And that is what I thought I was reading as well.. stated as such several posts upo.OldCannon wrote:The stop was legitimate. Brake light out, owner probably didn't know. However, there is a clear statistical trend between people not maintaining their vehicle and various issues of offenses that come into consideration. Brake light out isn't a big deal. The problem, and if my daughter (also an LEO) was on here, she would confirm, is that there's a "chain-of-irresponsibility" that tends to be discovered. Registration expired, inspection out of date, no insurance, etc. You'd be surprised at how the small things lead to big things. I wouldn't call it fishing though, it's all based on observable evidence. The whole scenario seemed perfectly fine to me.flechero wrote: Really? We are presumed guilty?
It was a reason to stop and inform, if nothing bad was observed, a reminder to fix the light and off he went.
Call it fishing, call it being observant and aware. A good service was done by the LEO for the driver.. the LEO was doing his job, and used his discretion to not cite the infraction, likely because it was not needed to accomplish the task.. Inform and influence the decision to get the light fixed, and yes while there be observant to anything suspicious.