Hello Nosleep family. I'm writing to you tonight because I've experienced something grim in the last few days. This is the first time I've had access to anything connected to the internet since shortly after the "incident" began. I've been running on about four hours of fearful "rest" since about five days ago, so please forgive me if my recalling is scattered. I live in a small city of about 15,000 people.…
Ethical dilemmas occur countless times each day, and when faced with one the decision to act ethically or not can be a complex choice. Police officers encounter ethical dilemmas quite frequently and their choice on whether to act ethically may result in drastic consequences. For example, Officer Jacob Jankowski encountered an ethical dilemma when making a traffic stop on December 31, 2016. New Year’s Eve always comes with heightened risk of drunk drivers and Officer Jankowski was on high alert for impaired drivers.…
What did you learn this week? Was it useful? How? If not, why not? This week, we reviewed some common traffic laws.…
To everyone who found a way to cleverly avoid being caught by speeding cameras or red-light cameras, the law applies to you now too. Our Arizona Senator from Tucson, Steve Farley, originated bill 1073, which last month was overwhelmingly passed in the Senate (20-10) and was signed by the governor a few days ago. This new law makes it illegal for a person to have a covering over their license plate (like a clear plastic piece over it). While a cover seems innocent enough, many people used one in order to make it difficult for their plate to be read by photo radar cameras, or even with the naked eye at certain times of the day. As Senator Farley said, it makes no sense to require a license plate, but allow covers.…
Suddenly you look in the rear view mirror and see those dreadful flashing red and blue lights and you get that knot in your stomach. It was my worst nightmare, my first speeding ticket. It all started when I was fifteen and had just gotten my drivers license. My mom bought me my dream car at the time, a white Volkswagen bug. I was on cloud nine and thought nothing could ruin it.…
Dear (Insert Law Firm Name), On the date of May 20th, 2017 I was traveling on the New York thruway on my way to Ontario, Canada from Brunswick, Maine and was stopped by a police officer. Upon being pulled over, the police officer informed me that I had been traveling at 91 miles per hour in a 65 miles per hour zone in Montgomery County, New York. I was unaware of my speed as I had been traveling for quite some time and had no other cars around me at the time to judge my speed, thus leading to me unknowingly speeding. That day I was given a 1180D speeding violation in Amsterdam, New York. I would like to request your services in helping me fighting this ticket.…
Title Seeing red and blue flashing lights in your rearview mirror is one of the most alarming feelings. Especially for the first time. My first time was definitely a nerve-wracking experience. It was not because I was speeding or switched lanes without using a signal. I had been pulled over for the most brainless act.…
The object of my term paper is to state facts about police brutality and to talk about its ongoing history in United States. I will provide examples of different incidents that I believe is police brutality. I will also point out my opinion on police brutality, how it affects us people, and how we can change it In the future. Officers are abusing their power and nothing is being done about it. There are many ways we can prevent police brutality.…
The red, white, and blue bar is flashing behind your car. Late to a job meeting and unfortunately the police caught you speeding. While the most common response would be annoyance towards the officer, we need to remember they are just following their job. Police do much more than just traffic violations and the job is an always changing atmosphere where the officers have been trained to be quick decision makers and help those in need.…
Even if you claim to be the best driver, even while speeding, what if a car pulls out in front of you? They were probably aware of the speed limit and thought they had enough time to go. What they didn’t know is that you were going 25 over. Next time I decide to speed; I will think of others’ lives. I will think of how I will have to face the family of someone I hurt.…
In the United States, rear-end collisions represent 38% of all car crashes on public roads (NationalHighwayTrafficSafetyAdministration, 2014). Two major causes for car accidents are drivers not paying attention to the traffic ahead and failing to maintain a safe distance from the car that’s ahead (J. DingusT.A., S.K.,Horowitz,A.D.,&Knipling,R., 1998). Therefore, a device that can alert drivers whenever they are not paying attention to the traffic and helping them maintain proper distance from the car ahead could be an important safety tool. Collision Avoidance Technology (CAT) systems are sensory based devices that were designed to prevent any potential dangers during driving. Some of the recent CAT systems have automated assisted braking…
Harrisville is a tiny town that is almost completely dependent on tourism. Harrisville has beautiful, sprawling beaches, a faultless state park, and an up-to-date harbor. However what it seems to be lacking is people. When the recession hit this small, tourist town, its profitable production nearly stopped. Now the harbor is barely utilized by local fishermen.…
Specially, he will use commands without politeness features such as merely saying license and registration or step out of the vehicle. The second video represents the procedural justice condition, in which the officer’s script from the control condition is modified to include key linguistic elements of procedural justice and accommodation theory. In contrast to the control condition, the officer will use commands with politeness features in accordance with those discussed Brown & Levinson (1987) such as reforming his commands for documentation into a respectful request May I have your license and registration. The third video will represent the overaccommodation condition where the officer will speak to the driver in a casual or informal manner without invoking his formal authority.…
I grabbed my bags and ran out of my house. I ran out as fast as I could to my driveway. There was Emily honking her horn in her car. She waved her hands so I would move faster. But really all that was going to do was make me want to go slower to make her frustrated.…
During the routine of a traffic stop, the officer would: find a car to stop then turn their over headlights on to signal the driver of the vehicle to pull over. After the car stop, the officer would sit for a few and observe the driver of the vehicle or any furtive activities. The officer approach the vehicle. During the approaching step, he touch the back of the vehicle in case anything bad was supposed to happened. Officer Garcia approach the vehicle on the passenger side then asked the driver to hand him his driver license, registration and proof of insurance.…