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by FreeKill 1773 days ago
I sometimes think this is intentional, in the sense that trivial laws like these are kept on the books long term simply because they provide such a convenient mechanism to justify stops and other police activities that would otherwise not meet the burden needed to make them legal. I wonder if a solution might be to have certain categories of laws require re-evaluation every so often, in order to stay relevant. Almost like an expiry date, if they aren't explicitly renewed, they are no longer enforceable, thereby necessitating at least some kind of discussion on their continued relevance at regular intervals.
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DING! There are several good arguments against cops as traffic law enforcers. But being able to stop anyone on a pretext of forgetting to signal or having a tail light out is a significant part law enforcement's ability to target and control so-called "undesirables".