Several new laws set to go into effect in Indiana this weekend

[Gingerbeardman]

9 is too young. I don't think I tried alcohol until I was like, 13. I didn't make my own fake ID (back when we had paper licenses) until I was closer to 17.

130 on a Sunday, I'm guessing it's not her first day. Drinking like that takes practice.

 

[Methane Herder]

Hmm....Speed cameras?
The French faced a similar conundrum. Their solution was......Vive la incendie criminel.


They apparently objected to around 75% of them with great prejudice.

MH

 

[Route 45]

How many construction worker deaths are the direct result of the speed of the vehicle, and how many are construction workers ignoring their own safety in the travel portion of these zones? Any stats on what the main contributing factor is?

 

[actaeon277]

How many construction worker deaths are the direct result of the speed of the vehicle, and how many are construction workers ignoring their own safety in the travel portion of these zones? Any stats on what the main contributing factor is?

Regardless... I'd say an officer (or several) in cars would do better than a camera that doesn't get noticed till the bill comes.

 

[Creedmoor]

Regardless... I'd say an officer (or several) in cars would do better than a camera that doesn't get noticed till the bill comes.

I would bet once they start giving out a thousand to twenty five hundred dollar speeding tickets in construction zones, folks will slow down. ASAP

 

[manifest destiny]

How many construction worker deaths are the direct result of the speed of the vehicle, and how many are construction workers ignoring their own safety in the travel portion of these zones? Any stats on what the main contributing factor is?

The statistics show most (~80%+) deaths are the occupants of the car. Of the workers that die, about 45% are on foot while 29% of workers die while driving or riding in a vehicle. From article in USA Today, April of this year.....

In 2020, 857 people died in 774 crashes in work zones, marking a 10-year high for deaths and crashes in road construction areas. Of those fatalities, 117 were road construction workers and the others were motorists and passengers.

What are the most common work zone accidents? A closer look at the numbers

As National Work Zone Awareness Week begins, highway officials across the USA remind motorists to drive safely around road crews.

www.usatoday.com

 

[KellyinAvon]

9 is too young. I don't think I tried alcohol until I was like, 13. I didn't make my own fake ID (back when we had paper licenses) until I was closer to 17.

Was it a pony Miller High Life?

 

[OurDee]

European Resistance To Speed Cameras Grows. Vigilantes last week destroyed or disabled dozens of photo radar devices in Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany and Italy.Aug 21, 2023

 

[cbhausen]

European Resistance To Speed Cameras Grows. Vigilantes last week destroyed or disabled dozens of photo radar devices in Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany and Italy.Aug 21, 2023

I’m @cbhausen and I endorse this message.

 

[Rookie]

Woman arrested under new Indiana law for filming police within 25 feet

A woman was taken into custody under a newly passed law after she filmed a Lawrence police officer within 25 feet.

www.wthr.com

Prosecutor declines to charge woman under Indiana’s new 25-ft. police encroachment law

INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office has declined to file criminal charges against an Indy woman arrested in Lawrence last week under Indiana’s new 25-foot police encroa…

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[Route 45]

Prosecutor declines to charge woman under Indiana’s new 25-ft. police encroachment law

INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office has declined to file criminal charges against an Indy woman arrested in Lawrence last week under Indiana’s new 25-foot police encroa…

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This law will probably be used as nuisance abatement by LE. Yeah, you probably won't get charged. But the law is the law, they've got probable cause, and you are taking a ride.

 

[Cameramonkey]

No surprise there. Mears doesnt charge anybody these days. LOL

 

[actaeon277]

 

[DragonGunner]

Watched this earlier today. Be interesting how it plays out. The ambulance is part of the investigation? I guess one must carry a tape measure. What happens if you 26’ away and the officer makes a sudden move by 2’ and you can’t react in time and they got you at 24’ ? Lol

 

[manifest destiny]

Based on reporting, it doesn't seem as if her actions affected the police in any way; simply she was too close per the new law. Her comment about the police action being over once the guy was in the ambulance is slightly persuasive. Her claim that she slipped her hand out of the handcuffs because they were "too tight" carries no legitimacy. "Too tight" and being able to remove her hand is a contradiction.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

"Too tight" and being able to remove her hand is a contradiction.

That was my first thought too!

 

[Rookie]

Indiana press entities sue state, Marion County on enforcement of new 25-feet law

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana press entities are challenging the legality of a new state law that prohibits individuals from standing within 25 feet of a police investigation. On Friday, the Indiana…

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[OurDee]

I am watching this closely with my Press card on.

 

[Route 45]

Watched this earlier today. Be interesting how it plays out. The ambulance is part of the investigation? I guess one must carry a tape measure. What happens if you 26’ away and the officer makes a sudden move by 2’ and you can’t react in time and they got you at 24’ ? Lol

Here's the actual law. There must be a warning by law enforcement.

Ind. Code § 35-44.1-2-14
A person who knowingly or intentionally approaches within twenty-five (25) feet of a law enforcement officer lawfully engaged in the execution of the law enforcement officer's duties after the law enforcement officer has ordered the person to stop approaching commits unlawful encroachment on an investigation, a Class C misdemeanor.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Most cops don't care if you stand there and film. It is when you get physically close and start to interfere, or cross crime scene tape that you are going to have an issue. If you get within arms length of me and refuse to back off, you are going to get knocked on your ass.