Pre-season OHV reminder from CHP Needles
Here's a handful of vehicle codes that the Needles CHP office posted to Facebook as a reminder to us CA riders before the season begins. I haven't looked up each of the codes, but it looks li...
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And a reminder to the CHP:
CHP has a reputation of violating a driver's Constitutional Civil Rights (Search and Seizure) by pulling over large toy haulers heading to the dunes to check the driver's license status. We all know that motorhomes over 40' and trailers over 15,000 pounds, with CA license plates, require a Class A or B non-CDL endorsement. CHP cannot pull over a toy hauler to check for proper driver's license endorsements but they do.
Every cop is taught what is required for a traffic stop and checking a driver's license status is not one of them. An LEO must have Reasonable Suspicion that the driver has done something wrong in order to initiate a traffic stop. A traffic stop to check a driver's license doesn't fall under Reasonable Suspicion.
If you are victim of such an activity, get a lawyer and go after the offender. It goes both ways, CHP.
CHP has a reputation of violating a driver's Constitutional Civil Rights (Search and Seizure) by pulling over large toy haulers heading to the dunes to check the driver's license status. We all know that motorhomes over 40' and trailers over 15,000 pounds, with CA license plates, require a Class A or B non-CDL endorsement. CHP cannot pull over a toy hauler to check for proper driver's license endorsements but they do.
Every cop is taught what is required for a traffic stop and checking a driver's license status is not one of them. An LEO must have Reasonable Suspicion that the driver has done something wrong in order to initiate a traffic stop. A traffic stop to check a driver's license doesn't fall under Reasonable Suspicion.
If you are victim of such an activity, get a lawyer and go after the offender. It goes both ways, CHP.
