This Guy Is Ready To Go To Jail For His Rights

[IlarMeilyr]

Driving without a license is not a mere traffic infraction. It is a violation in NY, for example. And you can certainly get a ticket, but WHO does the cop give the ticket to? Some guy named "anonymous?"

No no. To issue a ticket (instead of arresting a person) the officer has to be able to identify the person who will be required to show up in court to answer the allegations. But there's the rub. No identification = no mere ticket. Instead, the driver's imbecility EARNED him an arrest.

You could look it up.

When he gets the name from the driver, he can get the info over the radio and cross-reference it with the license plate.

Because if the driver gives a name it must be his real name?

Isn't it illegal to give a false name? Therefore I would assume he would give his real name which can be verified on the officer's laptop with a photo.

It would be illegal (at least in NY) to give a false name. But folks do it all the time and often get away with it. And what laptop photo?

If you give a false name, that doesn't mean that the cop will have access on a laptop to a photo of the person whose name was given, necessarily. The cop isn't going to compare the image on the driver's license from the motorist because that's the very thing the motorist has refused to provide.