don't do much car maintenance. When they arrest you, they can search your vehicle which many times results in some big drug busts with all the trafficing going on on the interstates. There are plenty of kids that seem to have a little pot, roach, or some meth found in their vehicle that also gets them arrested. (Bonus promotion points when they can make a felony arrest) A lot of drug traffickers are high and appear nervous. When they run into one of those, they usually delay until a drug sniffing dog can arrive. Often times they ask to search the vehicle and the idiot driver lets them because he is too afraid to say no. (prisons are full of those guys). I've heard of them letting someone go and then getting pulled over in the next county where the nearest drug dog is.

You can respect them sincerely but someone driving for a while with stove up legs in a car, tired from a long drive from taking a trip, or whatever, and especially late at night after driving home for work or a ballgame will make it near impossible to pass field sobriety test.

Never admit to drinking even one or two beers. That is automatic grounds to get you jerked out of the car for field sobriety tests. They are too liability conscious now. If they let you go after you told them you had something to drink, they will be sued and lose their job if you go out and kill someone later. There are no more free passes.

Troopers won't admit to profiling but you can better believe they do it.

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