Why was I stopped?!

[cdldriver]

I was stopped by an Az. highway patrol officer while traveling in the city of Tempe, on "surface streets" about 4 miles away from the interstate. My first question: Was he out of his jurisdiction? I was ticketed for not having a log book {but I had my driver's exemption log which he did not request}. My question to that would be, does an officer need a reason to stop you? I was driving in a 35 mph zone, it is noted on the ticket that I was traveling 35 mph. What was his reason for pulling me over?

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face=" Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by cdldriver:
I was stopped by an Az. highway patrol officer while traveling in the city of Tempe, on "surface streets" about 4 miles away from the interstate. My first question: Was he out of his jurisdiction? I was ticketed for not having a log book {but I had my driver's exemption log which he did not request}. My question to that would be, does an officer need a reason to stop you? I was driving in a 35 mph zone, it is noted on the ticket that I was traveling 35 mph. What was his reason for pulling me over?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My response:

As to your second question: And when you asked the officer, he said . . . ?

IAAL



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[cdldriver]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face=" Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by I AM ALWAYS LIABLE:
My response:

As to your second question: And when you asked the officer, he said . . . ?

IAAL
I did not ask him why he stopped me, maybe I should have. But regardless, on the ticket, there are no violations that he could have seen just by driving behind me, so I think it was a random stop- my question still remains- can he legally do that??


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[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face=" Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by cdldriver:
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My response:

Here's a reason: You had your left turn signal on, and he stopped you to see if something was wrong. Now, prove that wasn't the fact.

IAAL


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