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jsr

(7,712 posts) Sun Oct 20, 2013, 08:45 PM Oct 2013

Iowa targeting out of state drivers - Drive 4 mph over limit and you'll get interrogated like this:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131020/NEWS03/310200043/

Register Investigation: Iowa State Patrol nabs more drivers from out of state
State data: California, Colorado drivers cited often
Oct. 19, 2013 11:50 PM

The cruise control on the PT Cruiser was set at the 70-mph limit, but Frank Furillo says his car automatically picked up speed on an Interstate Highway 35 incline in southern Iowa.

Lights flashed, and the Wisconsin man pulled over.

Iowa State Patrol officer Andrew Ehrsam told Furillo he clocked him at 74 mph and asked him to step into his patrol car, Furillo said. A trooper in training sat in the back seat as Ehrsam began to write a warning ticket.

“All of the sudden the trooper who pulled me over starts interrogating me,” said Furillo, 60.

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Iowa targeting out of state drivers - Drive 4 mph over limit and you'll get interrogated like this: (Original Post) jsr Oct 2013 OP

figures-fucking cops! gopiscrap Oct 2013 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #2

Reminds me of the recent New Yorker article about vehicle stops and forfeitures. Shrike47 Oct 2013 #3

Keyword "Forfeiture" It's property grab/easter egg hunt. nt IADEMO2004 Oct 2013 #7

This is why 'fly over states' get flown over. I hope the merchants and hoteliers Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #4

Good to know, I drive through Iowa frequently liberal N proud Oct 2013 #5

The guy is from Wisconsin dflprincess Oct 2013 #6

Yes they are and older beat up cars with in state plates they target as well. I see it all the time. Ellipsis Oct 2013 #13

The same shit happens in CT and MD also, where I have spent my last 30 years. madinmaryland Oct 2013 #15

Especially near the Minnesota border. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #19

Fuck these cops. These questions are so out of the realm of reasonable. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #8

One should start to wonder why the driver ManiacJoe Oct 2013 #9

Stranger in a strange land. You do as your told or take your chances. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #11

Not so much of explaining my rights as ManiacJoe Oct 2013 #12

Time for some civil lawsuits seveneyes Oct 2013 #10

Cops like this are why people bring up 'police state' in the first place. Rex Oct 2013 #14

I think the cop is just stupid. Mariana Oct 2013 #17

Maybe he was lonesome and just wanted to bully someone. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #20

I guess this cop never spends any money on his hobbies Mariana Oct 2013 #16

would imagine that out of state plates are easy picking dembotoz Oct 2013 #18

gopiscrap

(23,765 posts)

1. figures-fucking cops!

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 08:49 PM

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Shrike47

(6,913 posts)

3. Reminds me of the recent New Yorker article about vehicle stops and forfeitures.

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 08:51 PM

Oct 2013

Scarily Big Brother again.

IADEMO2004

(5,560 posts)

7. Keyword "Forfeiture" It's property grab/easter egg hunt. nt

Reply to Shrike47 (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:08 PM

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Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

4. This is why 'fly over states' get flown over. I hope the merchants and hoteliers

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 08:51 PM

Oct 2013

in those States make note of that.

liberal N proud

(60,346 posts)

5. Good to know, I drive through Iowa frequently

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 08:55 PM

Oct 2013

4 trips this year, I guess I was lucky.

dflprincess

(28,082 posts)

6. The guy is from Wisconsin

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:00 PM

Oct 2013

and Wisconsin troopers are just as bad - especially to those with out of state plates.

Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)

13. Yes they are and older beat up cars with in state plates they target as well. I see it all the time.

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:42 PM

Oct 2013

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)

15. The same shit happens in CT and MD also, where I have spent my last 30 years.

Reply to Ellipsis (Reply #13)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:49 PM

Oct 2013

In Maryland (Howard County) 90+% of the drivers pulled over were minorities.

Makes you wonder.

AnotherMcIntosh

(11,064 posts)

19. Especially near the Minnesota border.

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 11:56 PM

Oct 2013

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

8. Fuck these cops. These questions are so out of the realm of reasonable.

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:14 PM

Oct 2013

I guess he walked into it, but the insinuations made by the questioner are ridiculous.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

9. One should start to wonder why the driver

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #8)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:33 PM

Oct 2013

continued that crazy discussion for so long. I certainly would not have done so.

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

11. Stranger in a strange land. You do as your told or take your chances.

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #9)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:35 PM

Oct 2013

I know what you're saying, but expressing your rights doesn't always work so well.

Sad to say.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

12. Not so much of explaining my rights as

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #11)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:40 PM

Oct 2013

politely looking to end the cops' fishing trip and be on my way.

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)

10. Time for some civil lawsuits

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:35 PM

Oct 2013

A good lawyer would eat their lunch and dinner. That was some serious gestapo shit.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

14. Cops like this are why people bring up 'police state' in the first place.

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:44 PM

Oct 2013

I guess the cops want to book innocent people on charges they drummed out of them. Pathetic and desperate.

Mariana

(14,861 posts)

17. I think the cop is just stupid.

Reply to Rex (Reply #14)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 11:31 PM

Oct 2013

He can't get it through his thick skull that this guy "does research" as a hobby, simply because he enjoys doing it. This cop probably hasn't read a book in his adult life.

AnotherMcIntosh

(11,064 posts)

20. Maybe he was lonesome and just wanted to bully someone.

Reply to Mariana (Reply #17)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 11:57 PM

Oct 2013

Mariana

(14,861 posts)

16. I guess this cop never spends any money on his hobbies

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 11:25 PM

Oct 2013

since he doesn't understand why anyone else would do so. And clearly the concepts of "doing research" and "writing a book" are completely beyond his comprehension.

dembotoz

(16,842 posts)

18. would imagine that out of state plates are easy picking

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 11:33 PM

Oct 2013

odds are they will just pay the fine and not show up in court

bagem and tagem

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