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Police can Stop Driver Drifting

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Topic: Police can Stop Driver Drifting
Posted By: John Beagle
Subject: Police can Stop Driver Drifting
Date Posted: Sep 30 2008 at 3:08pm
In a 7-0 decision announced on September 16, 2008, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a traffic stop is constitutionally valid when a law enforcement officer witnesses a motorist drift over a lane marking line in violation of R.C. 4511.33, without further evidence of erratic or unsafe driving. The decision was written by Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer.

Full Article from Ohio Supreme Court:

http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Communications_Office/summaries/2008/0916/071302.asp - Driver Drifting Across Lane Line, Without More, Is Valid Basis For Police to Make Traffic Stop

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Posted By: Middletown News
Date Posted: Oct 01 2008 at 3:00pm
Why did the Supreme Court have to rule on this? It's already the law. How this made it all the way up to the Supreme Court of Ohio is beyond me.
 
Another example of waisting taxpayer money.


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Posted By: arwendt
Date Posted: Oct 01 2008 at 4:19pm

amazing


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