Was this an illegal stop leading to DUI?
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Honestly, where do you some of you people get the ideas you get?\n\nTo the asker:  assuming everything you said here is 100% factual, and assuming you didn't leave anything out, and assuming you have *all* the facts in the first place, then no, it doesn't sound like there was any probable cause to pull you over.  \n\nHowever, here's what I suspect, because I have done this very thing:\n\nI'm the cop you and your friend drove past when he/she yelled whatever they yelled.  Evidently, your friend wanted to come to the attention of the police, so I'm generally happy to oblige.  You don't say (and probably don't know) if it was the same cop who pulled you over, but it doesn't matter...we've got radios, ya' know?  \n\nSo anyway, back to your friend who wants to be a policeman's project:\n\nWhether I take off after you or I radio to one of my partners, one of us catches up to you.  You don't signal where you should, you have a taillight out, your registration is expired, etc., etc., and that provides me probable cause to stop you.  It's quite possible, especially if you developed an attitude problem, that I will tell you the only reason you're being stopped is because of your friend, the loudmouth.\n\nThe liberal among us will not like this, I know.  However, probable cause in this state is probable cause, and the motivation behind my use of probable cause is irrelevant to your guilt or innocence.  \n\nSo if you're right, the cop was wrong and you certainly do want to talk to an attorney.\n\nIf I'm right, you got pulled over because your idiot friend brought your car to the attention of the police, and it sounds like you paid a price for that.  Choose your friends better next time you're drinking and driving.\n\nAnd no, yelling out of your car is not disorderly conduct in California.  It's a rude and stupid exercise of your right to free speech.\n\nShouting something at the police is not an indication that you're not a reasonable person, and being an unreasonable person does not provide the police with reasonable cause to pull you over.  Holy cow, if this were true I could pull people over a hundred times a day.  \n\nBeing disrespectful to the police does not qualify as disorderly conduct.  It qualifies as stupid, but stupid does not equate to probable cause to effect a detention or make an arrest.  Don't I wish.\n\nYeah, we're always making things up just to pull you over.  I routinely risk being convicted of perjury and jailed for civil rights violations just to see if you've got big hooters, are drunk, or have a little weed in your car.  Please.\n\nYou're welcome to have just about any bumper sticker you want on your car and not have to worry about getting a ticket.  First of all, like I said, we do live in the land of free speech so you can have anything you want on your bumper.  If it says "I'm plotting to kill the President," you might end up with a visit from the Secret Service, but you can't get a ticket for displaying even an obscene bumper sticker.  \n\nHanging out the window is a good indication that you're not wearing your seat belt, but I'm not sure I'm familiar with a crime called "reckless endangerment."  \n\nI'm glad showing poor judgement doesn't really qualify as cause for the police to investigate.  If it did, I would literally spend my entire day talking to people with extraordinarily poor judgement who weren't committing a crime.  I do enough of that now.\n\nAnyway, I hope the cops had a really wonderful reason for pulling you over, once your friend decided you needed to stopped.  I hope their reason is enough to get you into court and convicted, if you really were driving in violation of the drunk driving laws in this state.  Your decision to do so put a huge number of people at risk...all of whom, except yourself, would have been innocent victims of your profoundly poor
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You  would need to return to court and revisit the judgment, which seems to have been rather harsh. If you live in a different state/jurisdiction now, you could approach the DMV directly. Indeed, you might inquire of the DMV whether the order made was legal when made, and is legal now. Judges cannot invent driving bans: they have to find them in the law to apply.\n\nBut we don't know where you live, do we, so I can't do your research for you. Furthermore, revision of judgments and orders in juvenile cases us jurisdiction-specific, but generally liberal. Expungement or amendment of such a long-term order is not unlikely. It would be best to do this through a lawyer or, failing that, a charity. There are procedural technicalities you could find frustrating; also it's a bad idea to plead your own case if you're dealing with a court and not the DMV.\n\nWhatever you do, don't drive unlicensed (or in your state of conviction without permission from the DMV while licensed elsewhere). To do so is to drive uninsured, which is a further offense. And potentially a tragedy.
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DUI you have blown the legal limit DWI you were driving under the influence but not wasted that's my guess.
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Yes. even if pulled over for another infraction, cops can take you in. Best bet - call the court and apologize for forgetting to handle your tickets, then beg for a court date to take care of it. If youve gotten your registration taken care of, they might dismiss this violation and lower your fine. You can also plead your case and tell them you cant affford $600...they will lower it or break it into payments for you...\n\nGood luck.
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Nope, not illegal.  You can try posting it but that might not work.  This is a neighbor issue.  Your community should have something in your court system to handle these types of issues.  Talk to the police and they can point you in the right direction.
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You admitted fault here and I bet that you admitted fault there too.\n\nRead what you wrote and you will realize that you have no argument in court.\n\nHe did not write the ticket for not stopping for the stop sign.\n\nHe wrote the ticket for "failing to yield to oncoming traffic at a stop sign."\n\nBig difference, if you were struck by cross traffic it becomes obvious that you did not yield to their right of way!\n\nYour best bet would be to plead "no contest" accepting the courts verdict without admitting guilt, it keeps you from looking foolish by trying to argue an open and closed case, and save face at the same time.
