DocDaddy
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I was driving over to my girl’s place last night and on Holland Road, just south of HWY 264, in the south-bound lane (I was headednorth-bound),the VBPD had a checkpoint set up. This was about 7pm and they had a bright neon-green sign that read “Please have drivers license and registration ready”. There was about a 200 car back-up and they had maybe 15 officers.
My question is: Do we have to show DL and Reg. even if it is a checkpoint like that (non-DUI checkpoint)? Not really OC-related, but since I was OC-ing it really came into my mind as to what to do. I wasted about 2 hours of my life and my employer’s time today (thankfully we can surf the internet here at work, hehehe!) searching the VA Code 46.2, DMV websiteand also searched this site, but nothing was conclusive as far as answering my question in regards of "having to provide DL & REG" in a non-traffic offense stop.
ME: Evening officer, how may I help you?
LEO at checkpoint: May I see your DL & REG?
ME: I have not committed a traffic offense, but I would gladly pull over to the side so you can read my license plate and run the plate and that I am the registered owner of this vehicle and you will see my picture and name in the DMV file and therefore do not consent to showing my papers since I have not committed any wrong doings.
Thoughts? Or am I reading too much into this? Or you can just delete/move this and tell me to bugger off! :lol:
I was driving over to my girl’s place last night and on Holland Road, just south of HWY 264, in the south-bound lane (I was headednorth-bound),the VBPD had a checkpoint set up. This was about 7pm and they had a bright neon-green sign that read “Please have drivers license and registration ready”. There was about a 200 car back-up and they had maybe 15 officers.
My question is: Do we have to show DL and Reg. even if it is a checkpoint like that (non-DUI checkpoint)? Not really OC-related, but since I was OC-ing it really came into my mind as to what to do. I wasted about 2 hours of my life and my employer’s time today (thankfully we can surf the internet here at work, hehehe!) searching the VA Code 46.2, DMV websiteand also searched this site, but nothing was conclusive as far as answering my question in regards of "having to provide DL & REG" in a non-traffic offense stop.
ME: Evening officer, how may I help you?
LEO at checkpoint: May I see your DL & REG?
ME: I have not committed a traffic offense, but I would gladly pull over to the side so you can read my license plate and run the plate and that I am the registered owner of this vehicle and you will see my picture and name in the DMV file and therefore do not consent to showing my papers since I have not committed any wrong doings.
Thoughts? Or am I reading too much into this? Or you can just delete/move this and tell me to bugger off! :lol: