I was driving slowly and he did seem to think I was George when he approached the vehicle. George is 85 of thereabouts. He has not driven for three plus years.

That sounds a little backwards to me, shouldn't the 57 year old guy have insurance for himself? My brother in law "Captain Crack" is a loser sponge at age 54, has not had a job in 30 some years (has had no income either!). My mother in law cooks, cleans, and provides that worthless lair with a roof and vehicle (you should hear his ideas on mass transit improvements). Has 2 kids (with different women) that he never contributed a dime towards. A real POS in society...Sort of makes me skeptical of grown men living with their parents.

Are you serious? Pass all the judgement you want on your family in writing on this forum but if you are making an underhanded declaration about anyone else I don't think that's to good. Who are you to say what is backwards about who holds insurance on a car? At least there is insurance. Maybe your time would be better spent buying your brother in law some form of birth control, take him on a job interview and teaching him how to cook & clean. I would never just offer this help but it did seem that you were struggling on how to help for the last 30 years. Time to help straighten out your own side of the fence, it seems like the plate is full.

It's not your BIL it's your MIL that seems to have a problem by enabling your BIL. I'm pretty sure Tal has his own car and insurance. When Tal said his father has insurance for him he probably meant that he is covered to drive his Father's car to run errands for him or take him to appointments and the such.

ok.

So, anyway... That was very nice of that policeman.

The OP is an attorney. Ever think the OP's father is living with HIM...

Technology
 

The license plate reader returns not only the registration of the license plate but also whether it is expired. The computer can also be queried about the status of the registered owner's driver's license. Failure to maintain auto insurance can result in suspension of your driver's license.

In some states, but not in Florida, it will also report if the owner holds a concealed weapons license.

Right on. Or the OP was running an errand for his father, or taking his father for a doctor's appointment, or just taking the car out to keep it running, or or or.

Ricky. You get an @attaboy."

Been there, done that.
 

The Sheriff's car was traveling south on a 4 lane street divided by a median and the Caddie was going north? Assuming that the deputy was alerted to the speeder, by the time he could make a U turn and begin a pursuit of the speeder, it is likely that he would have to go 80 mph or more to overtake him. All for a possible ticket for a minor traffic violation? The risk to the public is greater than the benefit of giving someone a ticket in this situation.

At the beginning of Snowbird season you will see lots of traffic enforcement on Buena Vista by teams of deputies, one standing on the roadside with a radar gun and another either on foot a few yards farther down the road or in a chase vehicle. This gets the attention of the Snowbirds and one hopes it keeps them driving more carefully for the balance of their visit.

They could be running the plates. They have a system that takes pictures of the plates and runs them as they drive buy. Don't know if FL uses it.

When we moved to Fl my wife and I changed our drivers license to FL we left a car up North that we used when we were there. Our daughter was driving the car and was pulled over because the office though she did not have a valid license. Seems the state has no place in their system to show that the car was owed by a licensed driver in a different state. The car was registered in the northern state and also insured in that state. There was no problem with the officer after he check the registration and saw that my wife (no drivers license in that state) was not the driver.

Ironic post, infers you might have some problems on your side of the fence. It also seems you are passing judgement on me...
Who are you to suggest I can't say what appears to be backwards to me?
Maybe if I paid for birth control, gave him a job, taught him how to be motivated enough to cook and clean for himself, oh and help others! Maybe just then he would not be such a POS!! It certainly was not a lack of help that made "Captain Crack" what he is...or is not.

I agree the mother in law has been co-dependent and is guilty of enabling, but the guy has no pride or shame and IMHO: that falls squarely on him.

Have no idea what Tal meant, still trying to figure out how the father who does not have a valid DL (revoked) can purchase an auto insurance policy...

My parents have passed away some time ago. I was privileged to aid them in the day to day routine it takes to survive this beautiful life we have by providing transportation as needed and advise and a shoulder to lean on when they needed it. I don't judge others until they judge me or someone I care about. I didn't judge at all I gave a suggestion on where to focus attention...my humble opinion...as of today I am allowed that. I wish you luck at home. I'm also glad to see someone honoring their dad..it's a good example to others.