Stupid speeding ticket

[fire1811]

what about the bed of a truck
since you can see the stuff in there
like if i had a open case of beer in the bed of the truck but i had not been drinking would that still be illegal trans??

[PyRo]

Your allowed to have beer in your car if your over 21 so long as the containor is sealed. Sealed means never opened, not you put the cap back on.

I'm not sure about this, but I think your allowed to have an open bottle in your trunk or bed of the truck so long as its not acessable from the passenger compartment, so if you had a van with a door going into the back you couldn't have on. And if the cop can see somthing in the bed of your truck without opening it, then its plain view and is reasonable cause for a search.

[Thordic]

You can transport alcohol at eighteen, I believe. Not sure how it works though.

But in any case, I believe the bottle can be open as long as its not accessible. I've kept open bottles in my trunk before. I used to have a bungee cord strung across my trunk, with a bunch of jugs of bourbon, vodka, etc, strung on it. Portable bar for when a party pops up somewhere. They were all open and resealed, but I don't think its illegal since they were out of reach in the trunk.

Once I had bourbon spill in the trunk... stinks up the car like you wouldn't believe.

And the bed of a truck wouldn't be a search. If you leave something in clear view, thats your own dumb fault. If its in a bag, though, he can't open the bag. If there are some dime bags just sitting there, though, you are in trouble.

[dansim]

http://www.flexyourrights.org/

[dansim]

also transporting alcohol is a state by state basis and should be looked up in you state laws

[shartley]

Originally posted by Thordic
The only parts of a car the cop can search without strong reason for cause are the areas within reach of the driver and any passengers, and even then its supposed to be for weapons, not drugs, etc.

Originally posted by Thordic
We went over this extremely thoroughly in a criminal justice class taught by an ex-secret service agent, and he said that even smelling marijuana isn't a guaranteed probably cause, and a good lawyer will tear a policeman apart on the stand if he didn't have good probably cause for the search.

This is also true. However, most of the time it is not torn apart since that is not the ONLY reason listed for PC. Also, one officer MAY be able to use that as PC alone while another may NOT. How so? Officers can become certified, I for one WAS.

Originally posted by dansim
also transporting alcohol is a state by state basis and should be looked up in you state laws

[PyRo]

Even better now, I need to mail the ticket to them within 48 hours if I want the supporting deposition, but the adress the guy wrote on here is completley illegible. I went to the Campus police to get the number for the downsville police, called the downsville police someone picked up and said they were closed today (since when does the police department close? Crime spree time ). So she tells me that I need to talk to the post office to get the adress, I talked to the post office, cannot help, now i'm pissed about it.

[shartley]

[PyRo]

Yeah, I figured that, but I mean 1:00 on a tuesday, I think they would be there.

[dansim]

yeah man relax the downsville cops are in the evidence room every day from 12:45-1:15pm for"lunch"