Traffic stops
Getting pulled over, documents, searches, and what happens roadside.
52 sections
- Traffic StopsORC 4507.35 — what you owe at a stop, and what you don't
- The Open ContainerORC 4301.62 — an open container is not an OVI
- If You Are a PassengerBrendlin v. California — stopped in someone else's car
- When They Tow Your CarSouth Dakota v. Opperman — the inventory search, and why it finds things
- After a CrashORC 4549.02 — the duty that is absolute
- Points and SuspensionORC 4510.036 — how a license is actually lost
- The Insurance SuspensionORC 4509.101 — the suspension with no date on it
- Towed from a Private LotORC 4513.601 — no officer, a sign, and a statute most people never hear about
- The Ticket in the MailORC 4511.0910 — a camera ticket is not a traffic ticket
- A Minor Misdemeanor Is a CitationORC 2935.26 — the officer shall not arrest, with four exceptions
- On a BicycleORC 4511.52 — a bicycle is a vehicle, and the ticket is the same ticket
- The Speed LimitORC 4511.21 — three different rules wearing one number
- Seat Belts, and the Stop They Cannot MakeORC 4513.263 — secondary enforcement, in the statute's own words
- The Equipment StopORC 4513.05 — a bulb, a plate light, a film on a window
- The Phone in Your HandORC 4511.204 — holding it is the offense, and the officer has to see it
- Passing a School BusORC 4511.75 — ten feet, both directions, and the four lane exception
- The Car Seat RulesORC 4511.81 — four, forty pounds, eight, and four feet nine
- The Repair EstimateOAC 109:4-3-13 — the choice you are owed, and the ten percent
- Crossing the RoadORC 4511.46 and 4511.48 — who yields depends entirely on where the crossing happens
- The Stationary Lights AheadORC 4511.213 — move over where you can, slow down where you cannot
- The Helmet and the Novice YearORC 4511.53 — who has to wear one, and the year that follows a new endorsement
- The Tint on Your WindowsORC 4513.241 — the statute has no number, the rule under it has three
- One Plate, and Nothing Over ItORC 4503.21 — the rear plate, since July 2020, and the cover that makes it a ticket
- Staying in Your LaneORC 4511.33 — as nearly as is practicable, and the line you may touch but not cross
- Control and RecklessnessORC 4511.202 and 4511.20 — the charge after a crash, and the one that says willful or wanton
- The Last Hundred FeetORC 4511.39 — a signal given continuously, before the turn and before the lane change
- The Electric BicycleORC 4511.01 and 4511.522 — three classes, one wattage, and the paths a town may close
- Where You May Not ParkORC 4511.68 — the distances, and ORC 4511.69 — the space with the placard
- The Light That Is ChangingORC 4511.13 — right on red, left on red from one way to one way, and the two lights that flash
- The Scooter and the Golf CartORC 4511.514 — twenty miles an hour and the pavement, and ORC 4511.214 — thirty five and the local ordinance
- Horses and Buggies on the RoadORC 4513.114 — the lamps, the flashing yellow light, and the triangle a buggy carries
- The Teen License and Its CurfewORC 4507.071 — the hours, the passengers, and why it is not a reason to pull you over
- The FriskTerry v. Ohio — a stop and a pat down are two separate decisionsalso here
- Behind the WheelORC 4511.19 and 4511.191 — OVI stops and implied consentalso here
- Marijuana and DrugsORC 3796 — Marijuana Control Lawalso here
- The OVI StopORC 4511.19 — roadside, before anyone is arrestedalso here
- The OVI NumbersORC 4511.19 — thresholds, tiers, and what a first offense carriesalso here
- After an OVI ArrestORC 4511.191 — the suspension that starts immediatelyalso here
- CarryingORC 2923.12 and 2923.111 — permitless carry and the duty to disclosealso here
- Guns in Your CarORC 2923.16 — what permitless carry did and did not changealso here
- Your PhoneRiley v. California — a phone needs a warrantalso here
- When You Cannot ComplyADA Title II — an order you are physically unable to followalso here
- Signing Over a CarORC 4505.06 — a signed title is not a transferred onealso here
- The Odor QuestionState v. Moore, and what legalization did to italso here
- Driving During a SuspensionORC 4510.021 — limited privileges, and the window where nobody can helpalso here
- When They Take Your PropertyORC 2981 — forfeiture, and the clock nobody mentionsalso here
- When a New Car Is a LemonORC 1345.72 — one year or eighteen thousand miles, whichever comes firstalso here
- The Title That Never CameORC 4505.181 — forty days for the dealer to put the title in your name, and the unconditional right to undo the salealso here
- Physical ControlORC 4511.194 — the charge for never driving at allalso here
- The Tests at the RoadsideORC 4511.19 — the three standardized tests, and what they are notalso here
- Driving on a PrescriptionORC 4511.19 — a prescription and impairment are separate questionsalso here
- Under Twenty One Behind the WheelORC 4511.19(B) — a separate offense at a fraction of the limitalso here
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What it carries 8
What the words mean 39
Watch it happen 66
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