[CTRL] Court OKs Arrest for No Seat Belt (fwd)

2001-04-25 Thread Rob Gee
-Caveat Lector- Here's another one along this line. A motorist was stopped by state troopers for not dimming his lights to oncoming traffic, resisted arrest and was then booked for the light infraction and for DWI (unproved) he was then sent to the county jail for not coming up with the $1500 in

[CTRL] Court OKs Arrest for No Seat Belt (fwd)

2001-04-25 Thread Yardbird
-Caveat Lector- http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010424/10/news-scotus-arrest Court OKs Arrest for No Seat Belt Updated 10:41 AM ET April 24, 2001 By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Clarifying the extent of police power in roadside stops, the Supreme Court held that