Texas requiring ID for traffic stops

[servis]

Yep. Irritating. Whole nother thread.

 

[cav2108541]

New Texas law requiring ID at traffic stops goes into effect Friday

A new Texas law goes into effect Sept. 1 which makes failure to identify oneself to a police officer after being pulled over a misdemeanor.

www.kltv.com

Supposed to have a LICENSE to drive on public roads. That IS your I.D. No change, except illegals will be arrested, and dipshits with suspended licenses

 

[Chick]

True.

Many people think you must have your Driver's License with you to drive.

Not true. For 40 years I've just told them my Name & Address when pulled over without my D.L.

Some cops would lie and say I needed to have the D.L. on me. I just said "Will Do Boss", and they looked me up on the computer.

 

[Chick]

True.

Many people think you must have your Driver's License with you to drive.

Not true. For 40 years I've just told them my Name & Address when pulled over without my D.L.

Some cops would lie and say I needed to have the D.L. on me. I just said "Will Do Boss", and they looked me up on the computer.

Wrong. You just got lucky. In the state of Texas you have to haveca valid drivers license on your person to operate a motor vehicle. Also, in the state of Texas, if you have a LTC, and you are asked to identify yourself by a LEO, you must present your LTC and your Drivers License together.

Why not obey the law?

 

[DougC]

Supposed to have a LICENSE to drive on public roads. That IS your I.D. No change, except illegals will be arrested, and dipshits with suspended licenses

Let's not leave out the Sovereign Citizens who get stopped for bogus license plate which they say to cops they don't need a DL because they are traveling not driving and not operating a commercial vehicle. Ton of YouTube videos showing them trying to talk themselves out of getting ticket/jail but often results in busted window and dragged out in cuffs. They all seem to have the stupid gene.

 

[benenglish]

They all seem to have the stupid gene.

Absolutely. I used to deal with them often back in the 1980s. Apparently the intervening years haven't given them time to educate themselves.

 

[Tnhawk]

Absolutely. I used to deal with them often back in the 1980s. Apparently the intervening years haven't given them time to educate themselves.

Ya can't fix stupid.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Some people get soooooo butthurt over life's tiniest issues.

 

[ScottDLS]

Wrong. You just got lucky. In the state of Texas you have to haveca valid drivers license on your person to operate a motor vehicle. Also, in the state of Texas, if you have a LTC, and you are asked to identify yourself by a LEO, you must present your LTC and your Drivers License together.

Why not obey the law?

First of all, this is only if you are carrying a handgun at the time. Second, you don't need a LTC anymore to carry a handgun (in most places), so if ID is "demanded" (that's the language in the law), I'll just say either, I'm not carrying or I don't have my DL and LTC on me, whichever is the case. What are they going to do about it?

 

[Lonesome Dove]

First of all, this is only if you are carrying a handgun at the time. Second, you don't need a LTC anymore to carry a handgun (in most places), so if ID is "demanded" (that's the language in the law), I'll just say either, I'm not carrying or I don't have my DL and LTC on me, whichever is the case. What are they going to do about it?

You'll get a fat ticket for no DL while operating a motor vehicle on a public road or highway and or be hassled for your efforts.

 

[ScottDLS]

Supposed to have a LICENSE to drive on public roads. That IS your I.D. No change, except illegals will be arrested, and dipshits with suspended licenses

Another interesting thing I found out

You'll get a fat ticket for no DL while operating a motor vehicle on a public road or highway and or be hassled for your efforts.

Yes. I meant if you weren’t driving..

 

[cycleguy2300]

First of all, this is only if you are carrying a handgun at the time. Second, you don't need a LTC anymore to carry a handgun (in most places), so if ID is "demanded" (that's the language in the law), I'll just say either, I'm not carrying or I don't have my DL and LTC on me, whichever is the case. What are they going to do about it?

Write you a ticket... that's what is likely to happen.

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[cycleguy2300]

Another interesting thing I found out

Yes. I meant if you weren’t driving..

If you cannot be identified well enough for the the officer to be satisfied of swearing to your identity in court, you may get arrested and brough before the magistrate rather than being released with a ticket (your signed promise to return to the magistrate (court) later.

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[ScottDLS]

Supposed to have a LICENSE to drive on public roads. That IS your I.D. No change, except illegals will be arrested, and dipshits with suspended licenses

Another interesting thing I found out is that if your Texas DL is suspended, you still keep the card. it's just not valid for driving. Don't ask me how I know.

 

[ScottDLS]

If you cannot be identified well enough for the the officer to be satisfied of swearing to your identity in court, you may get arrested and brough before the magistrate rather than being released with a ticket (your signed promise to return to the magistrate (court) later.

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Yes I understand that for driving, my point was somewhat off topic in that I meant if you're not driving a car, you have no obligation to produce identification, nor even interact with the police.

 

[Renegade]

Also, in the state of Texas, if you have a LTC, and you are asked to identify yourself by a LEO, you must present your LTC and your Drivers License together.

Why not obey the law?

This was changed a few years ago. Ther is no penalty for this anymore.

 

[Renegade]

Write you a ticket... that's what is likely to happen.

Ticket for what? Failure to show LTC was administrative penalty issued by DPS, now there is no penalty at all.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Still, there are quite a number of cops (per YouTube videos I've watched) who think even if one isn't driving, but simply, innocently walking/cycling can demand ID of a citizen...without cause, who'll go ballistic if a person doesn't immediately produce ID.

I guess actual knowledge of the law passed them by...

We don't live in WW2 Germany, but there are bullies out there who apparently don't know about gestapo history, but do their best to emulate them.

 

[Renegade]

If asked for an ID it is easier to provide it, than be fingerprinted in a holding cell to obtain identification.

Other than a licensed activity like driving, you are not require to provide a physical ID, so no legal arrest is possible. And if illegally arrested,. you still are not required to present a physical ID.

I myself do not provide physical ID unless it is required or I want something really bad and have to show it to get it.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Ticket for what? Failure to show LTC was administrative penalty issued by DPS, now there is no penalty at all.

For FAIL TO DISPLAY DL or NO DL, not the ltc part.

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