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sjfcontrol wrote:

blackdog8200 wrote:FYI My wife was pulled over this weekend. She was fit to be tied since it was in a school zone and she wasn't speeding. Turns out it wasn't for speeding but for no insurance.

She drives a lease car provided by her employer (out of state) and it turns out the insurance company didn't fax or file the information with the state of Texas. The officer ran her plates in the zone and pulled her over. He looked at her card and everything was fine but he told her to get the company to send over the info to Texas or it could happen again.

No insurance = pulled over.


Might be worth a call to your agent to make sure they don't cause an unnecessary LEO encounter IMHO.

Be safe and be careful.

ReAlly?? If they know if the car is insured, then why do I need to send in proof of insurance when I renew the registration?

It's the government, don't ask silly questions!

Keith B wrote:

srothstein wrote:I beg to disagree. Probable cause is necessary for any traffic stop.....

While I don't disagree that probable cause plays into the final arrest factor, and that under Texas law a traffic stop is considered an arrest, I think the courts seem to see it differently. Any time I have been in court for jury selection on DWI or other traffic cases (too frequently lately it seems ), or observing a case that I had personal interest in, the Judges have stated that to perform a traffic stop all the officer needs is reasonable suspicion. To execute the arrest for DWI and issue a ticket or take the person into custody, then he had to have probable cause (i.e. failed field sobriety test or BAC.)

This is a little bit off topic, but it happened in Plano. My wife and daughter were stopped this afternoon by a Plano LEO. They had no idea why until the officer told them the right brake light was out. My daughter is "13 month's" pregnant, my wife is a very unthreatening looking grandmother. They were in my daughter's mother in law's car and were furniture shopping for a recliner after leaving the OB-GYN's office. She explained that she traded her van for the MIL's car
because she has two year old twin daughter's and the MIL who was baby sitting wanted to take the babies out.

The officer asked where she lived, odd since it's on her license and then wanted to know what she was doing in Plano if she lived in Grand Prairie. She explained all the above and they had actually pulled into Ashley furniture when they were stopped. His reaction was "You cant fit a recliner in this car". Just wondering, has there been an invasion of the PMAM Gang? (Pregnant Mother and Mom) Did Grand Prairie whup Plano in football ?
He did only write her a warning so it has a happy ending.

joe817 wrote:

puma guy wrote:

mrvmax wrote:Anyway, I guess that was probable cause to pull me over - my windows are tinted dark and I guess he wanted to check if I was doing something illegal. So far every time I have been pulled over while carrying, it has always gone well.

Were your windows legal?

My initial thought as well. My other thought was what I do. If the driver in front of me slows down, so to I no matter what speed I'm going. Alway 1 car length per every 10mph. (that was taught to us in drivers ed when I took the course in 1961). That's on a sunny day & dry pavement. Triple that on wet roads.

I was a year behind you, 1962, learned the 1 car length per 10 as well but the last time I did Defensive Driving they recommended the 2 second rule for dry conditions. It's hard to believe you could get a Tx DL at age 14. But then my mother only had to send in a quarter to get hers.

mrvmax wrote:Anyway, I guess that was probable cause to pull me over - my windows are tinted dark and I guess he wanted to check if I was doing something illegal. So far every time I have been pulled over while carrying, it has always gone well.

Were your windows legal?