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An officer with reasonable suspicion that a violation has taken place may stop someone for a short time to establish facts related to that violation. Yes, a traffic stop is a short investigative detention. Yet real lawyers can explain the difference between the two.

People who got their law degrees by reading Facebook comments feel that being detained is the same as an arrest. The sovereign citizens and the CopBlock movement both love this question.

#Trucker lingo for cops license#

Someone needs to pay for the cost of the roads, so license plate costs are not a tax, they are a user fee. Point out to them that there is a social contract between the people using the roads and the people keeping the roads open for travel. They forget the nice roads they “travel” on have to be paved and, in the winter, plowed. These sovereigns love to use legal terms and talk about contracts. They feel they are exempt from the 'illegal' tax on car ownership. These plates will display terms like “US Constitutional Plate,” “Exempt: Sovereign Neutral Non-Combatant,” “Sovereign Christian Citizen.” or any of some other non-legal terms. It seems some sovereign citizens will make their own license plates for their cars.

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“As a free person, your license plate taxes do not apply to me.” It is a civil matter, not a criminal matter. Here in Wisconsin most, traffic and other minor violations are ordinance violations. Yet they forget we have different levels of legal violations in this country. In their twisted view of the law they feel ordinance violations are not valid because there is no victim. “Speeding is not a crime a crime requires an ‘injured party.’” So if they are a free person, well maybe 911 is something they are free to keep away from as well - as in no ambulance and no fire trucks for them because they are not paying for the service. It is a funny, eye-opening experience to point out that 911 and the fire/EMS service is a local, tax-funded entity. Ask if their house was on fire how they plan to put it out? Their response is always to call 911. Ask a sovereign what they would do if their child was hurt. What they fail to grasp is that they want all the protection of local government without paying the cost for it.

As a free person, they are not subject to any local laws and are “free of any legal constraints,” including taxes and fines. 'As a free person, I do not recognize the jurisdiction you have blah blah blah blah…'Īt some point, a sovereign citizen will say they are a free person. Heck, here in Wisconsin all our driving laws are worded with “operate a motor vehicle” none say “drive.” 2. To operate a complex machine requires training and some licensure to operate said machine. What the sovereigns fail to grasp is they are free to travel, by foot, by bike, even by horse. They feel the right to free movement means they do not need a license. It's also an improbable protest song - an asphalt fable of workers pushing back at a system that always seems to lean on them the hardest.Often the sovereign citizens don’t bother to pay for their licenses.

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Sure, 'Convoy' is a novelty song, but it topped the pop and country charts and became a phenomenon, inspiring movies and TV shows. Law enforcement tries to intervene, but in a grand act of unity and resistance, more truckers and other motorists join the convoy, making them unstoppable.Įven though 'Convoy' is sung by a fictional character and its story is fantastic, Fries' use of trucker lingo resonated throughout popular culture - by the end of the 1970s, millions of Americans had used a CB radio. As they move across the country, the excitement builds.

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The narrator of 'Convoy,' a driver who goes by the handle The Rubber Duck, uses the CB to lead a group of truckers in protest of government regulations.

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Fries did just that, learning the code words truckers used and weaving them into lyrics: 'Swindle sheets' are logbooks, 'chicken coops' are weigh stations, and 'bears' are police. But when the FCC eliminated the need for an operator's license to use a CB radio, suddenly anyone could listen in and join the conversation. Truckers used it to communicate, help each other on the job, forge camaraderie and even keep one another awake on long hauls. The economy was in bad shape, and the trucking industry was hit hard.Įnter citizens band (CB) radio. Motorists had to wait in line for hours to get fuel, prices skyrocketed and the federal government imposed a nationwide 55 mph speed limit. The United States was still reeling from a gas crisis. To make sense of 'Convoy,' consider what was happening in 1976.