[Codee]

This is a message from the person who taught me how to think about law. I hold this person in my highest esteem.

Hi Cody,

I posted this in a couple Yahoo Groups on Saturday [not ONE single
intelligent nibble *sigh*] You might want to post it into SuiJuris
just to see what happens. You might even want to try it....

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"XXXXX@.xxx" wrote:

Since I know there are several folk here (Yahoo groups)whom I credit with the
ability to actually THINK, here is a modest proposal:

Since we seem to be presumed to be engaged in business when we are
engaged in the act of 'driving' a 'motor vehicle', what would happen
if we should choose to apply some of the cheesier 'common business
practices' to a prospective 'traffic stop' [kinda like when we
get 'serviced' at DMV.... {Fair is Fair, right?}]?

1. Since CHiPpies have modified their 'traffic stop' procedures to
initiate 'contact' at the curb-side vehicle window, how about
posting
a sign [removable to avoid blocking one's own vision through such
window]: "This window [temporarily or permanently] CLOSED. Please
visit next window. Please wait for next available customer service
representative {that would be me}." [Let them walk around the
vehicle
to talk to me.]

2. On the street side window post a sign [again removable]: "Regular
business hours are: 12:15 P.M. to 12:45 P.M., the fifth Monday of
every month. Closed for lunch: 12-noon to 1:00 P.M. For extra-
ordinary
business, please arrange to schedule an appointment. We charge
$100.00
per extra-ordinary business appointments." [Yes, that means what it
says: we never have regular office hours. And if we set an
appointment
for you, we will charge you....] [Or, if I were feeling frisky, I
could move the first sign to my window {like that has never happened
to you...}.]

3. Post a sign [removable, of course]: "We reserve the right to
refuse
service to anyone." [almost EVERY business, particularly a
restaurant
or bar, uses this one.]

4. Post a sign: "Our Policy is: For faster service, you must have a
number." [where he/she is gonna GET that number is really not my
problem... Maybe put a number-issuing machine on the bumper.]

5. Post a sign: "Our Privacy Policy is: For access to company
records, we
require two pieces of government-issued identification and a valid
Subpoena/Search Warrant." [Make
the 'officer' produce physical ID to talk to me at my
presumed 'place
of business'.]

6. [Pull out a cell phone {or something that looks like a cell
phone,
working or not} and have a 'conversation' with the air, saying over
my
shoulder, "I'm busy right now. I'll be with you in a minute. (I'll
help you as soon as I can....)" {Roll my eyes at the discourtesy of
the [fantasy] caller.}]

7. After a suitable time span {preferably a while...}, "May I help
you?"

CHiPpie: "I need to see your license, registration [yada, yada]...."

8. "I'm sorry, Sir/Madam, I don't have that information. I'm just
the
receptionist/service rep. Would you like to talk to my [don't have
one] Supervisor?"

. . .

9. "I can't seem to reach my Supervisor. Would you like to talk to
my
[don't have one] Employer?"

. . .
10. "I can't seem to reach my Employer. Would you like to schedule
an
appointment? We will have to have your payment in advance. I can
give
you a receipt for that ,if you want...."

. . .

11. "Y'all have a nice day now, y'uh hear...."

. . .

[How is this 'officer' going to 'arrest' me for 'just doing my job'?
And you don't think he/she HAS $100.00 on him/her, do you? What's
the
matter with him/her? Can't he/she READ?! The sign SAYS....]

There seems to be a relatively new plastic material which is static-
cling to glass and silk-screenable which could be perfect for this
approach....