Federal court rules that stiff driving posture is suspicious behavior

[NobleSavage]

NEW MEXICO — A federal appeals court has ruled that driving with one’s hands at the “ten-and-two position” is reason enough to pull someone over for further investigation. No traffic laws have to actually be broken. Additionally, the court ruled that facial acne is reason enough to suspect a driver is a drug smuggler.

http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/cindy-lee-westhoven/

What the hell is wrong with our judiciary?

 

[Keith&Co.]

Nothing's wrong with the judiciary, as long as you realize that the judges think they're on the same team as the prosecutor.

I drive with hands at 10 and 2, but my wife keeps telling me that if the airbags go off, i'm going to punch myself in the face.

 

[Underseer]

Nothing's wrong with the judiciary, as long as you realize that the judges think they're on the same team as the prosecutor.

I drive with hands at 10 and 2, but my wife keeps telling me that if the airbags go off, i'm going to punch myself in the face.

If that's true, aren't you going to punch yourself in the face no matter where your hands are on the wheel?

 

[Derec]

It is explained in the ruling:

“Driving stiffly, having tinted windows, slowing down when seeing law enforcement, and driving in an out-of-the-way area may be innocent conduct by themselves,” Judge Scott M. Matheson, Jr., wrote for the appellate panel. “But when taken together along with driving a vehicle with out-of-state plates in a mountainous smuggling corridor 40-45 miles away from the border, we conclude Agent Semmerling had reasonable suspicion Ms. Westhoven was involved in smuggling activity.”

It is not any single factor that was decisive, but a combination of several of them.

 

[Jason Harvestdancer]

So if you're driving in such a way to try to not attract the attention of violent, unpredictable, and heavily armed thugs, that is suspicious.

 

[Derec]

So if you're driving in such a way to try to not attract the attention of violent, unpredictable, and heavily armed thugs, that is suspicious.

Nothing is as conspicuous as trying too hard to be inconspicuous.

 

[Keith&Co.]

but my wife keeps telling me that if the airbags go off, i'm going to punch myself in the face.

If that's true, aren't you going to punch yourself in the face no matter where your hands are on the wheel?

If you're at 9 and 3, the air bag will push your hands to the side.
If you're at 10 and 2, the airbag pushes your forearms up. So in addition to the bag punching you in the face, you're going to double-tap your own forehead.

 

[funinspace]

but my wife keeps telling me that if the airbags go off, i'm going to punch myself in the face.

If that's true, aren't you going to punch yourself in the face no matter where your hands are on the wheel?

If you're at 9 and 3, the air bag will push your hands to the side.
If you're at 10 and 2, the airbag pushes your forearms up. So in addition to the bag punching you in the face, you're going to double-tap your own forehead.

So a sadomasochist should have his hands at 12 and 6?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

So is this an invitation to speed past the police if you have tinted windows?

 

[Keith&Co.]

So is this an invitation to speed past the police if you have tinted windows?

Yeah, EVERYONE slows down when they see the cops. That's why they used to "hide" an old rust bucket behind a billboard, with the cop-car-painted nose sticking out, just to slow people down on the freeway.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

I've been pulled over on less.

 

[Valjean]

So is this an invitation to speed past the police if you have tinted windows?

No, no. If you have tinted windows you should roll them down when you see a police vehicle, to show you have nothing to hide.
Of course, this may also look like you're trying to vent the pot smoke from your car....

 

[ZiprHead]

I've been pulled over on less.

You've got to admit that it's not often police see squirrels driving cars.