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I think TV cop shows have sucked the brains out of most of the posters here. How sad that most people don't know how their rights work.\n\nIn short, the basic rule is that they need to read you your rights ONLY if you are under arrest (or the equivalent restraints are present) AND they question you. Equivalent restraints means a situation which would lead someone to believe that they are under arrest. (Sitting in the back of a patrol car with cuffs on).\n\nAs far as just not being free to go, the answer is no, they still don't have to read you your rights. You are not free to go during a basic traffic stop, nor are you free to go during a DUI investigation. In both cases, the police do not have to read you your rights. The Supreme Court has ruled time and again that any pre-arrest questioning during a DUI stop is legal and there is no need to read someone their rights at that time. \n\nThe thing most people overlook is the questioning. If you are arrested and they don't question you about anything relevant to the crime, they probably won't read you your rights. It's not needed.
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Do a plea with adjudication  withheld.  They can send you to jail if the Judge desires.  Your license was suspended end of story.  Show the Judge that you are currently working to rectify the DUI charges with the state.  Hence, you can ask for some mercy.  Before you go to Court, get your DUI obligations all cleared up (including community service and alcohol counseling if required) and get your license out of suspension if you can.  Get a hardship license if you still have a suspension waiting period. \n\nReally, do your best to make the Judge happy that you are taking your DUI suspension seriously.\n\nGood Luck and Take Care
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If this was not his first offense, I would assume he has a probation/parole officer.  If so, have him contact his PO and turn himself in.  If it was a first time offense, call the DA and have him 'turn himself in'--he will probably be arrested on the warrant, but could be out on bail in a few hours.  Taking the first step by voluntarily surrendering will be much better for him in the eyes of a judge than being stopped for a minor traffic violation and arrested on the warrant because he got 'caught'.  Added plus is that if he is guilty--turning himself in may influence the judge's decision at sentencing.
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First of all, the police most certainly can pull you over in your driveway if they choose to.  It's not like making it to your driveway suddenly invokes some kind of "King's X" on breaking the law.  Pulling him over in the driveway has absolutely no bearing on his guilt or innocence.\n\nSounds like the officer wrote the wrong posted speed limit  on the ticket, and later sent you an amendment to the ticket, indicating what he'd amended (the posted speed).  Don't see any kind of issue with that.\n\nIf the police were following him (which is what you said), they very likely didn't have a radar reading to show him...why use radar when you're following someone?  It's certainly possible, but I suspect radar wasn't the issue here.\n\nThe "they" charging him $800 isn't the police, it's the court.  Law enforcement does not set the fines for traffic offenses, the courts do.  This has nothing to do with whether or not he should have received the ticket, so I don't know why you're mentioning it. \n\nIf your brother does not agree with the officer's assessment that he was driving 60 miles an hour in a 40 mile an hour zone, then he should contest the ticket in court.  It will be the officer's job to prove your brother violated the speed limit and your brother can offer whatever defense he might be able to offer.  The judge makes up his mind based on what he/she hears.
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It seems to me the only way you can "beat" this is by proving that the stop sign was somehow obscured and you only saw it when it was too late to stop.  And, yes, it is a valid defense.\n\nSay, for example, a large truck was parked in front of the sign and there are no limit lines painted on the street.  Or a bush or tree obscured the sign.  You'll need pictures to prove your point.\n\nHowever, if the sign is perfectly visible, you don't really have a viable defense.  I doubt the "Pause = Stop" defense will work very often at all.  A stop means a complete cessation of all forward movement.
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Doesn't sound like it was a misdemeanor. There are all sorts of minor violations which do not become part of any criminal / permanent / public records. If all you got was a ticket, then this is probably not something still on your record.
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Hey dude - Sorry to hear about the ticket.  I got a couple things for ya:\n\n1.) You said you think you weren't doing more than 85.  So you know, most speedometers in vehicles are off between 5-7MPH.  Unless you have a calibrated speedometer (like cop cars) your indicated speed is probably not what you are actually doing.  Be careful.\n\n2.)  I have never heard of them changing this type of violation to a non-moving violation.  I think the route you should attempt to take is to go to court and respectfully and in a non-argumentative manner, request the fine/speed be reduced due to whatever circumstances you feel are appropriate.  A lower speed will possibly reduce the points.\n\nThe key is be humble and respectful.  The worst thing that can happen is the court will say no.  Doesn't hurt to ask though.\n\nGood luck.
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There is not really a question being asked. But you are driving without a license in the first place you deserve to be arrested. I am from Michigan so I do not know if they can stop you there for a broken bumper. Every state has slightly different laws.
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The jails are too full as it is. The cop had every legal right to take you to jail though. That's definitely an arrestable offence. Reckless driving. I kinda got that myself once upon a time
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No. depends on how bad your driving record is.  Obviously, you probably had multiple tickets & hadn't paid them.
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It can go either way...a chance you take. The judge could lessen the charge or ammend it. Or if found guilty you could pay more including court costs, lawyer etc.... I would talk persoanlly to the officer who issued it first, before the court date and ask if he could help you out, provided you did not curse the officer out or spit on him during the traffic stop, or tell him he should stop eating doughnuts.