Can an over the road truck driver carry a police scanner in all 48 states?
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Yes, it's a free country.
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WHAT?\n\nIf you are asked for permission to search your car, and you decline to give permission to have your car searched, that does NOT provide probable cause.  What a ridiculous notion.  It is your right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, and merely exercising that right does not give the government probable cause to conduct it.  What kind of sense would that make?\n\nThe answer to your question, quite simply, is yes.  There are many reasons why the police might be able to legally search your vehicle without your permission, and if you've got a specific circumstances you're wondering about, post it and we'll see.\n\nProbable cause is one of the ways the police can search your car, and yes - the police get to decide that right there on the spot.  It's always subject to litigation later in court, but the police are allowed to search a vehicle under almost all conditions where probable cause is present.\n\nThere's a comment here about "Nope, but, it's your right to stop them if they do" and if that person is suggesting that you physically try to stop a police officer from searching your car, you're going to learn real quick that that isn't acceptable.  You always have the right to say no...always...even with a warrant, but that doesn't mean your wishes will be honored.  And if you try to physically enforce your wishes, I can just about guarantee you a really quick trip to the pokey.\n\nPolice cannot just impound your vehicle until you consent.  Equally ridiculous notion.  Given probable cause, police do not need to impound your vehicle and can just search it right there.\n\nMy answers are based on the Constitution and California law.  Iowa cannot make it any easier for the police than the Constitution does, but they can make it more restrictive.  I'd be willing to bet the rules are the same in Iowa, though.\n\nEDIT 4.26.06:\n\nDo we sometimes search "just because"?  Well, "just because" isn't a legal theory that allows a search, so we'd be wrong to search without your permission just because we chose to.  With your permission, however, we certainly could search "just because," and I suppose I have when I've had the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and I've received consent.
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Hi tiff_ige,\nI've lived in several states and have never ran across that law. Good Luck: Blueladybug
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.08 BAC\nThey have become fairly standard in all states since the Feds tied highway funds to the .08 BAC limit
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Typically, the police will allow ten miles over the posted speed limit, but not 11 over.  Generally you're fair game once you pass the 10 mile over, mark.  The courts will usually side for the driver if he or she is cited for going less than 10 miles over the posted limit. 'Excessive' in some states is twenty miles over, in others 25 over the limit; this is when the price goes up.
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No. States do check on each other's driving records. Someone I know went through the same thing. Anyone is free to leave the State and go to another State. If you want to become a resident in that other State you need to get in touch with your probation office and ask them for some type of "transfer" documentation for the other State's probation office. You will not be able to get a drivers license in the other state until your sentence or guidelines from your old State are complete in the new State. Plus...you would want your old State to know so you won't get arrested for being AWOL on your probation when you go back to visit Aunt Wilma.
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You can go 10 miles over the speed limit to pass someone.  I live in the state of Washington too.
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It depends which country you live in.  In the united states, police can't enter your residence unless there is external evidence of a crime, or they have a search warrant authorized by a judge, or somebody who owns the residence or lives there lets them in.
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Congratulations on your steak dinner! As a police officer I can tell you; If you are operating a government vehicle in your official capacity as a government employee you do not need a state issued license. Below I included a portion of our states statute. Each state's statute will obviously be worded differently with different section numbers however; each state has a provision for the operation of government vehicles. The requirement for you to have a license depends on the government agency you work for. If they require that you have a license in addition to your identification then yes, you must have a license while operating a government vehicle. If they don't require a state license then you don't need one.\nIf you wish to drive your private vehicle then yes, you need a state issued license.\n\n31-7-107. Persons exempted.\n\n(a) The following persons are exempt from the licensing requirement under this act:\n\n(i) Any employee of the United States government while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated on official business unless the employee is required by the United States government or any agency thereof to have a state driver's license;
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North Carolina PD can't, but other states can. When you get caught in another state, North Carolina PD can pick you up and transport you home.
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Different laws for different states.
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Its not a nationwide law, its specifc to the state and even to the municipality.  In New Orleans, they are very liberal with regard to walking around on the street with an open container.  In NYC, you can't do that, you'll get a ticket.
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no,  they can only run a background for a valid investigation, or on a traffic stop.   Personal use of the NCIC equipment for personal use is restricted by law.  The dispatcher that runs the check and/or the officer who does it can get into serious trouble including losing thier job.
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You can find any driver on
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In the US there is no federal law (unless you are a legal alien), but some states and cities have laws requiring people to carry ID.
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Yes, both states are included in the Driver License Compact.
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I understand that if you are on the street they are illegal in all 50 states