But Officer, I Didn't Do Anything!

Tampa Tribune ^ | Jul 22, 2002 | JIM SLOAN

[TightSqueeze]

Voluntary Roadside Interview - is this any way to gather information?

[freeeee]

Outragous. Intolerable. Rediculous. Abusive.

I live near there. And I'm not pulling over for this BS.

[agrace]

``The bottom line is, we can do it. It's well within the law,'' said Adrian Share of HNTB Corp., general consultants for the rail authority. ``With the cooperation of state troopers, the state is allowed to pull people over just to seek information.''

WHAT? This doesn't seem possible.

[WindMinstrel]

``The bottom line is, we can do it. It's well within the law,'' said Adrian Share of HNTB Corp., general consultants for the rail authority.

just because it's legal, doesn't make it right

[Semper Paratus]

Great, I 've goto to go down there tommorow for a funeral.
They won't appreciate my opinion if I'm stopped.

[freeeee]

"The bottom line is, we can do it. It's well within the law," said Adrian Share of HNTB Corp., general consultants for the rail authority. "With the cooperation of state troopers, the state is allowed to pull people over just to seek information."

If this is the law, then the law needs to be changed.

[rockfish59]

Und you vill sign ze paypuhs!!

[freeeee]

ping

[dead]

``The bottom line is, we can do it. It's well within the law,'' said Adrian Share of HNTB Corp., general consultants for the rail authority. ``With the cooperation of state troopers, the state is allowed to pull people over just to seek information.''

F you, Adrian.

It’s not “well within the law” you dick.

I’m probably going to wind up shot one day, when I start screaming my lungs out at any bastard who subjected me to this.

And it would only escalate the more they tried to reassure me that they were allowed to do it.

[NMFXSTC]

No red light, no pursuit, no DUI checkpoint?

Sounds like this falls under the same sort of crap Carl Chessman did in CA in the 50s...?

I don't stop for unmarked cop cars either...acknowledge that I see some hidden flahing lights and just drive on the the nearest service station or public place...sometime a long way!

This is one helluva squander of tax money! $30/hour????

Oh....it's FL...home of that "chad" thingy and the blue hairs who can't figure out a ballot...and all those "green card" folks?

[steve50]

I wonder what was said to those who refused to give any information, if there were any in these times.

If they're going to question you demand a court appointed lawyer first, lol

[Conservative til I die]

Wonder if they'd arrest you if you didn't pull over. Would kinda put a hole in this whole voluntary idea.

[ArmoredCav]

Not true, survey officials say. They said they checked with a lawyer for the Florida Department of Transportation.

``The bottom line is, we can do it. It's well within the law,'' said Adrian Share of HNTB Corp., general consultants for the rail authority. ``With the cooperation of state troopers, the state is allowed to pull people over just to seek information.''

I don't think information is the same as an opinion. I would think information would be along the lines of "Did you see a dark green Ford with New Jersey plates with bullet holes in it?" which may aid in law enforcement, not this opinion gathering gestapo tactic. I hope that some nasty lawyer having a bad day got pulled over, and now seeks payback... BTW-- what would be the legal status of a person who got pulled over solely for this survey that was found to have drugs/stolen goods etc in their vehicle?

[FryingPan101]

I was disappointed to read it was just a survey. If it was a random search, I would have felt better. Everytime we enter Fort Bliss military installation, we show ID at the gate and subject ourselves to a thorough random search of our vehicle (in our case, a gorgeous "there's only one") Jeep. We welcome the search and feel good about what it means. No rights lost- just great security. God Bless the USA!

[taxcontrol]

If they want my opinions, I'll charge them my normal consulting fee at say $300 per hour that's $5 per min. Time starts from when they pull me over and runs untill I return to the highway. They would have to sign the contract first - otherwise no opinions.

[Conservative til I die]

Wait a second, they couldn't just send out surveys via mail? I would have to think it's a lot cheaper than hiring off duty troopers for $30/hour. And you can hit a lot more households to compensate for the fact most will throw the mailer in the trash. I mean, what's the most it cost to develop, print, and mail the survey, $1-$2 each?

[unixfox]

They said they checked with a lawyer for the Florida Department of Transportation.

If a a lawyer says it's ok then it must be true.

[freeeee]

Wonder if they'd arrest you if you didn't pull over.

Time, money and effort spent dragging this through the local press and courts would be well spent.

If we don't make this difficult for them, it will only encourage this behavior.

[Woodman]

Not that I like it, but even if they ask the questions, I'm sure you could just refuse to answer.

[TightSqueeze]

If it was a random search, I would have felt better.

You would be in favor of random searches on open stretches of highway, for what purpose and how would these searches contribute to well being?