10-02-2014, 04:43 PM
Kathy - no problem at all, I was genuinely becoming confused about some of the things being stated on this thread. I'm now much clearer on one or two things (thanks, everyone). There was another comment from gypsy69 today that I think demonstrates some of my confusion - "The guy who got pulled over just behind me was only going 35 and he was followed for about a half mile before the police lights came on."
I read Gypsy's original post, and although it initially started about drivers being pulled over, it then went on at some length about DUIs which might lead someone to think those drivers were stopped for DUIs. But now after rereading the post, I don't think there's any way Gypsy could know what they were pulled over for.
Oink might be able to help here (and perhaps "The_Saints"), but if the police pulled out behind someone and followed them for a while, they may have been suspicious about something and were running the plates. Maybe the drivers had warrants out for them or their lights weren't working.
Direct question for Oink if you don't mind, I genuinely don't know the answer to this. If you run someone's plate and it comes back that the registered owner of that vehicle has a warrant out for their arrest, can you stop that vehicle even if you're aware of no other offence the current driver has committed? I'm trying to word that in a way that means you don't know the registered owner is the actual driver. Apologies if my wording is clumsy.
I read Gypsy's original post, and although it initially started about drivers being pulled over, it then went on at some length about DUIs which might lead someone to think those drivers were stopped for DUIs. But now after rereading the post, I don't think there's any way Gypsy could know what they were pulled over for.
Oink might be able to help here (and perhaps "The_Saints"), but if the police pulled out behind someone and followed them for a while, they may have been suspicious about something and were running the plates. Maybe the drivers had warrants out for them or their lights weren't working.
Direct question for Oink if you don't mind, I genuinely don't know the answer to this. If you run someone's plate and it comes back that the registered owner of that vehicle has a warrant out for their arrest, can you stop that vehicle even if you're aware of no other offence the current driver has committed? I'm trying to word that in a way that means you don't know the registered owner is the actual driver. Apologies if my wording is clumsy.