Forcing me to stop, Interfering with my ability to travel, Interfering with my ability to freely assemble--- ALL without any RAS that I have, am, or am about to COMMIT a crime IS A VIOLATION OF MY CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS.
You do realize that the Chapter 20 motor vehicle law in NC is very very thick. You can be stopped for just about anything pertaining to something on your vehicle.
I'm against DUI, license checks, equipment checks etc. IMO they brazenly violate the 4A
Not according to the USSC
The worst thing about them to me seems to be the 4A being sacrificed without any real effect. DUI checkpoints for example have been proven to be far less effective than roving patrols specifically looking for DUI's. And those roving patrols (as long as the officers are honest folks) don't violate the 4A since RAS must be established before they pull you.
Stats please
I've been pulled twice for my window tint. Both times were weekend nights. The pretext for the stop being an equipment violation. One time the officer didn't even gauge the windows, the second time he did, they failed, and he didn't bother to cite me for it.
I hate to complain about NOT getting a ticket, but it did piss me off to be forced to accompany the officer on his fishing trip.
So because the officer decided to enforce the law and stop you because of your tint its a fishing trip?
And for those of you that like to moan and complain about being stopped for traffic violations, here is a few people that were caught when stopped for simple traffic violations, I'm sure you've heard of them;
1. Randy Kraft, Arrested for Driving While Impaired on May 14, 1983 in Orange County, California. Kraft was stopped under suspicion of drinking and driving. After failing the roadside tests, Kraft was placed under arrest and his vehicle searched. The body of a young man was found in the front seat of his vehicle. Kraft, an ex-Marine and computer programmer was titled “The Southern California Strangler” and was convicted of the murder of 16 men, mostly Marines, but is a suspect in about 67 murders total.
2. Theodore “Ted” Bundy, arrested August 16, 1975 for driving without headlights and
trying to elude police. He was investigated due to his vehicle matching a description of one used in a kidnapping and this resulted in a conviction for kidnapping. He was transferred to Colorado to stand trial for murder when he escaped. He was again arrested on June 13, 1977 for erratic driving and possession of a stolen car. He escaped again in December of 1977. Bundy was arrested again in Pensacola, Florida for driving a stolen vehicle and was later convicted of several murders in Florida. He was executed on January 24, 1989.
3. David Berkowitz: Arrested in New York in 1977, the “Son of Sam” killer had
murdered six men and women and wounded nine others before he was investigated and arrested. The evidence that brought him down? A parking ticket issued to him on the night and at the time of a murder that was left on his vehicle in the parking lot where he killed one of his victims. He was convicted and sentenced to 364 years in prison.
4. Timothy McVeigh, was stopped for not having a license plate on his vehicle by a State Patrol Officer in Oklahoma and charged with no plate and possession of a loaded firearm hidden in the vehicle. Three days later, the FBI came to get him in connection with the death of 168 people in the Oklahoma City bombing. He was put to death on June 11, 2001.
I'll be more then glad to continue on if ya'll would like me to.