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[hwypatrolman]

There's no telling. I have crossed into Georgia, to chase people down that I got in Alabama. I think it is the "reasonable person" doctrine. What the the reasonable person would deem appropriate. Just because someone crosses the state line, that doesn't mean they stop just on the other side and say Ha Ha can't get me now. If someone refuses to stop once we cross the state line, the Georgia State Patrol or the appropriate agecny can be called and they can handle it from there. But, I don't know why that particular trooper did what he did. Oh, by the way, we don't routinely check driver's historys when we stop a car, unless they are being arrested for something traffic related. We generally just check for status, valid, suspended, revoked, cancelled, etc...
In reference to minimum speed. In Alabama, we have no law on the books that defines a minimum speed on any highway or interstate route. We can and do write for impeding the flow of traffic ( usually a drunk driver ). The officer just has to be able to articulate how the person was impeding the flow.

 

[lonewolf0420]

Quote "we don't routinely check driver's historys when we stop a car, unless they are being arrested for something traffic related. We generally just check for status, valid, suspended, revoked, cancelled, etc..."
I wish the cops here were like that. I tired of having my DUI from 4 years ago thrown in my face.

 

[kaos]

Hwy, here I have never heard of anyone getting a written warning, they're all verbal. The officer says on the radio "(his car number) Traffic (location of the stop)". They never say how fast they were going so there is no way anyone would be able to know that information except the officer.

Really? Written warnings are used all the time, both here in the Cinci/N. KY area and at home in WI. Not sure of the exact language of the rule, but I believe if you get pulled over for the same offense within a year, the warning becomes a ticket as well. They're really, IMHO, a better deterrent than an actual ticket. One of my friends here has to be careful and make sure he does not speed nor run a stop sign in the next year, because he has written warnings for both. :nutkick

 

[Maxima Lover]

There's no telling. I have crossed into Georgia, to chase people down that I got in Alabama. I think it is the "reasonable person" doctrine. What the the reasonable person would deem appropriate. Just because someone crosses the state line, that doesn't mean they stop just on the other side and say Ha Ha can't get me now. If someone refuses to stop once we cross the state line, the Georgia State Patrol or the appropriate agecny can be called and they can handle it from there. But, I don't know why that particular trooper did what he did. Oh, by the way, we don't routinely check driver's historys when we stop a car, unless they are being arrested for something traffic related. We generally just check for status, valid, suspended, revoked, cancelled, etc...

So there isn't a definite answer like I thought there would be on something like that. I figured the trooper would have to have at least his emergency lights on "chasing" the vehicle across state lines and not active them once he gets into the other state.

I should have been more clear, he didn't check my license at all besides looking at it. I also never saw him touch the radio as he was coming up behind us and as we stopped.. I'm guessing he didn't call it in and didn't check my plate. All that plus not giving me a ticket was what made me think chasing over the state line to write a citation was not aloud.

 

[Maxima Lover]

Really? Written warnings are used all the time, both here in the Cinci/N. KY area and at home in WI. Not sure of the exact language of the rule, but I believe if you get pulled over for the same offense within a year, the warning becomes a ticket as well. They're really, IMHO, a better deterrent than an actual ticket. One of my friends here has to be careful and make sure he does not speed nor run a stop sign in the next year, because he has written warnings for both. :nutkick

That does seem like a better deterrent. Whenever I used to get verbal warnings it slowed me down for maybe a couple of hours and then I was right back at it. Even tickets only slowed me down for a couple of days. For some reason though I would feel thankful for the written warning and be on my best behavior not to screw up and have to pay two tickets instead of zero.

I know they can write written warnings here, they just don't. I know of couple of officers and they said they're taught if they're going to write anything up it, they should just write the ticket. I assume it is for revenue reasons. Some small municipalities around here are taking in 60+% of there total revenue from citations. It's weird how things are different around the country.

 

[Havuser]

Yes. The radars work in same direction mode or opposite mode.

I can attest to that. The first ticket I got was in '88 for 10 over in a 45 zone.
1990 I got hit for 40 in a 25. Now I'm ribbed by cracks "you drive like an old lady" and other stupid stuff. I say "I don't have anything in the bank as it is; why make the county or state's accounts fill up?