Tvov wrote:
Yes, we have to be careful about losing our rights... as long as we aren't dealing drugs!
Years back, reading a industry magazine, in the section that tried to keep track of changes in state laws that could affect drivers I learned Ohio had past a new law. If LEO found a added compartment that could be used to carry cash, guns or drugs, that vehicle is subject to forfeiture,
even if there was no sign of cash, guns, or drugs! I called dispatch, put Ohio on the list of states I would not run to or thru.
A hurricane might hit Fla. Dispatch called, needed a trailer load of Red Cross supplies dropped in Orlando. Normally I run the truck on plastic, put for this trip I stopped at bank, got enough cash to feed me and my Cat for a few days. (I think most would call that a good idea) On the way back, I get stopped in Tenn, for a roadside safety inspection. In the course of making sure my truck was safe to drive a LEO found that cash under the mattress. That money, in a bank envelope, with the bank receipt, the officer had to show his sargent, who had to make 2 phone calls, before I could leave with that money.
