Police pulled over 709 teenage drivers in towns across the South Shore on Thursday as part of a Teen Safe Driver Week sting operation. About 20 percent of the teens who were pulled over as they arrived at school were not wearing seat belts. Police informed them of the state’s new junior-operator laws and checked to see if they were wearing seat belts, talking on cell phones or committing other violations. “It’s just informational today,” Detective Sgt. Timothy Ballinger of the Kingston police said. “We wanted to give them the laws, and in the weeks to come we’ll be stopping kids and we will cite people.” Ballinger said he noted several seat-belt violations and gave lollipops and key chains to teens who were obeying the laws. That some teenage drivers do not realize the importance of seat-belt use is a major concern of Weymouth School Superintendent Mary Jo Livingstone. She said the Oct. 10 death of Weymouth High School student Catherine Crocker in a car accident brought the message to some students. “That’s why I liked the idea that it was more as a positive reinforcement,” Livingstone said, talking about Thursday’s sting. She acknowledged that the operation made some students late for class and created traffic problems. Registrar Anne Collins of the state Registry of Motor Vehicles said one car pulled over at Weymouth High School contained four teens with “a cavalier attitude,” a driver who had been licensed for less than six months and two passengers without seat belts …
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people who will sacrafice thier libertys for security will lose booth in the end
They have every right to enforce the laws, and educate those who need to know. Good work!
A LOLLIPOP WTF
@Rayven10 Thank you for the insight on this
@MrRUShure Regardless of whether or not driving is a right or a privilege, the 4th amendment still applies.
The Supreme Court has ruled that DUI checks are legal due to overriding safety concerns, but any other stop requires reasonable suspicion or probable cause.
DUI checks are legal, seatbelt / license / drug / etc. checks are not. Why the difference? I have no idea – it’s yet another example of the inconsistency of law.
@Rayven10 But isn’t the possession of a driver’s license considered a privilege and not a right, therefore to speaking to a driver would not violate his rights. In my State they set these up all the time and post that they will stop every tenth vehicle or some other number thereby making the stops not random. I am just playing devils advocate on this, not trying to be a wise guy or anything
@MrRUShure Random searches of people or property with no previous knowledge of criminal activity should always be illegal under the 4th amendment. That’s why I view making DUI checks illegal a step in the right direction. If the cops notice erratic driving, by all means stop them. But random stops are useless.
And if a drunk killed someone I know, I’d still have the same outlook. I don’t give up my rights because someone did something stupid or dangerous.
@Rayven10 How is making DUI checkpoints protecting the right of the people. Suppose a drunk struck and killed a family member of yours, would youo still have the same outlook
@Rayven10 Yes, I only found out about by accident a few weeks ago.
At least one state gets it right.
@NoLongerFooled If that’s true, then serious kudos to Oregon for protecting the rights of their people against unreasonable searches and seizures!
@thadnorton hey buddy you can’t elect bush jr for a 3rd term so pack up your anti-privacy bullshit take a fuckin seat on the next bus outa town… i stick up for people that have their basic freedoms and rights taken from them… i pitty you… you don’t even realize that your a small part of a huge problem in this country
invasion of privacy. they should have addressed in school not while they pulled into the parking lot.
@Rayven10 You have forgotten about State Supreme Courts…….DUI checkpoints are illegal in Oregon.
that’s a very good thing!!!
Thank you police for your support and care!
@mikkee581 With your sentence structure, I’m really hoping you aren’t a lawyer.
As for your statements, the US Supreme Court has ruled that while DUI checkpoints are legal, other stops are illegal under the 4th amendment.
If you really are a lawyer, especially for “Police Unions” (which ones???), I think I just lost all hope for the nation.
Oh, and wonderful assumptions about my legal background. I need not prove anything to you.
ICops are so ignorant and think they are above the law. I never shed a tear for a cop that is gunned down.