234 drivers -- yes, 234 -- cited for no licenses at Hawthorne checkpoint
Officers cited 234 drivers for having suspended licenses or no licenses at all during checkpoints in Hawthorne.
Police conducted the driver's license checkpoints on Wednesday on Crenshaw Boulevard and Northrop Avenue and on Hawthorne Boulevard at 126th Street, Hawthorne police Lt. Mike Ishii said.
Officers towed the 234 cars, and arrested five people, including two on weapons charges.
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What was the reason for the checkpoint?
I wonder how 234 people appeared to be intoxicated requiring a search into their vehicle record and if it wasn't for DUIs then I believe we're strongly crossing over into unconstitutional territory...
This doesn't surprise me in the least. There is a prevalent mindset that laws don't apply to you esp if they're inconvenient - I can ignore traffic laws because I need to drive just like I can ignore immigration law because I need to work.
Frankly, they should do this more often.
As for the unconstitutional comment -
feh.
If an officer asks you to produce a drivers' license, and you can't produce one, they don't need to search a vehicle record. They can simply impound your car - driving is NOT A RIGHT, it is a privilege.
Remember most illegal aliens cannot get licenses.
The more i read, the more i hear about DUI .... DUI.... DUI checkpoints. Since when is the best time to set up a DUI checkpoint at 8:00 am in the morning. Just like you don't go church to drink a beer or to a bar to pray, you don't set up DUI checkpoint at 8:00 am in the morning to catch drunk drivers. The question i have is, "How much money is U.S Tow, Inc. giving back under the table to City of Hawthorne or to certain individuals?" According to an article i read recently, U.S Tow, Inc. had a net income of $180,000.00 a year for the latest available year. How can that be when in the latest available data of their calander year, they towed about 2,000 cars at appox.$1,000.00 p/ car????? Someone has got to get their math together!
Thanks for the comment. It wasn't a DUI checkpoint. It was a driver's license checkpoint just to check if people had licenses.
Lets see if i got this right. If you are living in the state of California illegaly, you can not recieve a drivers license. If you are caught driving without a drivers license, your car is towed for 30 days. Why not 50 days? Or for that matter, why not 327 days? Why 30? Why not fine unlicensed drivers 17 times the regular fine a licensed driver gets when they commit an infraction?
You run past a red light and you dont have a drivers license, your fine is.... ...mmmmmmmm... ........$5,358.37 plus court cost. Why not?
My car was towed 1/200 of a mile. It took U.S Tow, Inc. less that 20 seconds to do so. They charged me $97.00. Since we are in the business of abusing, please.... please...PLEASE, next time you can charge me $1,359.84. Why NOT?