Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
Dec 3rd 2008, 6:22 pm
#76
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
Driving laws differ much from, France to Germany for example?
Dec 3rd 2008, 6:29 pm
#77
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
Like I said - every f***ing state just has to be different 
I often wonder how many billions of dollars are wasted every year by having 50 separate legislatures creating 50 sets of slightly different laws to address exactly the same issues, but I guess that is the price of "freedom" ...
I often wonder how many billions of dollars are wasted every year by having 50 separate legislatures creating 50 sets of slightly different laws to address exactly the same issues, but I guess that is the price of "freedom" ...
Dec 3rd 2008, 6:30 pm
#78
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
For your information I actually drove kids to school and back in England once upon a time. I picked them up from outside of their home and dropped them off outside of their home on their side of the road. I didn't have any fancy lights or tiny stop signs. I would not drop any kid off on the opposite side of a 40mph road, it is far too easy for me to turn around and drop him/her off on their side of the road then they don't have to cross any road.
Yes, I do have a mistrust of Yellow School bus drivers, ever since I watched a documentary about a Yellow School bus driver of whom kidnapped some students, Freddie something was the chaps name.
Yes, I do have a mistrust of Yellow School bus drivers, ever since I watched a documentary about a Yellow School bus driver of whom kidnapped some students, Freddie something was the chaps name.
Dec 3rd 2008, 6:30 pm
#79
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
Like I said - every f***ing state just has to be different
I often wonder how many billions of dollars are wasted every year by having 50 separate legislatures creating 50 sets of slightly different laws to address exactly the same issues, but I guess that is the price of "freedom" ...
I often wonder how many billions of dollars are wasted every year by having 50 separate legislatures creating 50 sets of slightly different laws to address exactly the same issues, but I guess that is the price of "freedom" ...
Dec 3rd 2008, 6:40 pm
#80
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
If you are a resident in another State and move to OR you must get an OR license in 30 days. If you are resident overseas and move to OR the Oregon DMV says whatever the reciprocal agreement is with the country you came from. In the case of the UK in Oregon they said my license was good for 12 months. However the OR DMV manual just says if you become a resident you have 30 days.
Just about all the various DMV rule books just say when you become a resident assuming the world starts and ends on the east and west coasts. If asked specifically about people coming from overseas some States have a different requirement, you just have to find someone with the knowledge there is a difference and to look up the requirements.
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Dec 3rd 2008, 6:55 pm
#81
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
This is the same in Oregon.
If you are a resident in another State and move to OR you must get an OR license in 30 days. If you are resident overseas and move to OR the Oregon DMV says whatever the reciprocal agreement is with the country you came from. In the case of the UK in Oregon they said my license was good for 12 months. However the OR DMV manual just says if you become a resident you have 30 days.
Just about all the various DMV rule books just say when you become a resident assuming the world starts and ends on the east and west coasts. If asked specifically about people coming from overseas some States have a different requirement, you just have to find someone with the knowledge there is a difference and to look up the requirements.
If you are a resident in another State and move to OR you must get an OR license in 30 days. If you are resident overseas and move to OR the Oregon DMV says whatever the reciprocal agreement is with the country you came from. In the case of the UK in Oregon they said my license was good for 12 months. However the OR DMV manual just says if you become a resident you have 30 days.
Just about all the various DMV rule books just say when you become a resident assuming the world starts and ends on the east and west coasts. If asked specifically about people coming from overseas some States have a different requirement, you just have to find someone with the knowledge there is a difference and to look up the requirements.
Dec 3rd 2008, 6:59 pm
#82
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
The Oregon one is very much on a par with the NYS definition. But when specially asked that definition didn't apply to people arriving from the UK, or for that matter anywhere in the EU.
Dec 3rd 2008, 7:00 pm
#83
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
Well I'm sure most people become aware of being followed by a police car and I'm sure most people would prefer anything other than a police car following them. Nevertheless I was driving pretty good and focused, I think I have been very unlucky. Yes the cop carried on following me so he probably thought it was the best choice to not slam on the breaks too.
What gets me is its a 3 mile stretch of road at 40mph mostly straight, open grassland on one side of the road and large lawned houses on the other. For the sake of health and safety why doesnt the bus turn around and let kids get off on the lawned house side of the road where they live ( no crossing the road), rather than making them get off on the open grass land side, whereby they have to cross the two lanes of a 40mph road.
What gets me is its a 3 mile stretch of road at 40mph mostly straight, open grassland on one side of the road and large lawned houses on the other. For the sake of health and safety why doesnt the bus turn around and let kids get off on the lawned house side of the road where they live ( no crossing the road), rather than making them get off on the open grass land side, whereby they have to cross the two lanes of a 40mph road.
Dec 3rd 2008, 7:05 pm
#84
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
school bus driver got sacked for letting a kid off for miss behaving in the middle of a busy main road recently not far from where I am...some of the worst drivers around as well, which is pretty amusing, but then they're all contractors around here...almost as bad as minivan drivers 
Dec 3rd 2008, 7:09 pm
#85
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
Is the UK a country? I thought it was a group of countries united. Seems like the UKanian made the first mistake.
Dec 3rd 2008, 7:11 pm
#86
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
You were doing 40mph in a 40mph zone in the rain with slippery (as you described them) road conditions - with a cop behind you.
You drive past a bus with it's flashers on, and you haven't got the required licence, considering your resident in the states.
Firstly, 40 in a 40 in slippy conditions will lead to exactly what happened to you, the 40mph aint a min, it's a max - no cop will pull you for driving under the speed limit in the rain.
The court will think you didn't know you had to stop for the bus, as you havn't bothered to take the NYS driving test, which is why they insist you take one once you become resident.
You drive past a bus with it's flashers on, and you haven't got the required licence, considering your resident in the states.
Firstly, 40 in a 40 in slippy conditions will lead to exactly what happened to you, the 40mph aint a min, it's a max - no cop will pull you for driving under the speed limit in the rain.
The court will think you didn't know you had to stop for the bus, as you havn't bothered to take the NYS driving test, which is why they insist you take one once you become resident.
Dec 3rd 2008, 7:18 pm
#87
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
I didn't come across the exclusion for Europeans yet.
Dec 3rd 2008, 7:22 pm
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
My nephew was born with spinal muscular atrophy (a form of MD) and has been in a wheelchair since he was 10. He's rode the "short bus" until he got his driver's license & special van. Luckily, he's a genius and will probably do something great with his life when he's out of college.
My kids could be carriers and not know it. They both know they should have a karyotype done before they procreate.
Dec 3rd 2008, 7:26 pm
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Re: Advice: Ive just been stopped by the police.
Like I said - every f***ing state just has to be different
I often wonder how many billions of dollars are wasted every year by having 50 separate legislatures creating 50 sets of slightly different laws to address exactly the same issues, but I guess that is the price of "freedom" ...
I often wonder how many billions of dollars are wasted every year by having 50 separate legislatures creating 50 sets of slightly different laws to address exactly the same issues, but I guess that is the price of "freedom" ...