You can now get a citation for making direct eye contact with a cop

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...king-direct-eye-contact/?tid=trending_strip_2

So it seems you can get a citation for making direct eye contact and holding it. At least that's what it seems like in Ohio. Now the cop gets to sit down and have a "conversation with the guy he stopped. I'm hoping that conversation ends with the cop getting fired.

 

[Scorpio616]

My folks always warned me not to look directly at a cop as many officers WILL find it suspicious.

 

[Kramodlog]

I thought DWB was suspicious enough for cops.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

I thought DWB was suspicious enough for cops.

It is, but it's made worse when you look at a cop's eyes.

 

[Dioltach]

I caught a bit of a reality cop show the other day, where the deputy sheriff saw a car with tinted windows, and said, "That's my probable cause to pull him over."

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

There are all kinds of regulations about what you can have installed in or decorating your car. Run afoul of one, and it is 100% legal probable cause. That is why I no longer have Mardi Gras beads hanging from my rear view mirror- driving with something dangling from your mirror is illegal in Texas.

In a lot of jurisdictions, window tint is on the list of regulated options. Make it too dark or place it on the wrong windows (for instance, only rear and back-seat aftermarket tint is legal in Texas), and again, it is 100% legal probable cause.





Somehow, though, I don't think prolonged eye contact will survive constitutional muster.

 

[gamerprinter]

In Illinois, the windshield and the front door windows cannot be tinted, rear and rear side door windows tinted is acceptable. So if your driver side door window is tinted you're probably going to get pulled over. I got a recent warning ticket for having a ball hitch on the bumper of my pickup truck, because it partially blocked the license plate, even though its a commercial vehicle that I regularly pull a trailer with.

 

[Janx]

My folks always warned me not to look directly at a cop as many officers WILL find it suspicious.

Yet ironically enough, not looking somebody in the eyes is also a flag for lying, hiding something, aka being suspicious.

Unless you stare at somebody's gender related body regions, every person must have the right to look wherever they may in a social situation free from judgement.

Eyes Matter!

 

[Janx]

There are all kinds of regulations about what you can have installed in or decorating your car. Run afoul of one, and it is 100% legal probable cause. That is why I no longer have Mardi Gras beads hanging from my rear view mirror- driving with something dangling from your mirror is illegal in Texas.

In a lot of jurisdictions, window tint is on the list of regulated options. Make it too dark or place it on the wrong windows (for instance, only rear and back-seat aftermarket tint is legal in Texas), and again, it is 100% legal probable cause.





Somehow, though, I don't think prolonged eye contact will survive constitutional muster.

Yup.

From a stereotype/profiling perspective, if I saw a shiny/flashy car with very dark tinted windows all around, I'd think I have a higher chance of pulling over a drug dealer than any other vehicle on the road. Of course, as a cop, I'd miss all the drug dealers moving product in crap mobiles because they don't draw much attention...

I blame rap videos, since that's the kind of cars they show.

 

[Janx]

I thought DWB was suspicious enough for cops.

I just thought of a secondary problem with this. To a racist, a black man looking you in the eyes would be an affront as he dared raise his gaze from the ground.