Walk It Through: The Stop on the Interstate
A night stop with a license on a phone, an insurance card in an app, and a handgun under the seat.
Late at night on the interstate, a trooper's lights come on behind a driver who drifted over the lane line. The trooper asks for a license.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A stop for drifting over the line, with papers in order. A search of the car, a sobriety test, and a driver with no insurance at all are other walkthroughs.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Carrying without a permitThe rule that a person 18 or older who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm may carry it concealed without a permit.
- Crime of violenceAn offense with the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force as an element, or that involves a dangerous weapon, and the more than sixty the code names, from murder to stalking.
- No pay, no playThe rule that an owner or driver without liability coverage cannot recover the first $100,000 of bodily injury or the first $100,000 of property damage from a crash.
- Notice of noncomplianceThe notice an officer issues when a driver cannot show proof of insurance, along with the impound of the vehicle and removal of the plate.