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Originally Posted by NumberTwo
They may not need to give me personally the reason they pulled me over, but they do need probable cause. While driving is a privelage, it isnt the Polices job to enforce/deny that privelage. Thats why we have the MVC.
This issue is kinda like a double edged sword. Im all for the Police getting unwanted drunk drivers off the roads, but I am not for them just pulling people over for whatever reason they feel like.
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I was originally replying to the bolded part, where you say it's not the police's job to enforce the priviledge, when they enforce the laws that provide the priviledge. We agree on that, that the cops are there to enforce the laws.
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You're missing my point. Police are here to make sure we obey the laws. The MVC is the one that grants and or denies us the privelage to drive, NOT the Police.
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In which I responded that you're missing the point. I no where said the police can deny or grant the priviledge, they just enforce the laws that provide us that priviledge. The rules of the MVC state that vehicles must be inspected to be in working order. The police are the ones to enforce that cars are inspected. They don't take away the car unless you are a risk to yourself or others (in very bad condition, driving drunk/impaired, etc), or unless the MVC states the car needs to be impounded (which happened to someone I know once because he didn't turn in his vanity plates right away). But they don't say "oh, you were going 50 in a 45, you can't drive anymore."
And yes, you're right, the MVC goes by court decisions to deny driving priviledges, but it's the cop that brings it to the courts attention via tickets.