Be careful if you are a Canadian in the US!

toedtoes wrote:
And I do believe it's completely possible for an officer in Georgia to not know what a Nexxus card is. Heck, I bet the majority of folks in the U.S. don't know (forums like this are misleading because they cater to people who travel).

This right here is one of the issues. There are hundreds or more laws to learn in the several weeks of academy and months/year of on the road training. There is absolutely no way for an officer to learn all of the local, state and federal laws including all the corner cases, let alone Canadian reciprocity particularly in a southern state. Anyone who could do that should be a judge or lawyer instead.

That said the officer should have used some judgement in dealing with this and if there was legitimate concern about her driving status, contact a supervisor to get instruction. Then if there's still doubt, let it favor the accused.