I just got a seatbelt ticket by the SC Highway Patrol

he has some good advise for civil court cases.

Assert Your Authority

Check your state's motor vehicle/highway/etc. act or the equivalent.

Were you in fact driving or were you traveling? If traveling is defined as private activity and driving as commerce as it is in many states (and provinces) then perhaps the statute does not even apply.

And they certainly won't expect you to be aware of any of this!

Fight on!

I was West bound on US Route 20 going toward Elgin, Illinois today. Out of nowhere a Illinois State trooper came right up on my rear bumper at 65 miles per hour. I'm thinking I'm speeding or something, so I get out of the show-off lane to the curb lane, and he keeps on going as I exited ?

I'm thinking he was in a hurry and I'm not suppose to be in the show-off lane unless passing - that's why he tail-gated me, I'm guessing ?

I was on my way to look at a retirement 55 + community. The prices have dropped $40,000 dollars on the low end models alone. Nice, but Kane County, IL has high property taxes. For a low end $200,000 model taxes are $5,000 a year. Stopped at Elgin's River Boat casino on the Fox River for a $11 buffet lunch on the way back to Chicago. I ate like a king, I highly recommend it if you are out this way. Remember, stay out of the show-off lane if you are not passing someone in Illinois, ticket offense.

That Mises article is great. Thanks.

And got a ticket?

What do you intend to fight? The position that the state cannot mandate that you take care of yourself or better yet, that the state can't usurp your own ability to protect or not protect your health as you see fit?

Best of luck with that.

I may not know the truth, but I know when I'm being lied to...

But you should of been wearing it in the first place. After the cop sees you is not the time to put it on.

You bought the car, had it registered, got the drivers license. You are now subject to their rules and regulations. So stop crying when you get caught violating the rules you agreed too.

The cop probably wanted you to take him to court (he's on the clock): http://mises.org/story/3092

...I ride a motorcycle!

"motor vehicle". Was you in a car or another "automobile"? Look up the legal definition of both quoted words.

covers most of the methods I'm aware of and how to implement them, an excellent resource...

http://www.itulip.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4106.html

author anonymous?

That caught his attention?

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Freedom is not: doing everything you want to.
Freedom is: not having to do what you don't want to do.
~ Joyce Meyer

It is illegal to pull someone over to check for a drivers license or without proof of public endangerment. Wonder why all the illegal checkpoints are popping up all over? Aside from conditioning the public for the forthcoming mass arrests it is also a desperate attempt to raise funds for all the insolvent cities and counties. The tickets issued are called "illegal executive equity excise tax assessments". Again, the citation is a tax. As the unlicensed, uninsured, unbonded, unsworn cop knows he has no delegation of authority to be a tax assessor. Ask a cop how he is able to stop (arrest) you without cause [proof of claim or damage(s)] or without a warrant. He'll just point to his gun and give you a smirk. He is not out solving crimes but participating in them under color of law. All that he wants is your credit/Federal Reserve Notes valued in Special Drawing Rights for his masters. The extorted funds are then diverted into the CAFR.
As the spirit moves you look up the legal definition of "inland piracy" and it's penalty. Under the Trial Court Funding Act the cop, traffic commissioner or judge, district attorney, public defender and the clerk of the court all have a financial interest in your guilt. No cop/highwayman in this country ever takes the mandated Oath of Office to uphold the Constitution anymore as it would be a conflict of interest. They would be required to protect, rather than seize, you and your property. Without the Oath anyone in a public office has vacated said office. They are no longer government agents but gang-bangers programmed to steal and do not recognize your right to travel in your private means of conveyance on a public easement.*

*cites added as asked.

seems odd to me. The driver and every occupant of a motor vehicle, when it is being operated on the public streets and highways of this State, must wear a fastened safety belt which complies with all provisions of federal law for its use. I would like to know what the definition of the driver,every occupant and this state is. I have been pulled over 4 times in the last 7-8 days, which includes my workers as well. When I pulled up to a job the other day a car was following me as I was getting out of my truck they came over to me and flashed badges and started asking me questions. Well it now seems we have workers compensation police here patroling the city of Boston. I was not very cooperative with them because I didnt think i needed to answer all of his personal questions. Well he got pissed off and called the Boston police and what they call the truck enforcement team. The truck team showed up in a Boston police car and I proceded to ask him questions. he didnt like that too much. He had a Boston police uniform on as well. I asked him if he was, city, state or federal. He told me he is with the federal. So it looks as though all of the truck teams work for the federal. How can this be and where do they get their jurisdiction from. I dont believe he has jurisdiction or standing. That is why i posted these videos below. I will let you know how we make out. We are getting shaken down out here, state,federal,OSHA,workers comp and the list goes on.

Bracketville ,Texas headed east towards Uvalde. I called for a jury trial ( which cost a $200 bond). I knew at the time that if you vehicle would carry a 1200 lb. load or more the seat belt was optional. I was driving a 1/2 ton Ford pickup that would legally haul 2300 lbs. I called Austin Tx. and asked the DPS how many seat belt tickets (in $ amounts) that they had issued to drivers of pickup trucks that year. They said a little over $4 milloin. Needless to say I won my court case by showing the judge the written law. I told the jurours about the law ( 6 citizens, a petit jury) and that the DPS had been committing Highway robbery against the citizens of Texas.
Two years later the scumbags in the Texas Leg included all trucks in the seat belt confinement law.
Now I am usually found driving my motorcycle.

what police officers say. So they say. Your best bet is if he doesn't show.

Good luck, if it was me I'd have my belt on before he turns his mars lights on, like when I first got into the car (wink)