The attention could have been due to racial profiling, but that would require the cop to have seen the driver in the dark at 60mph - still requiring deliberate effort in the first place. The cop could have just been passing us, which gets him closer but requires assessment from the rear to notice the in-progress DWB. But also the way he came up really didn't read as a dwell-and-pass. What are other alternate explanations?
Furthermore it's not really a matter of IF cop cars have automated license plate scanners, it's a matter of WHEN. And then if the law allows a presumption that the owner is driving, which is perhaps the only thing saving you from even more tickets in IL. :)
Alternate explanation: the cop was going to pull you over anyways, for whatever reason ("improper lane change" is a synonym for "I need to write someone a ticket now"), and, once he did so, he ran the plates like the police always do when they pull someone over... and poof! there's his ticket to write.
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The attention could have been due to racial profiling, but that would require the cop to have seen the driver in the dark at 60mph - still requiring deliberate effort in the first place. The cop could have just been passing us, which gets him closer but requires assessment from the rear to notice the in-progress DWB. But also the way he came up really didn't read as a dwell-and-pass. What are other alternate explanations?
Furthermore it's not really a matter of IF cop cars have automated license plate scanners, it's a matter of WHEN. And then if the law allows a presumption that the owner is driving, which is perhaps the only thing saving you from even more tickets in IL. :)
Alternate explanation: the cop was going to pull you over anyways, for whatever reason ("improper lane change" is a synonym for "I need to write someone a ticket now"), and, once he did so, he ran the plates like the police always do when they pull someone over... and poof! there's his ticket to write.