The Art of Submarine Warfare

Reese reeza at flex.com
Fri Jun 22 22:32:23 PDT 2001


BUT - what are they randomly checking for?  The officer only asks for her
ID, to establish her identity, that's a law enforcement function, he never
asks for her registration, which would marginally be a safety/compliance
function.

At 04:01 PM 6/22/01, Jon Beets wrote:
 >Random roadside checks have been legal in many states for years.... I can
 >remember them as far back as 1982 in Texas.
 >
 >Jon Beets
 >Pacer Communications
 >
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: <George at orwellian.org>
 >To: "Tim May, El Presidente" <cypherpunks at cyberpass.net>
 >Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 5:08 PM
 >Subject: Re: The Art of Submarine Warfare
 >
 >
 >> ----
 >>
 >> Anyway, I agree now it was a police recording.
 >>
 >> So, they can pull you over for no reason?
 >> She asked repeatedly if she'd done anything
 >> wrong, the Copper said it was a checkpoint
 >> thang.





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